Hatshepsut part 1 - pharaonic dance

[DeathShamans]

Its great that the CEREMONY power of woman in ritual dance is returning, and the sex aspects of dancing is leaving

[DeliriumBlacktis]

She got the grace and fluidity of a mental retarded elephant.

[Taahmiires9]

It's really necessary to use the frontality rules to make the dance moves too? haha'

[sajokal20]

ahahahh,this is a mixed arabic and indian and aryan dance and has nothing to do with Hat shep Sout dance . You are so funny ! The ancient-egyptians migrated again in Land of Punt , now , Ethiopia and Somalia . And they preserved the ancient-egyptian culture , language and dance ! So , go visit East Africa and don't be deceived by the euro-asiatic invaders and their narrow-dance ! Hatshepsout made an expedition to the land of Punt ,their ancestral Homeland now in Somalia & Ethiopia ! So ,think

[abdelhazim]

@sajokal20 Indeed, you're very right. The ancient Egyptians came from Ethiopia. But this is not a dance of 3 million years ago! In the end we all came from Ethiopia.

[abdelhazim]

@abdelhazim or didn't we?

[abdelhazim]

@abdelhazim It would certainly be a great idea to see a coloured dancer do the choreography to Hatshepsut. Feel welcome to... 

[pinkeyegasms]

@abdelhazim  which color are u speaking of?

[VendPrekmurec]

@abdelhazim afro semitic occult nonsense

[movogue1]

What's Up With that Poppin Yo. Vogue look like that a little.

[Epicfailbri]

D: I have to learn this dance for a project on Ancient Egyptians for schooool!! D: this is gonna be hard!!

[Sharlja]

ILOVE YOUR DANCE mmmmhhhhthis is the real culture

[sajokal20]

I am sorry to see ignorant racist comments from arabs and eurocentrics . Even greek historians proved that ancient-egyptians were black indigenous people from Ethiopia . So ,go read , Herodotus , Diodore of Sicilus , Plutarquos , Strabo , Aristotle etc . The arabs conquered Egypt in 639 after christ , it is very funny and pitty if they reclaim the african egyptian civilisation and pyramids of 10 thousands years old before the europeans and asiatic invaders . This is not egyptian dance ! Think!

[abdelhazim]

Indeed, a reminder of this is the numerous statues of cats in ancient Egyptian culture.

[molarmama5]

I am so sorry that I clicked this on!

Please some respect for the culture!

[betterthansex123]

haha this dance is ridiculously absurd, i like the song, where have i heard the song before? it sounds familiarrrrrrrrrrr

[ShaaRhee]

so the hands are representing snakes :)

[abdelhazim]

@ShaaRhee : indeed, the snake was a sacred symbol in ancient Egypt. Snakes protected against famine because they kept the rodent population, mices and rats down and reduced as such also the spread of diseases. So Kings wearing an ureaus (cobra) on the crown symbolised the power to protect their people against famine and diseases.

[joester425]

@abdelhazim and cats dont forget they also kept a very low number of mice and rats in egypt 5,000 years ago

[x120daysofsodom]

@ShaaRhee the serpent represents higher conciousness. hence why it is situated on the third eye, or pineal gland. also seen as standing upright, the serpent has also been said to represent the kundalini energy in the human body attaining higher conciousness. the word kundalini literally means "coiled"

[rainman9923]

beautiful dance.

[createrainbowz]

Thank you. ONE LOVE :)

[Santana305Moist]

i love this video! its beautiful

[Meand420]

that was cool

[esorenimsaj]

cool

[shekemkhet]

verdaderamente patetico y mediocre.

[jaguar57772]

I have never seen this type of dance before but I enjoyed it. Splendid.

[Samadhiatman500]

That was so cool.

[dieterhoff1]

I think it's a guy..people. I think he's german.?? Anyway thank you so much for sharing this with us...it's really great. very authentic

[AlinaKaiba]

Her outfit reminds me of my past life daddy's outfit except it was blue with white and golden collar. He was my mom's high priest and pharaoh Seth/Seto. My mom was the Pharaoh Queen too. Her name was Atemu.

[GreenlandCat]

very interesting, though i have my doubts whether the ancient egyptians truly danced like this

[abdelhazim]

A reconstruction of the dance is only based on static material like murals found in thombs and so on. Nobody can be sure how they were or how the music sounded. But some elements can still be found in some Indian, Middle Eastern and African dances.

[Parysia77]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing this.

[HimalayanGummiworm]

The leg lifts sort of reminded me of bharatnatanayam.

[A2EJ]

i love it!

[ChickenNugget3467]

that was a very interesting dance now after watching it i wish that i could learn to dance like that...

[Zadiel82]

gorgeous amazing ;) great!!!!

[miniaturegal]

i really need this piece of music 4 a dance im doing (i have a broken version) and my mother wont buy the cd, does anyone know of a place i can download it or can anyone email it 2 me or something? please?! im reali desperate!

[irmar]

@miniaturegal You still haven't figured out how to get videos and music from here? I cannot tell you, but just do a search.

[miniaturegal]

@irmar i did figure it out eventually:)

[drawde3000]

amazing!!!!!great job.

[marythoneeflores]

I love it. Egypt is trully amazing and very interesting. The culture is very rich. =)

[jjramsiaram]

that was amazing! from my opinion, the dance moves and the music really makes it sounds truelly ancient egyptian. the move set resembles the pictures depicted from many walls of temples in egypt inc painting. bravo! belly dancing is a part of egypt but this dance is for the pharaohs only!

[drgrannum]

This is a great dance. Thanks for uploading such masterpiece so those who appreciate it can view it.

[abdelhazim]

It would be greatly appreciated if the visitors refrain from racistic comments. We are all humans. Otherwise, please try to behave like one if possible...

[NexusJk]

this is arabic , not african faggot

[NexusJk]

Hatshepsut was a black woman.

[yesiampsycho]

she was egyptian. but yeah she was a woman.

[jazz2life]

I was intrigued by this performance...wow.

[aishagamila]

einfach fantastisch, meraviglioso, mumtaz, merveilleux ; can I have some informations about this dancer?

[sirdustin16]

ich steh total auf ägypten aber das ist einfach nur zum lachen X´D

[143elie]

AMAZING... this is so hard to preform and I appreciate this so much. in fact I will use it for my next play " Christos"

[SiriusIsRising]

Fasinating to watch these ancient egyptian dance moves ! wish i could gyrate like you !

best wishes from lorraine

[choqoRoLeex]

como puedo encontrar esta cancion?

[cobster4]

we did this dance for LA haha it is an easy dance but she is way beter than us and i love your outfit!!!

[Mickeyrony]

J'adore et c'est très divertifiant . Bravo sublime travail

[sporad]

Hatshepsut was the FIRST FEMALE PHAROAH, thus in many carvings she is made to wear male paraphernalia like a false beard. They later tried to scrape out her name from statues so it couldn't be read. They believed repeating the name gave immortality...

[abdelhazim]

That is very correct, the dance and the dancer perfectly picture this in clothing. Of course it is doubtful if Hatshepsut ever danced but that is not the issue right?

[RochelleAsha]

Hatshepsut is the Pharaoh who was a woman but dressed as a man, right? She even has a bread in her tomb and stuff. Well, I think, because it's a girl dressed in male clothing, it works well with the story... butI may be wrong.

[marioulaki]

I think the same, but, my mumm saw it and said the same, that is a woman :S

Also, this is male clothes!

But, I don't know ... is the dance of Hatshepsut, and she was a woman that wanted to be male in order to be respected. So, maybe is something like that.

I don't know! I am confused now!

But, I think is a man too

[Faraoh08]

If you Notice, That thing that looks like a curtain that hanging from the back is NOT Egyptian, looks more Like an Indian than an Egyptian..

No One has anything hanging from the back..

[rosedarren]

ok sorry i thought its a girl

[abdelhazim]

You did think right. Whatever some might wrongly claim, the truth is that this is a woman.

That the clothes look like male goes perfect with the story of Hatshepsut who was a woman that had to dress and act like a man in order to be respected. The men in those times did still think like the men of the stone age... regarding women.

I believe this is a perfect interpretation of the Hatshepsut composition.

Nobody on earth can claim that they do genuine pharaonic dance as only snapshots exist.

[irmar]

@abdelhazim You mean the dancer is a woman? With those legs and this stomach? (And this lack of grace)? I watched this all the time thinking it was a man...

[abdelhazim]

@irmar "all the time thinking it was a man", that's indeed a compliment for the dancer. Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh who had to act like a man, she even appeared with a beard to exercise the power of the pharaoh. So this female dancer really captured the spirit of the story of Hatshepsut. She was one of the greatest rulers of ancient Egypt, if not the greatest.

[rosedarren]

you know guys i am confused marioulaki said the dancer is male and abdelhazim said its a female but the dancer looks more on female but the way she/he moves is like a boy!but its great i like it so much...who is the dancer?

[marioulaki]

so greatttttttttttttttttttttttt!

which is the origin of this type of dancing? Pharaonic? how they know that ancient egipcians danced like he?

Please, give me some data! is very interesting!

[abdelhazim]

The dancer is called Aziza.

The only thing I know about the costume is that it was made by a wellknown Italian costumemaker about 20 years ago, but I do not know his name nor where he got his inspiration from.

[rosedarren]

i love the moves,the costume also....and the music.....is the dancer girl or boy?

[abdelhazim]

The dancer is definitely female.

[Faraoh08]

Thats NOT a woman, Thats a MN, Adha, Ya habibi Dah Ragal.

IF thats a woman thats she has to be the ugliest woman I've ever seen..

[abdelhazim]

The only thing I know about her is that she has the Egyptian nationality.

[marioulaki]

Is a boy, this clothes were clothes for men!

[abdelhazim]

How do you know?

[marioulaki]

How do I know what?

[abdelhazim]

well, that the clother were for men

some clothes were worn by male and female

For example like the hat among other things looks inspired by Queen Nefertiti

[heretic1965]

wonderful costume, but something about this dancer is freaking me out! YIKES! love the music

[Dombilisevgi]

hahhhhhahahahaah very cool

[CsLillith]

how bizarre and how cool!

Loved it. Great job.

[jessthark]

love that song

[rozboogie]

Nice!

[judyraqs]

I thought you did a great job! Love the costume and the moves :)

[mcb1160]

GREAT GREAT !!!!!!!!