Rare Glimpses: Dances from the Middle East, Part 1

English

Directed by: Ibrahim Farrah

(60 mins) Dancer Ibraham Farrah presents a glimpse of Middle Eastern dance: (1) A Coney Island dancer at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. (2) A Guedra performance in a Moroccan Village in 1955. (3) A Guedra choreographed by Mr. Fasrah and performed in New York. (4) A family of Bedouin gypsy dancers in Lebanon.