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Historian and traveler "al Masoudi” wrote in his book
"Morouj al Thahab” (Meadows of Gold) that the Abbasid Caliph
"al Mu'tamad” asked some people in his court to describe
dancing, types of dances and the characters and features the
dancer should have. They said: "Peoples and nations usually
have different ways of dancing. In general there are eight
kinds of rhythms for dancing: the slow, the quick, the
swift, the strong, the slow strong, the quick strong and the
strong swift I and the very strong... .The dancer should
have certain characteristics in his, appearance ,
personality and in his performance.
The girls of oriental Dance, her appearance she have an
attractive look, slim body, thin waist, long neck, long
whiskers, small feet and smooth flexible fingers and joints
that help him bend easily and turn for a long time. she also
should have long breath and should always elegantly. As
of her personality he should be quick minded, good mannered,
intelligent, well aware of the kinds of dance and the rules
of every kind. She should be humor and punctual in
movement, and able to perform hard movements but should be
stable, and should rotate and move her feet and hands in
full harmony with music.
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