This info is great!! I had a very selfish reason for asking the question - because I want to semi-choreograph a dance (my first!!) with a veil, and would love to use some music that is arabic but not necessarily old-style (Natacha Atlas, or there are some lovely ones by Hossam Ramzy in collaboration with Phil Thornton. My reasoning being that if veil isn't necessarily 'traditional' then it should be more appropriate to use slightly more 'fusion' music than you would for other style dances. Of course, as a baby dancer any dance I do will be very, very simple...!
So... if veil isn't necessarily 'authentic' why oh why has it become so mainstream? Is it simply the relationship between mystery and dance? is it the gracefulness? is it a girly thing? (I'm waiting for Zorba to pounce NOW!)
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