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Summary:DEVELOPMENT FOR SERIES LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S INVOLVEMENT IN DANCE AS A GROUP ACTIVITY.
Description:Performed mainly by women, this Egyptian folk dance dates from the first century AD and is a sensual celebration of feminity. In inner-city Manchester, a group of women from all walks of life have formed a small community bonded together by the cathartic powers of the dance. Rita Mills, their teacher, took up dancing to heal a damaged back that doctors thought irreparable. She could barely walk until she discovered Raqs Sharqi.