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Heart of Hilali, The
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| Sound recording, story; The Heart of Hilali, a version of the African epic cycle Al-Hilali, told by Chirine El Ansary, in a mini-festival of stories, Thrones of Freedom, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 2nd June 2005. | |
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| Introduction by Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, London. Followed by story performed in two halves by Chirine El Ansary. The story is a version of of the oral narrative known as the Al-Hilali. The story tells of how 1400 years ago, the Bani Hilal tribe moved northward from the Arabian peninsula, traversed the Levant, moved westward across the Sinai peninsula and eventually settled in Egypt. The story tells of love, kinship and friendship. | |
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| UNESCO recently proclaimed this 40 hour long epic a 'masterpiece of the oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity'. This performance is unusual in that the story is told by a women in this instance, which is not the custom for this epic. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| language:- | French; English; Arabic |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | incomplete |
| duration:- | 1 hour, 18 minutes, 52 seconds |
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| In 2003, Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, London, approached Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, with a proposal to programme regular performance storytelling at the Barbican Centre. Since 2003 the Crick Crack Club has worked in partnership with Barbican Education to programme 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre, for adult audiences. These events are programmed during the three school half terms each year, with usually three evening events per half term. The performances of storytelling are occasionally preceded by pre-show talks. The Pit Theatre is an award winning black box theatre, which seats approximately 180 people (depending on the seating configuration). | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Chirine El Ansary female / Egyptian / Muslim / African / French / born 28.04.1971 |
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Master of Ceremonies: Jillian Barker female / British / occupation Educationalist; Head of Barbican Education |
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| origin:- |
Africa
Arab world |
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| programming & administration:- |
programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty programmer: The Crick Crack Club administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican Education |
| storytelling:- |
London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
02 Jun 2005 mini-festival; public performance: Thrones of Freedom The Heart of Hilali |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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