From Ghawazi to present solo sharqi, Cabaret Loulou Archives of Baladi Dance is a journey in time and in movement, telling the story of the evolution of Baladi* dance across a century of socio-political changes.
Delving into its main legends and their context, we reflect on the ambivalence around the "dancer figure", who embodies the times, negotiating identity between Colonial influences and Arabness, tradition and modernism of gender norms of women and their position in society and the public sphere.
Cabaret Loulou Archives of Baladi Dance is a performance and an invitation to embark on a journey. With movement as the guide, it celebrates the marginal (and contested) but central Baladi dance figures, in Arab culture, memory and the social imaginary.
*Baladi dance is the traditional dance form also known as Raqs Sharqi or Belly dance.
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