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"Gypsy Cabaret" is our personal style of belly dance
that is continually being developing in the
tradition of the gypsies who continually evolved
their own style by adding attitudes and dance moves
from the various cultures they encountered as they
traveled from place to place. Our style currently
includes influences from ATS, Tribal, Cabaret,
Gypsy, Indian and African dance.
GYPSY
:
"A
traveling person, group or dance troupe"
Encyclopedia
meaning: Descendant of the original Indian travelers who
arrived in Western Europe after the downfall of the
Byzantine empire in the 15th Century. The called
themselves the 'Lords of Little Egypt' which
contracted to Egyptians, Gyptians and eventually
Gypsies or Gyppos. Little Egypt was the name given
to the area we now call Turkey. Gypsy
refers to both the Roma and Sinti peoples, and also
to a musical play. The name is also applied to the
gypsy moth, and to the dancers in the chorus.
CABARET :
"A stage show with dancers and sometime songs."
Encyclopedia
meaning:
Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy,
song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by
the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub
with a stage for performances and the audience
sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking)
watching the performance. The turn of the 20th
century introduced a revolutionized cabaret culture.
Performers included Josephine Baker and Brazilian
drag performer João Francisco dos Santos (aka Madame
Satã), both of African descent. The venue itself can
also be called a "cabaret." These performances could
range from political satire to light entertainment,
each being introduced by a master of ceremonies, or
MC.
The term is a French word for the taprooms or cafés,
where this form of entertainment was born, as a more
artistic type of café-chantant. It is derived from
Middle Dutch cabret, through Old North French
camberette, from Late Latin camera. It essentially
means "small room."
Cabaret also refers to a Mediterranean style brothel
— a bar with tables and women who mingle with and
entertain the clientele. Traditionally these
establishments can also feature some form of stage
entertainment: often singers & dancers — the
bawdiness of which vary with the quality of the
establishment. It is the more sophisticated and
classier cabaret which eventually engendered this
type of establishment and art-form.
GYPSY
CABARET
: "A
traveling person, group or dance troupe in a stage
show with dancers and sometime songs."
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