The oldest known depictions of dance in this region are found in Predynastic era rock carvings, a linen shroud, a wall painting, a clay model, and pottery in Upper Egypt. The earliest examples of Predynastic … See more

Professional groups of singers (ḥsı͗t), musicians (ḥnı͗t or ḥnwt), and dancers (ḥbw) often performed at important festivals and funerary services. These groups were referred to in the Old and Middle Kingdoms as the ḫnr or khener, which in context … See more

Before the New Kingdom, dancers were mostly accompanied by clapping or percussion instruments. Afterward, performers could dance to a greater range of music with the … See more

• Kinney, Troy; Kinney, Margaret West (1914). The Dancing Of Ancient Egypt And Greece Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1–8.
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Female dancers rarely wore the restrictive ordinary dress – a strapped white sheath starting at the bust and running down to the ankles. An exception in the Old Kingdom was for funeral dances. Old Kingdom dancers are not only depicted in dresses but in … See more

Lexová set out classifications for the various dances of the period: the purely movemental dance, the gymnastic dance, the imitative dance, … See more