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词条 Layla Taj
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  1. Training

  2. Career

  3. References

  4. External links

Layla Taj, ({{lang-ar|ليلى تاج}}), is a belly dancer in the classical Egyptian raqs al-sharqi style. Taj includes in her repertoire dances devoted to communicating facets of Egyptian culture.[1] Of royal Egyptian and Greek heritage, Taj has the honorable title "Dancing Queen."[1]

Training

Taj was introduced to Middle Eastern dance in childhood.[3]{{rp|B19}} Later, as she developed her professional career, Taj trained in belly dance in the United States and Germany, where she studied with Dr. Mo Geddawi (a founding member of the Reda Troup[2]), who praised her work.[5]

Career

Taj has been contracted annually as the in-house principal dancer at upscale hotel venues throughout the Middle East,[3] including Tunisia; the United Arab Emirates; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; and Cairo, Egypt, where cultural and legal norms have been selective regarding who is eligible to perform.[4][5][6] Taj's audiences have included dignitaries such as politicians, including Egyptian Ambassador Youssef Zada,[10] and Middle Eastern royalty.[3] Outside of the Middle East, she has been selected to perform at events sponsored by the United Nations and by the Egyptian Tourism Authority.[7]{{rp|B18}}[8] In 2009, Taj performed in New York City in an educational cultural program sponsored by the World Heritage Cultural Center.[9] Taj also performed at the wedding celebration, termed the "Wedding of the Decade",[10] of Middle-Eastern[11] author and publisher Yara Michaels and ophthalmologist David W. Shoemaker;[12][13] the event took place at Cà d’Zan at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.[14]

Taj focuses on belly dance as being an artistic medium through which to communicate features of Egyptian culture. Taj rejects the floorwork that is common in other approaches, believing the upright posture of the classical Egyptian genre to be more culturally representative.[7] Her interpretation of musical accompaniment is influenced by the vocal style of the late Egyptian singer and actress Umm Kulthum.[7]{{rp|B19}}

Taj established and performs through The Egyptian Cultural Performing Arts Society Inc., whose mission is to educate the public about Eyptian culture.[10] The keystone of Taj's repertoire for the Society is Journey Down the Nile,[7]{{rp|B1}} a multi-media Egyptian cultural program during which she performs numerous regional dances of Egypt interspersed with film clips that explain them.[15] The signature dance in the program is Wings of Isis, in which Taj portrays Cleopatra VII and illustrates the queen's identification with the goddess Isis.[16] In addition, Taj produced, wrote, and performed in the educational short film, Ancient and Modern Dances of Egypt.[17][18] Her 2015 essay, The Difference Between Art and Entertainment,[19] is a component of the dance curriculum at Brigham Young University.[20]

Before developing her career in professional dance, Taj was a recording artist with a single that hit the Billboard charts.[21]

References

1. ^1 {{cite news |last=Brokaw |first=Sommer |date=November 29, 2014 |title=Dancing queen: World-traveled Egyptian dancer to perform here |page = 2 |url=https://yoursun.newsbank.com/doc/news/151E699E298BD188?text=&pub%255B0%255D=CNCB&date_from=2014-11-29&pdate=2014-11-29 |subscription=yes |access-date = November 19, 2018 |work=The Sun}}
2. ^{{cite web | last=Morocco | title = Gilded Serpent presents...Interview with Mahmoud Reda, Part I: The Beginning | url=http://www.gildedserpent.com/art32/rockyredainterviewp1.htm | access-date=November 22, 2018 | website=gildedserpent.com}}
3. ^{{cite magazine |date = July–August 2005 |title=Belly Dancing in the Middle East |last=Phillips |first=Sophia |work=Zaghareet! |url=http://zaghareet.freeservers.com/back.html |subscription=yes}}
4. ^1 {{cite news |title=Taj Takes Belly Dancing to New Heights |date=June 8, 2005 |page=18 |work=The Queens Gazette |url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2005-06-08/features/051.html |accessdate=November 5, 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web | url = http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2011/06/finding-work-in-cairo-naked-truth.html | title = Kisses from Kairo | last = Luna | date = June 2011 | website = kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com | access-date = November 5, 2018}}
6. ^{{cite journal | last = Arvizu | first = Shannon | title = The Politics of Bellydancing in Cairo | journal = The Arab Studies Journal | volume = 12/13 | issue = 2/1 | pages = 165 | date = 2004 | jstor = 27933913}}
7. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news |last=Pray |first=Rusty |date=November 27, 2014 |title=Worlds apart: Taj to present free Egyptian dance concert |url=https://charlottecounty.floridaweekly.com/pageview/viewer/2014-11-27#page=57 |access-date=November 19, 2018 |work=Florida Weekly}}
8. ^{{cite news |last=Russo |first=Mike |date=April 23, 2009 |title=She's the dancing queen |page=11 |url=http://liherald.com/stories/She146s-the-dancing-queen,2183 |work=Long Island Herald |access-date=November 21, 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://mywhcc.org/category/previous-events/ |website=mywhcc.org |title=Global Beats Stage - October 2009 |last=World Heritage Cultural Center |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=December 11, 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web |last=McDonald |first=Megan |title=The Wedding of the Decade and a Baby Shower |work=Sarasota Magazine |url=https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2012/4/30/the-wedding-of-the-decade-and-a-baby-shower |date=April 30, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web |last=Weingarten |first=Abby |title=Cooks at Home: Yara Shoemaker |url=http://ediblesarasota.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/cooks-home-yara-shoemaker |date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2018}}
12. ^{{cite episode | title = Michael Shoemaker's Wedding | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4R96NUKL-E | series = Jasmyne Salazar | airdate = June 20, 2012 | minutes = 5:02 | access-date=December 28, 2018 | transcripturl= }}
13. ^{{cite episode | title = Sneak peek of Yara's wedding-Jackie Evancho | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMXBeocyJas | series = Femme Rouge Magazine | airdate = June 27, 2012 | minutes = 1:24 | access-date=December 28, 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web | last = McDonald | first = Megan | title = Oh, Happy Day | website = Sarasotamagazine.com | url = https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2012/8/1/oh-happy-day | date = August 1, 2012 | access-date = February 11, 2019}}
15. ^{{cite web | title=Layla Taj -Egyptian Cultural Dance Program | url=http://danceofegypt.wixsite.com/egypt/about- | access-date=December 28, 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Chris | title=The Search for Cleopatra | work=National Geographic | url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/07/Cleopatra/ | date=July 2011 | access-date=December 28, 2018}}
17. ^{{cite news | date=May 6, 2009 | title=Film by Egyptian Dancer to Air on QPTV | url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2009-05-06/features/029.html | accessdate=November 5, 2018 | pages=32 | work=The Queens Gazette}}
18. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.com/Layla-Ancient-Modern-Dances-Egypt/dp/B01GWCAZTK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541422413&sr=8-1 | title = Layla Taj Ancient and Modern Dances of Egypt | website = Amazon.com | accessdate = November 5, 2018}}
19. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/difference-between-art-entertainment-layla-taj/ | title = The Difference Between Art and Entertainment | last = Taj | first = Layla | date = June 29, 2015 | accessdate = November 5, 2018 | website = Linkedin.com}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=http://guides.lib.byu.edu/c.php?g=216613&p=3813668 |title=Subject Guides: Dance 261: Orientation to Dance: Art vs Entertainment |date=August 21, 2018 |website=Byu.edu |access-date=November 2, 2018}}
21. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.laylataj.com/bio |title=Bio |website=Laylataj.com |accessdate=November 6, 2018}}

External links

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