Bee Dance Company is a theatre dance collective. Our main motivation is to produce interdisciplinary art pieces that bring contemporary dance to the new realm.
About the Middle East, i 'd like to add sth. , in Egypt under the Mamluk rule (the 13th century), at the time there was an "almeh" who was an Egyptian woman who was skilled in poetry, singing, and dancing. They were present at festivals and entertainments, and even hired as mourners at funerals. And they had a huge part in the Egyptian Belly dance. There is a book called tarab in the era of mamaluk Sultans. And we know some of their names (almehs), like "Haifa" she was mentioned in this book and another one called "Khoba Al Awada". By the way your video was amazing ❤
Thank you for sharing the info. I would love to read more about it. Do you know English translations or sources about it ? I would love to promote this kind of knowledge more ❤️
@@beedancecompany - Wikipedia: Almah (Egyptian dancer) - RU-vid: almeh dance ( tamer aziz channel I really recommend this channel) - Google Scholar: Painting in the Fatimid period: a reconstruction Unfortunately most of the sources that I know are in arabic. - Youm7 article: العالمة مهنة عرفها المصريون منذ عهد المماليك انحصرت فى النوادى in this articles when you translate it, you will notice word "scientist", it was meant to be "almeh" but was not translated accurately. There a book called الطرب في عصر المماليك (Tarab in the Mamluk Era by “Muhammad Qandil Al-Baqli”) Unfortunately it didn't translate into English yet.
Dear Sabita the Chhau dance is included in the list of Indian classical dances by the Indian Ministry of Culture. However, it is not regonized by many classical tractates as one.
@@beedancecompany please check your resources... According to Sangeet Natak Academy there are only 8 classical forms in India.. Being from The Field Of Odissi the classical dance of Odisha.. I know for sure that Chau isn't classical!! The recognised classical dances are Odissi Bharatnatyam Kathak Kuchipudi Kathakali Mohiniattam Sattriya Manipuri
Bharatanatyam is considered the oldest by researchers because of the archaeological evidence. However, all mentioned styles have a very long tradition.
@@beedancecompany you are wrong in this factor.. Odissi is considered as the oldest even by the archeological researchers! Because Bharatnatyam looks a lot like Natya shastra dance style but it was developed by Sadhilzh(Sadirs) Devadasis in Tamilnad in accordance with natya Shastra... but Odissi has its roots directly from the 1 century BCE because Odissi sculptures were found in Khandagiri and Udaygiri caves of Odisha which were built in 1 century BC..We can even sum up as Odissi and Bharatnatyam are of the same age! Because Both have their citation in Bharat munis natya Shastra which was written in 500 BCE! But in the current style of dances Odissi is the oldest because of its lineage to land! Bharatnatyam changes its form from Devadasi style or Sadirattam same as Odissi because Odissi was performed by Devadasis in Odisha temples!
It looks to me like you have a dance company you may daily engage in. However, this beautiful and engaging content about Dance is so important and rare. Thank you and wish there was more content. Its a very passionate subject I’ve been engaged into all my life. ❤️
@@beedancecompany always have your back regarding dance. What’s more important? I’m almost 60 and haven’t found anything besides what we dance to, music of course. ❤️
Good day, Ma'am! I am a student and i wanted to sincerely thank you very much for creating this video and explaining it very well. I hope you'll continue to create videos that will help us student to understand more about our topics in school ♡ Again, thank you very much! (You also provide links about the examples of dance step, this is such a big help for me :< Thank you very much again!♡)
