Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Horosko, Marian.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (14 min.) : analog, mono.

Summary

1. Tape begins and ends with Arabic dance music. Miss Horosko describes Morocco's costume. Morocco discusses the origins and place in Arab society of dancing; the terms "belly dancing" and "danse du ventre"; her own style; the accompanying musical instruments, and her use of improvisation; the technique of Arabic dance; her own background and how she became an Arabic dancer.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
2. Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.

Uniform title

1. World of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Belly dance
2. Dance music > Arab countries

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-2085

Note

1. Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded in 1966 and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, World of dance.

Author

1. Morocco (Dancer), 1940- Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Morocco [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1966.

Local note

1. Archival original: *MGZTO 5-56; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate, dual track.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2085; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
3. Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Local subject

1. Arabs -- Dances.
2. Audiotapes -- Morocco.

Added author

1. Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

Added title

1. World of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-2085