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Originally Posted by Aziyade
Classic old black and white movie concept. Huge drum acts as your stage. Think about all the goofy stuff in the old American movie musicals. If we did it, the Egyptians did it in their movies.
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This is correct. One scene that comes to mind is the scene with Samia Gamal and a flute (ney) player. There are six huge tambourines propped up against the back stage. As the music progresses, two tambourines are lit up at a time to show the silhouette of a dancer behind them. After all six tambourines get lit up, the dancers step out onto a HUGE drum-like stage where Samia is bent over on her knees waiting for them to come down to start her dance. It's truly lovely.
It's on Volume 4 of my Samia Gamal Dancing in Egyptian Film series.
-Sausan