THU JUN 16, 8pm:
An MBC Premiere Presentation
WORLD PREMIERE!
An Evening with dancer/author/filmmaker
TAMALYN DALLAL
(Documentary directed by TAMALYN DALLAL/USA/2011/80mins.)
World acclaimed dancer, author, filmmaker, and founder of Miami’s Mid Eastern Dance Exchange, Tamalyn Dallal, has once again captured a rare art-form in her new film Zanzibar Dance, Trance and Devotion, which will have it’s world premiere at the Miami Beach Cinematheque. With this spectacular anthology of traditional dances from the East African island of Zanzibar, Dallal documented a group of former clove farmers from the island of Pemba as they showed the rarely seen dances of harvest, rhythmic stick fighting, and others that called forth the spirits. Zanzibar Dance, Trance, and Devotion is a priceless collection of heritage that is of interest to scholars, dancers and those who want to experience vibrant dance and music in one of the most exotic places on earth.
Q&A will follow the film with director Tamalyn Dallal
On the multi-faceted work of Tamalyn Dallal:
“DESCRIPTIVE, INSIGHTFUL, AND WITTY”
-Bozenka, world reknown Bellydance Superstar
“A WONDERFUL GIFT TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RICH DIVERSITY OF THE CULTURES ON OUR PLANET”-Helene Eriksen, dance ethnologist
$12 or $10 students/seniors or $9 MBC Members