Москва — Каир. Египетский народный сценический танец: наследие советских хореографов

Abstract

Based on a wide range of sources, including archival ones, what follows a history of Soviet-Egyptian cooperation in choreographic art from 1957–1976. Special attention is paid to the contribution of choreographers Igor Moiseev, Boris and Larisa Ramazin, Anatoly Borzov, Alla Shulgina, and others. They helped to create and develop Egyptian stage folk dance. Soviet choreographers played a decisive role in the development of Egyptian stage folk dance in its modern form. Within the Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the USSR and the Arab Republic of Egypt, they collected folk dance material in the regions of Egypt and staged it for the repertoire of The National Folkloric Dance Troupe of Egypt and the Cairo Ballet Company. They also played an important role in the creation of the Higher Ballet Institute and School at The National Folkloric Dance Troupe. This formed the base for the system of professional training of choreographers, which still works in this country. The published information changes the ideas about the history of both the folk forms of Egyptian stage dance and the female dance raqs sharqi in the second half of the 20th century.