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o YouTube Video clips of Mirah Ammal Of course, in the translation from digital tape to lower resolution for YouTube, some quality is diminished. Smaller shimmies or flutters on drum solos, etc. may be lost, and audio-sync may be off in playback on some viewings. If you require a more high-quality recording sample or a sample of a different kind/style of dance, these and other dances do exist on DVD. Contact Mirah for more information. For additional videos of Mirah and Al-Bahira dance theater visit www.youtube.com/mirahammal.
Quick Links: Drum Solo #2 Raks Sharki 1 Raks Sharki 2 Contemporary Raks Assaya (Cane) Shamadan Isis Wings
This improvisational drum solo was performed in the fall 2008 hafla sponsored by Aalim School and Al-Bahira Dance Theater at the Aalim School's Inver-Grove Heights location.
A raks sharki (women's solo improvisational dance performance). This was performed at a show with master dancer Sahra Saeeda in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in spring of 2008.
A raks sharki (women's solo improvisational dance performance). This was performed at a hafla in spring of 2007.
Contemporary Raks Assaya (Cane Dance) and Drum Solo #2 A contemporary raks assaya piece (performed in bedla rather than traditional costume) followed by a short drum solo. This piece was performed at a fundraiser for Al-Bahira Dance Theater and the Aalim School of Dance.
] Mirah performs shamadan (candelabra dance). It's a little dark and difficult to see at the beginning as she enters through the audience in the darkened theater, but lighting improves once she reaches the stage.
"Awakening" --Isis wings theatrical fantasy piece with Al-Bahira Dance Theater This piece will eventually be part of a full-length dance-play fairytale. It represents the scene in which we meet the dark and powerful djinniye and her sizzling fire spirit sisters. This performance was for the Guild of Oriental Dance in April 2008. Choreography by Mirah Ammal, with dancers Safia, Alicia, Ameera, Vega and Mirah. Videography by Linda Brown, costumes by Laurie Olson Williams and Pharonics of Egypt.
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