Ancient Egypt Dances from
EGYPTA: Myth, Magic, and Mystery
Banquet Dance
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Inspired by tomb paintings of a banquet scene, this lively and energetic dance incorporates high kicks, jumps, and percussive elements. The sistrum were musical instruments used in ancient Egypt to make sounds pleasing to the Goddess Hathor.
Choreography and costume design: Laurel Victoria Gray
Inspired by tomb paintings of a banquet scene, this lively and energetic dance incorporates high kicks, jumps, and percussive elements. The sistrum were musical instruments used in ancient Egypt to make sounds pleasing to the Goddess Hathor.
Choreography and costume design: Laurel Victoria Gray
Cleopatra
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Death of Egypt
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Egypt is the Gift of the Nile
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic, and Mystery
According to one creation myth, life began in the form of a lotus blossoming forth from the primeval waters. The Nile was revered as a god who waters the plains and valleys which Ra has created to nourish all life...Creator, sustainer who brings richness to the earth.
Choreography and Costume Design: Laurel Victoria Gray
In the Temple of Isis
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic, and Mystery
A loving wife and mother, the Goddess Isis was known for her magical powers. Hymns praised her as ''she who made light with her feathers and wind with her wings.''
Choreography and costume design/construction: Keylan Qazzaz and
Laurel Victoria Gray
A loving wife and mother, the Goddess Isis was known for her magical powers. Hymns praised her as ''she who made light with her feathers and wind with her wings.''
Choreography and costume design/construction: Keylan Qazzaz and
Laurel Victoria Gray
Invasion of the Foreigners
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Isis Mourns, Egypt Mourns
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Priestess of Renenutet
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
An early Egyptian deity, the snake goddess Renenutet was responsible for the fertility of crops, humans, and animals. A guardian of the Pharaoh, as well as of the granaries and fields, Renenutet was often depicted as a woman with a cobra's head. ''Her gaze is said to vanquish all enemies'' but ''this same intense emanation from her eyes causes things to grow.''
Choreography and Costume Design: Laurel Victoria Gray
Procession
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Prologue: The Prophecy of Thoth
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Pyramids
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
In spite of numerous theories, scholars still cannot agree on how the ancient Egyptian pyramids were built. The mystical power of these monuments have inspired this choreography.
Choreography and Costume Design: Laurel Victoria Gray
Royal Linen
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
The Goddess Nuit and the Dance of the Cosmos
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
The Seven Hathors
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery
Wrath of Sekhmet
from concert work Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery