tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31485218688100857812024-02-02T05:52:13.306-08:00Dance me Amar !----------------------------------------------------------Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-9461308335976804412015-09-29T07:41:00.001-07:002015-09-29T07:41:50.189-07:00The Trampoline "belly dance"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Probably I should be the last person to speak about fusions as I consider myself to be a dancer whose let her imagination fly and get inspiration from fusions by incorporating non arab elements to my belly dance routines.<br />
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The Fusions started long ago, as belly dance became a global phenomenon, dancers from all over the world began to incorporate little things of their own culture, adding new steps and new flavours to the raqs sharki. The ATS (American Tribal Style) was one the main promoters of "the fusions" the bridge from the classical belly dance to the modern music with ethnic roots in the dancing. However in this last couple of years the belly dance has been used as a mere TRAMPOLINE to dance whatever thing comes in your mind with shimmies and camels to whatever music: Rock, rap, hip-hop, heavy metal etc... doesn't matter! the important is to keep up with the fashion of "doing fusions"!<br />
As I mentioned before, maybe I'm the least indicated to point this fact out as my dance style is not pure arabic but, to use a <i>"Rammstein"</i> song, do some movements that I could do in any other melody, but just because this melody is not arabic, call it a "fusion" and name myself a creator of a new belly dance Style!.<br />
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I do not want we confuse the good fusions from the mediocre ones, cause I have seen amazing performances where they mix two different dancing styles with success. So, ¿What makes a good or bad fusion? the answer is: Imagination and creation.<br />
Lets suppose you wanna make a hip-hop belly. The first step would be to learn hip-hop, get the essence and moves of it, later add the belly dance, choose a good song for the matter and practice it!. Do not expect to put any type of music shake a bit and call it a fusion.<br />
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The belly dance is a disciple like any other dance style, and I'm in favor to add some foreigner elements to enhance it, but STOP using belly dance as a trampoline to make other dance styles., just because the belly dance is indulgent in age, anatomy and years of study wise doesn't mean you have to use it to do what you couldn't did before.<br />
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In countries such as Russia or Ukraine exists a phenomenon called "Fantasy belly dance" which basically are performances of the most unusual combinations some of them are just AMAZING! some others....mm not so much. A performance of this style has a very thin line between the wonderful and the ridiculous, of course the perception of each one is different.In this article I'm just trying to bring up the importance of belly dance by itself without any external contaminations but, if like me, you are the kind of girl who likes the mixology , here are some tips which I found useful.<br />
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1. Get the right music (This is the most important) take your time to find the perfect melody for your performance, this is a long process that can take weeks, even months to get it done, and many times you have to mix 2 or 3 different tracks to obtain what you need.<br />
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2.Use the right outfit: Leave the belly dance traditional bedla behind, what your gonna do is something unique! get costume to fit your performance,it will be part of the magic!<br />
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3.We suppose that the knowledge of belly dance is there, now, if you wanna do a fusion is time to take some classes about that particular style: hip-hop, jazz, tango, hawaian etc..<br />
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4.Try not to make an eteeeeernal performance, is better to leave the audience asking for more than make them bored with 8 or 12 min.<br />
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5.Before taking your performance to the stage, ask yourself : ¿Why do I want to dance this, and which is the reason for it? If you get answers such as: "Because this song of <i>the bee gees </i>is my favourite" or "I'm fan of <i>iron maden</i> and now fusions are in fashion so I will dance it".Think the following: ¿Is it coherent what I'm gonna dance with the music I have chosen?<br />
The dance as universal language must be able to touch the heart or like from people around the world, doesn't matter where they come from, this is how a performance from Ukraine, Russia,Argentina, Brasil or any other country can be appreciate it and like in the rest of the world.<br />
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Thanks for reading this article, and I hope you find it useful!<br />
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Are you searching inspiration for fusion dances?check this names on youtube!<br />
-Amir Thaleb (Oriental tango)<br />
-Ebony (Hip-hop belly)<br />
-Nadia Nikishenko (Fantasy Belly dance)<br />
-Daniela Gómez (Salsa- belly )<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-44259223076751140812015-09-27T05:05:00.000-07:002015-09-27T05:05:39.312-07:00El trampolín "Belly dance"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Probablemente yo debería ser la última persona en hablar del tema de las fusiones en el Belly dance ya que me considero una bailarina que da rienda suelta a sus emociones y a lo que me inspira, hago fusiones e incorporo a mis rutinas elementos no-árabes.<br />
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El tema de las fusiones comenzó hace ya bastante tiempo, siendo el belly dance un fenómeno mundial, bailarinas de todos los rincones del planeta comenzaron a incorporar un poco de su propia cultura dentro de este, dando como resultado una danza rica en estilos, nuevos movimientos y nueva música, el ATS (American Tribal Style) fué uno de los principales promotores de la fusión, el "puente" entre el belly dance y la musica moderna con toques étnicos.Sin embargo en estos últimos años el Belly dance se ha comenzado a usar como un mero TRAMPOLÍN para bailar cualquier cosa con ondulaciones o shimmies, para usarlo con la musica que sea: Rock, rap, hip-hop, heavy metal, boleros, etc.. lo mismo da! no importa! lo importante es estar a la vanguardia y hacer "fusiones".<br />
Como mencioné antes.... tal vez soy la menos indicada ya que mi estilo no es puramente árabe sinembargo, no concibo la idea de bailar una canción del grupo "Rammstein" hacer lo mismo que haría en cualquier otra melodía y solo por tener una música ajena a la musica árabe, llamarla "fusión" y nombrarme creadora de un estilo!.<br />
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No quiero que confundamos las buenas fusiones de las mediocres, ya que asi como he visto cosas que a mi perspectiva no son de buena calidad, también las hay grandiosas, pero ¿Que diferencia una buena de una mala fusión? La respuesta creo yo, esta en la preparación y en la imaginación.<br />
Supongamos que deseas hacer una fusión de hip-hop-belly. Lo primero que deberías hacer es estudiar hip-hop, tomar los movimientos y el estilo, ya con esa base, incorporar el belly dance en una musica adecuada y llevarlo a la práctica. No esperes poner cualquier música y hacer camellos, shimmies, hip-drops y llamarlo fusión.<br />
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El belly dance es una disciplina como cualquier otro estilo dancístico,y estoy a favor de implementar cosas extranjeras a el para enriquecerlo, pero BASTA de usarlo como trampolín para intentar hacer otro estilo de danza. Solo porque el belly dance es indulgente en cuestiones de edad, anatomía y años de estudio con relación al ballet clásico u otras danzas más estrictas, no significa que lo puedas usar como via para hacer lo que no pudiste.<br />
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En países como Rusia y Ucrania, existe un fenómeno llamado <i>"Fantasy belly dance" </i>que son fusiones que jamás imaginariamos! algunas muy MUY buenas, y otras .....mmmm no tanto.<br />
Un performance de este estilo tiene una muy fina línea entre lo maravilloso y lo ridículo, claro está que cada uno tiene una percepción distinta. En este artículo lo único que quiero resaltar es la importacia del belly dance como arte sin contaminaciones externas, pero ya si como yo, quieres entrarle al universo de la mixología, aquí unos tips que a mi me han sido muy útiles:<br />
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<b>1.</b>Obtén la música adecuada,(esto es lo más importante) tómate tu tiempo en buscar esa melodía perfecta, es un proceso a veces de meses, y en muchas ocasiones tienes que mezclar dos o tres diferentes tracks para obtener lo que deseas.<br />
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<b>2.</b>Usa la ropa correcta, deja a un lado el belly dance, este performance no es un belly dance puro, es una fusión! usar un bedla para bailar heavy metal quedará extraño, es tanto como ver a un mariachi con ropa de <i>"fiebre de sábado por la noche"</i>.Crea un outfit adecuado a lo vas a presentar.<br />
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<b>3.</b>Suponemos que ya se tienen los conocimientos de danza árabe, pero si vas a fusionarlo con otro estilo es momento de tomar unas clasecitas de el segundo estilo en cuestión ya sea: flamenco, tango, burlesque, hawaiano, hip-hop etc, etc.<br />
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<b>4.</b>Intenta que no sea un performance eteeeeernoooo!!! lo que vas a hacer es algo único! es mejor dejar a la gente pidiendo más que aburrirlos con 8 min de una fusión que no tiene ni pies ni cabeza.<br />
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<b>5.</b>Antes de llevar tu performance a escena preguntate:<u> ¿Porqué quiero hacer esto, y para que? </u>si obtienes respuestas como: "Porque con esa música de José josé me enamoré de mi marido" ó "Porque esa rola de OV7 me gustaba desde chica y ahora que estan de moda las fusiones la voy a bailar" . Planteate lo siguiente: ¿Es congruente lo que vas a ejecutar con la musica que has escojido? ¿Será que gente ajena a mi se identificará con lo que voy a hacer? y por último, la danza como lenguaje universal debe ser capaz gustar a gente no importando el país de donde provengan,es así como un performance de una bailarina de Rusia, Ucrania, Argentina o Brasil puede gustar en otras partes del mundo.<br />
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Gracias por leerme y espero estos consejos les sean de utilidad.<br />
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Buscas inspiración para hacer fusiones? Checa estos nombres en youtube:<br />
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-Amir Thaleb (Tango Oriental)<br />
-Nadia Nikishenko (Fantasy Belly dance)<br />
-Ebony (Hip-hop- belly)<br />
- Daniela Gómez (Salsa- belly)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-4937413875852672862015-03-25T02:40:00.002-07:002015-03-25T02:40:55.276-07:00In response to Randa Jarrar: "Why I can´t stand white belly dancers" (En español)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">By: Amar Lammar</span></b><br />
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Me tomé el tiempo de leer este artículo que encontré hace algunos días., junto con el descubrí que había causado una controversia mundial entre la comunidad del Belly dance causando una respuesta masiva en contra de la autora llenándola de insultos, llamándola racista y otros adjetivos más. Estas ofensas NO contribuyen a nada.<br />
Después de leer este artículo, leí la segunda parte de este: <i>"I STILL can´t stand white belly dancers" (AÚN NO soporto a las belly dancers blancas).</i><br />
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Después de reflexionar intenté ponerme en los zapatos de la autora. Como mexicana, me molesta que la gente diga que los nachos son "una comida" en lugar de un snack, que "todos los mexicanos usamos enormes sombreros y somo bigotones", me enoja que a los mexicanos nos den el estereotipo de holgazanes, come frijoles y narcotraficantes. Creo que el post de la autora no tiene que ver con la danza misma, sino con el esterotipo de lo que un "árabe" debe ser., desgraciadamente para ella tomó un mal ejemplo, el belly dance.<br />
Como alguien le respondió anteriormente: "Parece ser víctima de racismo en USA" blanco de <i>"chistes de árabes"</i>, preguntándosele a cada rato -AHH tu eres árabe? y haces el baile de las moneditas?-. En verdad la entiendo pero, esto no es excusa para poner todo su enojo en la ejecutantes de la danza del vientre.<br />
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Querida Randa., Tú has mencionado a grandes bailarinas tales como <b>Taheya Carioca</b> y <b>Fifi Abdo</b>.<br />
Cuando te refieres a ellas, hablas de la época de oro de la danza árabe, cuando esta, era vista por tus compatriotas como <i>"un arte respetable"</i>. ¿Podrías darme el nombre de de alguna bailarina "árabe" actual que sea tan famosa como estas grandes artistas del pasado? Estoy segura que no, pero yo te podría hablar de Randa Kamel, una extraordinaria bailarina egipcia que no es famosa entre los suyos pero que ciertamente goza de fama entre <i>"la hermandad blanca de belly dancers"</i> como nos has llamado. ¿Sabías que Taheya Carioca obtuvo el nombre<b> Carioca</b> gracias a que incorporaba unos toques brasileños a sus rutinas? Carioca el el nombre que se le da a los nativos de Rio de Janeiro en Brasil. Fifi Abdo es una bailarina que se mantiene gracias a que bailarinas de todo el mundo quieren aprender de esta artista.Otro buen ejemplo es <b>Samia Gamal </b>quien estudió con una bailarina de ballet Clásico proveniente de Rusia.<br />
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También me gustaría saber ¿A quién te refieres cuando dices <b>"bailarinas blancas"</b>, a las Europeas, las Latinas, Asiáticas? o tal vez a cualquiera que no sea de origen árabe.A través del estudio y la investigación podemos encontrar que muy probablemente la danza del vientre tuvo su origen en las esclavas turcas, así que si bien su origen no es completamente árabe, es verdad que su máximo desarrollo lo obtuvo en Egipto.<br />
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Tengo ya 18 años en la danza árabe de los cuales he vivido en países árabes por más de 10 años, y esta es la cosa: Los hoteles y restaurantes prefieren a las belly dancers occidentales antes que a una nativa árabe (de cualquier país árabe que sea) ¿Porqué es esto? Como he mencionado antes, la connotación de una bailarina no es bueno, pero no hay celebración en la que no falte una belly dancer... bodas, cumpleaños etc. Peeeero ¿ Te gustaría tener una bailarina en tu familia? muy probablemente no! Es entonces que este espacio que las bailarinas árabes dejan libre es cubierto por otros candidatos que pasan a ser <u>las belly dancers occidentales/blancas.</u><br />
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Como en todas las profesiones existe gente buena y gente mediocre, supongo que una chica que se pone pantalones "de mi bella genio" se sobre maquilla y se pone unas cuantas monedas en la cadera no podría ser considerada como una profesional, probablemente es una alumna o va a una fiesta de disfraces. El belly dance es una disciplina y como todos los otros estilos de danza requiere entrenamiento y dedicación para entender la música, los ritmos, y su expresión, esto lleva tiempo, en especial para una chica que no es de origen árabe., sinembargo (y aquí quiero ser muy clara) el haber nacido en un país árabe y crecer escuchando <b>Warda</b> y <b>Um Khalthoum</b> no te hacen bailarina PROFESIONAL automáticamente, te dará el sentimiento sí, pero no puede garantizar que tengas los movimientos!!! Como dije antes, la danza árabe es una disciplina. Con todo respeto tu (Mrs. Jarrar) puedes bailar con todos tus amigos y familia y pasarla bien, pero eso no te hace conocedora de belly dance.Puedes apreciar una bailarian buena de una mediocre pero tu juicio estará dictado por tu gusto personal y no desde un punto de vista técnico. Es como decidir quien es guapo ó feo para tí, siendo que la belleza es muy subjetiva dependiendo del gusto de cada persona.<br />
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Las chicas blancas ó mejor dicho las bailarinas occidentales seguiremos bailando, en verdad lamento que hayas encontrado en tu camino a bailarinas no tan buenas. De cualquier forma en nombre de la comunidad mundial del belly dance, he visto extraordinarias bailarinas tanto árabes como occidentales cada una aporta algo nuevo y revolucionario a la danza, <b>"NO necesitas cargarnos sobre tu espalda, nosotras somos los suficientemente fuertes para levantarnos en nuestros dos pies".</b><br />
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Para quien no ha leído el artículo mencionado, aquí el link:http://www.salon.com/2014/03/04/why_i_cant_stand_white_belly_dancers/<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-53722373670819817352015-03-10T02:23:00.000-07:002015-03-10T02:27:40.447-07:00Boushret Kheir - Hussain el Jasmi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In video of the month.... we have this shaabi song that is a hit in all the world, sure you know the song, but, you know what it saying? the lyrics are so important for me, it allows me to create a choreo with much more meaning and much more feeling than just move cause I have many steps to show.<br />
I got this lyric from a friend, although sometimes is hard for them to translate some arabic words to english we tried our best to express the idea of the song; If anyone have a better translation, please, share!.<br />
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Boushret Kheir</h2>
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دي فركة كعب وهتعملها<br />
قصاد الدنيا هتقولها<br />
وخد بقى عهد تعدِلها<br />
سكتت كتير<br />
خَدِت ايه مصر بسكوتك<br />
ماتستخسرش فيها صوتك<br />
بتكتب بكره بشروطك<br />
دي بشرة خير<br />
قوم نادي ع الصعيدي وابن اخوك البورسعيدي والشباب لسكندراني اللمه دي لمة رجال<br />
ونا هاجي مع السوهاجي والقناوي والسيناوي والمحلاوي اللي ميه ميه والنوبه الجُمال<br />
ماتوصيش السوايسه الدنيا هايصه كده كده<br />
واللسماعلاويه ياما كادوا العدا<br />
كلمني ع الشراقوه واحنا ويا بعض اقوى<br />
واحنا ويا بعض اقوى<br />
وأملنا كبير<br />
دي فركة كعب وهتعملها<br />
قصاد الدنيا هتقولها<br />
وخد بقى عهد واعدلها<br />
سكتت كتير<br />
بحيري منوفي أو دمياطي<br />
دول اقربلي من اخواتي<br />
حلايب أهل وقرايب<br />
ناديلهم رووح<br />
واكتر حاجه فيها ميزه<br />
نشوف حبايبنا في الجيزه<br />
يا مرحب ألف خطوه عزيزه بناس مطرووح<br />
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This is an easy task, and you will do it<br />
To the world you will speak out<br />
And take an oath to make it better<br />
you have been quiet for too long<br />
What did Egypt gain from your silence<br />
Do not you voice<br />
Tomorrow, you will write it under your own conditions<br />
this is a good deed<br />
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Go call out for the ‘Saidi’ (from upper Egypt) and your nephew from
‘Port Said’ and the youth from ‘Alexandria’ for this is a gathering of
men<br />
And I will come with those from ‘Sohag’ and ‘Qina’ and ‘Sinai’ and ‘ who are the best of the best<br />
No need to double check on the people from Suez, everything is now jumbled together<br />
And the people from ‘Al Ismailiyyah’ who have been through a lot<br />
Talk to me about the people from the East, and together we are stronger<br />
And together we are stronger<br />
And our hope is high<br />
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This is an easy task, and you will do it<br />
To the world you will speak out<br />
And take an oath to make it better<br />
you have been quiet for too long<br />
The people from Menouf, or Damyat<br />
Those people are closer to me than my brothers<br />
They are all family and friends<br />
go call out for them<br />
And the thing that stands out most<br />
Is for us to see our beloved ones from Giza<br />
Oh greetings with a thousand paces<br />
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<b>By: Amir Thaleb</b><br />
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knowledge, observations, experiences and journeys around the world. Maybe this
way I can clear the panorama.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">According
to the experts on the topic, it’s been told to us that <i>“All the ways that cross
the boundaries of its own core, where it was developed, inevitably undergoes
normal transformations. This transformation is a process in which it adapts to
the new environment that rescued it, creating a new way over the old one."</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I think it is a normal process of all things,
for example to eat in a Mexican restaurant in any part of the world would not
have the same taste as a restaurant in Mexico itself. A Mexican Restaurant in
Mexico may be much more orthodox and traditional with its own local essences. But
there are people that like this transformation, maybe because the authentic
taste is stranger to them. This is a logical deduction <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and just maybe we can implement this
logic to the transformations of the art itself.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When we
watch a famous Egyptian belly dancer in her own country, we get enchanted by
this dancer’s movements, gestures and scenic dramatization. Even more so when
this dancer is set in a unique atmosphere that only the air of the river Nile,
the pyramids and orchestras of 40 or more spectacular musicians can create. It
is like a dream but, … What happen when we see the same diva outside of her
environment ? What happens when she must perform to an audience that expect more
than gestures and charming smiles that only she understands. When she performs
for an audience that yearn for the universal concept of dance that require
technique, body plasticity and all that charisma that a diva must have? An
audience that is not captivated by Middle Eastern atmosphere but only by the
art, and nothing of this appear on the stage? It happens from what I’ve seen in
many dance festivals around the world, where the audience stand up, leaving the
Diva alone. Only those dancers whom understood the importance of adapting their
shows into a much more understandable language for the people who weren’t born
in Egypt, people who doesn’t speak her tongue and that posses another mentality,
achieved success. It is important and necessary to adjust the dance <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>into a much more universal language,
without losing the essence and without thinking that western people don’t
understand anything. Many oriental belly dancers have made achieved success,
and that’s why their names are in the higher pick of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>chandelier.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Oriental
dance posses a great virtue, the virtue of adapting to any environment. This
cause the dance to develop, acquiring colors according to the culture, society,
daily living<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and social manners
where it sets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s is exactly why
there exist so many varieties of styles in many parts of the world: The
Egyptian, the Lebanese, the Russian, the Iraki, the Greek, the Argentinean, the
American etc, etc. Through history the individual Middle East cultures were
free to each performer to explore beyond their social taboos and the culture
where it sets and the technique itself, why? Because it is a dance that goes
beyond a single culture, we could as well name it: The dance of all cultures.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now, it is
good to clarify certain points, if we dance a “tradition” we should respect the
tradition and there’s no place for inventions otherwise we stop being traditional.
The Baladi means ”from within” and is ethnic to the Bedouin, the normal woman
who doesn’t make pountee, arabesques or battements. If it is Saidi, it is
folklore and you must respect it! In the folklore there’s no place for
innovations but there’s space for modernization in expressive language… but if
it is oriental, it is free! In this manner, the dancers have created their own
styles over decades. As foreign cultures adopted the styles of the dancers who
succeeded, these dancers became legendary and left us their legacy.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now, it is
very important to separate the reality and ethnicity of a dance from the
fusions, confusions, contaminations and fantasies that are created around the
world due to the narcissistic need to “make history” even if it destroy the authentic
component of a dance which represents a culture. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this is where the door of “eternal discussion” opens
controversy and criticisms to certain styles, among them the wrongly call “Argentinean
style” which I will mention later.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>It is here
where the belly dancers lose their path, believing that because oriental dance
have freedom of expression they can jump the traditions and classic ways of
this art without any information or consciousness. And these morphologies of
the dance are taught to the next generation of dancers, falling victim to the
belief that they are taught traditional dances. Today the belly dance is spoiled
in many aspects, contaminated not only with expressions that are too far from
this dance, but also with clones and coarse imitations of the Egyptians. An
example of this is when we see a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>German, an Argentinean, a Mexican, or an Asian posing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>like an Egyptian. Even worse are the
dancers without any personality that become clones of their Idol, making the
same gestures, using the same steps and even in a very sick way, styling their
hair in the same way as their idols. Belly dance is also contaminated by those
“fault- finders” whom doesn’t know anything about dance, who cannot dance themselves,
and dedicate their time to spoil the work of others who are able to dance. Belly
dance is also contaminated by the tyrannical attitude of some Egyptian teachers
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who have the mentality that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“nothing have value if you don’t do it
as they tell you to”. These teachers will make you feel inadequate if you don’t
dance in their festivals or buy their videos, out of their senile resentment to
everything that is different. And many times their words echo in the western
girls whom doesn’t even understand what’s been discussed. Nobody posses the
absolute truth, even amongst the Egyptians there are contradictions. Nobody is
the owner of this art, this art belongs to all, even if you are not Egyptian.
We recognize the Egyptian style as the mother of this dance, we choose it because
we like it, but be aware! Is not the unique nor irrefutable.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>The
Egyptian teachers owe a great deal of respect to the West because even with its
faults, the West praise this dance. The West adopted and have provided a better
environment to the Egyptian performers than what many Egyptian dancers have in
their own country. The West take care of them, recognize and admire them. We
fill their<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>festivals and consume
all their dancing proposals. But the Westerners should stop inventing “oriental
dances”. Leave the fans, and learn more about the essence and meanings of a
tradition. Om Khalthoum<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shouldn’t
be danced with feathers or fans, the Tarab should not be eaten with jam,
oriental dance does not wear Tu-Tu’s. We should learn to respect each other. We
cannot live without each other. What would we do without the source? And¿What
would they do without our events in which they can display their knowledge?
LESS CRITICISM from each side, because we are all <b>ON THE SAME SIDE</b>, less
inventions and more knowledge.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is how
the wrongly called “Argentinean style” emerged around the 1990’s, in a place
where belly dance wasn’t popular and had to somehow reach a massive audience.
It could not be achieved by being orthodox, so we had to search for a language
understood by everyone. For sure we over did it and others were responsible to
trim and shape this dance even more. Each dancer should take responsibility of
their own invention and the criticisms that comes with it. But the Argentinian
style found a place in this world just as the Russian style and American style
did by the hand of it’s great performers. The Argentinean style has lots of
things to be corrected, and there is still time to rectify the path. The so
called Argentinean style, is not my style, and I’m not the father of this
creature. I do not <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>teach karate
steps nor piques in my Baladi. I like to be faithful to the Arabic culture but
not with a narrow mind. This is a dance that invites you to set loose your
imagination and create new Styles in a coherent way when possible. In my Shaabi
flashmob, the appreciation for the traditional dance was demonstrated with over
a million and half views around the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In especially Lebanon and Egypt the Arabic people debated if
my origin was Egyptian or Lebanese, that’s what it is all about! To be able to
enjoy this dance without spoiling it. But it is important to take off our
masks, this is not a sect, and even more, the one who criticize is the first
one to copy the methods , the choreographies<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in internet and more. Let’s be honest, all of us, lets
respect the essence and evolve as the art itself evolves in the Middle East. I
never met any fault-finding person who had succeeded in life, she spend too
much time criticizing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is time
to exhalt the origins, take them as a starting point and let the own being be expressed
without the killing the legacies.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thank you
for reading me and I hope this help to clarify the complicated world of all of us
who practice this dance. A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>wise
philosopher said:<i> “lets put in front the intelligence to the narcissism , the
intelligence built, and the narcissism destroy you and everything you touch”</i>. Hurray
to all the oriental dance styles in all its shapes. If you don’t fancy one
shape, there’s no need for you to clap, there’s no need for you to accept it,
but also your critic is not needed. We are a free world, lets use this fredom
in a wise manner.-Thank you for your Attention.-</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Amir Thaleb.</span></b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-84972692664497325402015-01-13T13:54:00.000-08:002015-01-13T13:54:11.830-08:00The art of Dating in gulf countries...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><b>Happy New Year 2015 guys!</b></i><br />
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I've been so long gone that probably you tought I abandoned this blog that seems many people read but not many people follow !!<br />
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We all know that meeting good decent people is difficult everywhere, however here in Middle East I had strange experiences...<br />
Some time back my friend and colleague<b> Zaina Brown </b>(the writer of "Stories of a travelling belly dancer".) post on her blog an article about that evil message box in Facebook named <i>"Others"</i> in which some guys declare their love and desires to beautiful girls requesting them <i>"be friends"</i> in Facebook. <br />
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Even moooore time back I was via telephone on a very popular radio show in Mexico, it is host by Martha Debayle in which she will call people of her audience that live outside Mexico to share their experiences... so, ME been in Dubai, and follower of her show I was selected. I remember she asked me about how arabs make their first approach to a girl, since I didn't date much in UAE I was kind of speachless to her questions and here is why:<br />
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UAE is a multicultural society; from Indians, pakistanis, philipinos to all the other arab countries, plus a good number of western society is living here.<br />
It may seem that there's many fishes in the sea to choose from, but the reality is that the concept of "dating" or "meeting new people" is so different for each culture, soo the difficulty start when a pakistani wanna meet a brazilian, or an egyptian wanna date a german... mixing is good don't take me wrong! but how to start to meet the possible candidate? The problem is, each one have their own way of : <i>"Hey! haaaaave you met Ted???</i>as Barney in <i>"how I met your mother" </i>show<i> </i>used to hook Ted with a girl.<br />
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<b>Approaching # 1</b><br />
Good old Facebook in "others" inbox<br />
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<b>Approaching # 2</b><br />
Via Whatsapp... yeah! How they get your number in first place? it is a mistery., sometimes I think they just randomly dial a number and if the profile pic results to be a lady, they go ahead with a: "Hey sexy! how are u?" and if you don't reply he goes: "Why you don't answer? " any normal guy will understand after 1 or 2 days of cero replies that the lady is not interested...But hope dies last isn't?<br />
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Being a western woman with an "open mentality" is not always so good in conservative countries, some guys literally think you will take the chance to be with any male specimen, cause hey! you are western...yeahhh decency is a little bit distracted in that part of the world (or so they think).<br />
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Being a western single lady as I already said, isn't easy, but being also a Belly dancer is a plus! the misconception and misinformation of the profession lead guys (thankfully not all) to think we are some sort of libertines and are available for nightstands.<br />
The first time I arrive to UAE, I went to a supermarket and the cashier noticed I bought many belly dance DVD's, he asked why I was buying them, so me, proudly ( as I've been doing it in my natal Mexico) said:"Cause I'm a belly dancer" his immediate response was:<br />
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<b>Approaching # 5</b><br />
After 10 years in gulf countries I noticed there's 2 worlds: The western world, which is the people you make friends with, people from your country and other countries with more or less same view in life as you., you will find some oriental and asian people as well, normally will be people who travel a lot or had studied abroad their native countries.<br />
And then there's the arabic world: shisha places, restaurants with belly dancers and arabic singers, arabian nightclubs and some bars that are frequented by arabian people.<br />
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In the first world, is more likely you will find someone to date, however most of the single people come to the gulf for a short period of time due to work, so they don't wanna be involve in a serious relationship for 1 or 2 months and then comeback to their countries (although there's exceptions).<br />
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In the second world, there's many so called <i>" business ladies"</i>and the sad part is, some guys with very poor social skills will pop a question like: <i>"¿How much?"</i> which is totally offensive for any woman... the reply will be normally to ignore the poor fellow.<br />
So with this premise, to make yourself respect among arabic people is not something to take lightly, and when you gain your respect and show you're a person of good moral values then you will be able to date.<br />
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I took the time to read this article that I found these past
days. With it I found that this controversial essay had started a massive
response from the belly dance enthusiasts all over the world, whome were seriously
offended by it as can be noted by remarks like calling the autor racist and even
more offensive adjectives. These remarks honestly do not help the situation or contribute<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to anything.</div>
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After Reading this post, I even read the 2nd part <i>“I STILL
can’t stand White belly dancers”</i></div>
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After some reflection I try to place myself in the shoes of this
lady: As <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a Mexican I hate that someone
state that “nachos” is a food instead of a snack, that “all mexicans have huge hats
and long mustaches”, I hate that people give us the stereotype of lazy, bean-eaters
and drug dealers... I think the author’s posts are not really about the dance
itself but the stereotype of what an <u>“arab”</u> should be or look like.
Unfortunatly for her she took an example (the belly dance) that doesn’t fit to
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As someone responded to her before: “She seems to be a
victim of racism in USA”, a target for arab jokes and have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>been frequently asked –“OH! you are Egyptian?
Do you belly dance? “ I really understand her, but that is no excuse to pour <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">her</span> anger over performers of raqs sharki.</div>
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Dear Randa, you mentioned great dancers such as <b>Taheya
Carioca </b>and <b>Fifi Abdo</b>. When referring to these dancers, you are referring to the
golden era of bellydancing, when it was seen by arabs as a <i>“respectful art”</i>.
Could you give me the name of an Arab bellydancer nowadays, as famous as these amazing
artists of the past? I’m sure you can’t, but I can mention to you Randa Kamel,
an amazing egyptian dancer, not famous among arab people but certanly famous amongst
the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“White BD sisterhood” as you call
it. Do you know that Taheya got the name “Carioca” because she added some Brasilian
flavours to her dance rountines? Carioca is the name given to the native people
of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Fifi Abdo remains in the market thanks to the bellydancers
around the world who want to learn from this fantastic dancer. Another good example
is <b>Samia Gamal</b> who took dancing lessons from a russian classical ballet dancer.</div>
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“white” bellydancers? Do you refer to Europeans, Asians, Latins? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps any lady who doesn’t have an arab
origin? Through study and research of the history of bellydancing we could gather
that most probably raqs sharki have it`s real origin from the turkish slaves, which
means it is not totally arabic in origin, although yes, it is true that the
real development of it was in Egypt.</div>
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I’ve been into belly dance for 17 years already, from those I’ve
been living in Arab countries for ten years. And here is the thing, hotels and restaurants
prefer non Arab belly dancers over Arabic ones. Why is that? As I mentioned before,
the connotation of being a dancer nowadays isn’t good. There`s no celebration
in which a bellydancer is not hired to give a show. People love to have a
dancer at their wedding, birthday etc, but would you like to have a bellydancer
in your family? Most probably NOT..This space , left by Arabic girls in the industry,
<span style="color: #444444;">will then surely </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;">be filled by other candidates, as it
so happens to be :</span> Western/White bellydancers</span>.</div>
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As in all professions, there will good and mediocre people,
I guess a girl that dress in genie pants, heavy make up and a few coins cannot
be called a “profesional bellydancer”. She may be a student or go to a costume
party, cause belly dance is a discipline and like any other form of dance, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>need training and dedication to understand
the music, the beats and feelings expressed in the songs. This takes time especially
for a non arab girl, however (here I want to be very clear) to be born in an Arab
country and grow up listening to Warda and Om Khalthoum doesn’t make you a
PROFESSIONAL dancer, it will give you the feeling yes!, but surely wont guarantee you have the moves! As I said before, to be pro is a discipline. With all respect, you
can dance with all your friends and family and have fun but that doesn’t make you
profesional or a knowledgeable judge of the trade. You may appreciate a good dancer
from a mediocre one, but your judgment will be ruled by your personal taste and
not from a technical point of view. Its the same as to decide, who’s ugly or beautiful
in our eyes, which obviously differ from person to person.</div>
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White girls, or better say “western girls” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will keep dancing! I’m sorry if you have
encountered girls that were not performing good enough, anyhow on behalf of the
belly dance community I’ve seen outstanding western as well as arab belly
dancers. Each one add something new and revolutionary to the art, <b>you don’t have
to carry us on your back, we are a strong enough to stand on our own feet.</b></div>
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If you haven't read the post here is the link:<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/03/04/why_i_cant_stand_white_belly_dancers/" target="_blank">http://www.salon.com/2014/03/04/why_i_cant_stand_white_belly_dancers/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It</span> <span style="font-size: large;">happens</span> <span style="font-size: small;">to </span>me many times that, I'm so used to my life style that I found eveything normal, and I think that is "uneventful" when actually I have a non very standard life.... I'm typing this article from iphone, seating in a van with my hundred bags, waiting for the driver to grab a chicken sandwich and a coke, before continue our journey to my next contract in Abu Dhabi.<br />
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I've been living this every one or two months when usually the contracts change from singers and dancers in the places here in UAE, the last working day is always a total mess up, acumulating many things during years of working here, I came the very first time to Emirates with 2 bags, now i have many more, and still I have no place to put all my stuff, among, dresses,shoes,belly dance dresses,sword,wings,canes and even kitchen stuff i have to put what cannot fit in my bags in carton boxes and plastic bags...I'm not alone in my pain, all my fellow dancers experience the same,and even more, to deal with papers, visas and permitions of each place and don't have a clear picture of rules of each country literally leaves our lives in the hands of HR hotels department.</div>
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We are the modern beduins of the arabian desert of Dubai, the modern ghawazee travelling from <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">place to place to perform, give our best, make our income monthly, pack again till the next destination. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">❤️with love to all my belly friends in middle east!! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">From the book: "La cultura de los árabes" (The arabian culture) </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Author: Ikram Antaki 1988</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Summary and translation by: Amar Lammar</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">this exist to support the major art: The word.The concepts of <u>"music"</u> and <u>"song" </u>were not enough.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then born a new word that doesn't have translation in any other language <span style="color: red;">TARAB.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tarab as in the dictionary: Rapture, ecstasy, pleasure of the senses.The whole concept is the absolute pleasure that only the melody can give you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's no tarab if the voice isn't beautiful, but also is not tarab if the poem sung is not beautiful as well and sung masterfully in a classical arabic and not in a popular arabic dialect.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">To be consider beautiful, a voice must be powerful. Then such a clear voice as the one from the singer Fairuz will be consider by the experts of classical arabic music as a "cat's meow" while a voice that was able to last with out fault for half century, like Um Khaltoum voice, gets around it the unanimously recognition.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Um Khaltoum was known as "The lady of the arabian song" and "The star of the east", she was one of the most venerated singers, was the singer of King Faruk and then the favourite of Nasser and one of the most beloved of "Al Wafd" party.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">drugs on the huge handkerchief she wore in her recitals in order to sing for over two hours non stop.</span></span><br />
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After been away from my blog for few weeks <span style="font-size: large;"><b>I'm back !!!!!</b></span><br />
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Lets start this amazing 2014 with a nice pic of <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Walid Tawfiq </b></span>who came to the restaurant where I was performing in Dubai as a guest...I really enjoy dancing for him, and he thought I was an arabic girl which I found great,as I hope my dance is fusions but sometimes I enjoy to be sharki as well.<br />
He was very polite and didn't mind to make a pic with the sweaty belly dancer hehe...</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-46380756115031951382013-12-01T09:45:00.000-08:002013-12-01T09:45:50.147-08:00Your style, my style.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>T</b>he word <span style="font-size: large;"><b>style</b></span> comes form the latin <i>"Stilus" </i>and it's use in many ways for diverse occasions; life, fashion, artistic eras, elegance or distiction among others.<br />
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In the dance scenery there are many styles, from the ancient ritual dances, to the refinement of Ballet, or the folkloric dances of each country which is a picture in motion of their legacy to the world, it represents the traditions of each culture in this planet, that's why dance is so important! .Each type of dance it's been evolving with time and their performers have found different paths to enrich it and even create a new style or tendency into the dance itself.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (On the top, Dina one of the most imitated belly dancers on the world)</span></i></b><br />
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However as technology advance and comunicate from one country to the other far away from yours it's fair easy nowadays, tools like <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">youtube</span></b>,</span> <b>bellydancers.tv</b>,<b> vimeo or facebook</b> are our main plataform to expose our work and get work, but also is an endless source of ideas and sometimes clones.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>W</b></span>hich are the boundaries to take inspiration of another fellow dancer<b>?</b> Is it right that you admire so much a dancer that you copy all her style<b>???</b>. I have always believed that even you may be an exact copy of your idol, each one is unique and bring into the belly dance something fresh, in my country there's a saying: <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>"Who hit first, hit twice"</i></span> meaning that the person who made something first than anyone else will have a high impact than a person who made it again later on., this may be true, but what happens when you do it in another place where it's a novelty? Will you show it up as yours or would you inform your audience this is a representation of someone else's work??...<br />
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I pop this questions to dancers around the world, to share our opinions, to make our belly dance community much more genuine...the biggest challenge for a BD teacher is not only to give technique of movements and theory but to create a new generation of dancers that are able to use this knowledge and add their personal charisma to the dance, and this, is the most dificult thing to achieve, cause it's much more easy to click on <u>youtube </u>than sit in an empty space thinking about a step not yet created.<br />
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I guess is pointless to speak about who wonderful voice and amazing tunes you can find in warda's songs.<br />
I choose this song cause when got to hear it first time, I didn't found it as nice as others, I didn't have feelings for the song itself, and it didn't provoke me any sort of special move in the melody.<br />
This totally change after I came to know the lyrics and the profound meaning of them.<br />
Thanks to a dear friend, now I can enjoy this song like never before and wanna share it with you!!<br />
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<i>If there's no blame in the air</i><br />
<i>I will spread my wings and fly.</i><br />
<i>I will scape from the world and stop this bad life.</i><br />
<i>Stop blaming me, Imagine how will be the life without been afraid of the blame.</i><br />
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<i>They asked me many times about you:-¿Do you love him?- (She answers) Yes, yes,yes</i><br />
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<i>They look at me as if they are blaming me, they told me bad words, all this because I love him</i><br />
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<b>A</b>lways traveling, always moving from one contract to another, but always on gulf countries, this is my first contact with Tunis and it's amazing culture...although their past is so extense as the old port of <b>Carthage </b>and even more vestiges of a civilization destroyed by the powerful Rome.I wanna base this post on something much more simple; the daily living on the streets of Tunis, and something even simplier the amazing doors that makes from cities like <span style="color: red;"><b>Sidi Bou Said</b></span> ( which means: The gentlenman who...) a "must" attraction for tourists.</div>
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The decoration on the doors <b>"Hilia"</b> which means<i> jewel </i>are made with strong pins in many sizes, from small to long ones, the geometrical figures made on the doors are name <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Tanit</b></span> </span>which is the old Goddess of fertility in the ancient Carthage.Other figures made as decoration on the doors, are <i>Fatima</i> hands (which is believe it keeps away the "evil eye" ) crosses, birds and others that reflects the cristian past of Tunis.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">blue</span></b> color</span> is a tunisian symbol of good luck and prosperity.... but it wasn't so popular until 1920 when <b>Baron Rodolphe d' Erlanger </b>a musicologist born in Paris but totally in love with arabian culture and it's music, made a law in Sidi Bou Said city ordering to all it's habitants to paint their houses white and doors,windows and smithy in blue.<br />
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<b>Baron Rodolphe d' Erlanger </b>was a french painter and as I said before musicologist, he specialized in arabian music.He study in Paris and London and wrote 6 vol. of a work called: <i>"La musique arabe" </i>(1930).In 1932 he help to organize the <i>"congress of arabic music in Cairo"</i>, this idea was suggested to the king Fuad I from Egypt,and even he was so ill, he manage to send a tunisian ensamble to the congress,. He passed away shortly after.<br />
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He helps a musical genre called "Ma'luf" originative from Lybian, Algeria and tunis to revive by the 1920's ....<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The amazing<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Chehade Brothers </span></b></span>!!!!!!<br />
really they are something special Farid and Rami<br />
who are title Lebanese but as it seems, they are originally palestinian, they have an amazing and unique style... they have very different way to play the song we all know for so long as: Toba, Hezzi ya nawaem, el helwa di, badi shoufak among others....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-56318989018769723892013-02-28T12:04:00.000-08:002013-02-28T12:04:05.967-08:00Belly dancer of theater vs restaurant performer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><u>This is an old post I did on my cultural blog in spanish (www.raqsamar.blogspot.ae), the subject is simple: "The belly dancer and her work in theater and in a restaurant and also to talk about the way we look ourselves as performers".</u></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i><u>So, I did try to translate at best of my abilities, this article was big success among my collegues in Mexico and beyond (spanish speakers) so I wanted to share it with english speakers; to get your opinion and share points of view.</u></i></span><br />
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A topic that cause lots of controversy among dancers., -<i>If the restaurant BD* does whatever or, if the BD of theater looks too much mechanical,</i>even some girls said : <i>"Any dancer can perform in a restaurant"</i> while the BD in restaurants says : <i>"Girls that dance in theater aren't able to improvise"</i>etc, etc,etc...<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>¿Why we attack to each other?</b></span><br />
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Each BD who call herself pro, pass through the phase of learning,later the phase of practice (dance in theaters, social events and other non paid shows),after you will get the phase of specialization in whatever style you like more (after experiment dance in both theater and Restaurant) then you will decide which place is better for you, but what happen? some theater BDs begin to feel that "Superiority"of technique and choreo., while the restaurant BDs believe to have that charisma and freedom that lack in the first ones.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>¡The truth!</b></span><br />
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To dance in theater as in restaurant are both rewarding experiences, each one fills you up as an artist but in different way. I hope you girls feel identified with the next!!<b> </b><br />
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<b>*</b>I love the big space, the powerful lights that make my costumes look stunning!, I love to step a theater when I want to make an special performance with some proops I usually cannot do in close spaces, or when I want to dance into a strange or fusion song, also when I dance with my students.<br />
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Here I should clarify "Is not the same to perform for an arab audience than for a audience non arab"<br />
a non arab public expect the same as in theater but in a very small space. The arab public expect to be entertain, and for that you must let yourself go by the mood of the night, by the music and it's words.<br />
Ok, with this been said., To dance in restaurant is equal to get the skill of improvisation, to be ready for whatever happens during your show either good or bad, to have a big musical repertoire and choose the music with no time to waist.also a good connection with the audience is INDISPENSABLE!.<br />
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*the freedom to make your show as you wish.<br />
*You will have opportunity of rehersals which minimize the margin of error<br />
*it's a purely artistic expression<br />
*It give you the chance to coexist and collaborate with your fellow dancers<br />
*It gives you a good CV (especially if it is an important theater)<br />
*It expose your work to people with certain knowledge on the belly dance and it's styles<br />
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*To prepare a show is really HARD work (it can take months to prepare a more or less decent show)<br />
*It should be that the mistakes are less, but when error exist is much more evident.<br />
*It take lots of hours and hard work,lots of costumes made and ¿payment? sometimes very less or even non existent!<br />
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*It gives you the power of improvisation and even interact with your audience.<br />
*To dance in a regular basis enlarge your arabian music repertoire better than dance sometimes.<br />
*It is a job, one you like and they pay you for it !<br />
*it gives you good experience to be ready when you have to dance anywhere feel more selfconfident<br />
*You have much more places where to perform<br />
*It gives you a good CV<br />
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*Sometimes your show transform in a: "lets go people clap....yeahhhh !!! " cheerleader than a dancer<br />
*Like any other job in the world, sometimes it can turn routine<br />
*To expose your art infront of an open audience (meaning people who knows what belly dance is<br />
and people who do not) sometimes leads to non ethical propousals.<br />
*it is a job, so it does not matter if you are sick, if you have no mood to smile today or if your period<br />
arrived 1 week before...the show must go on!<br />
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<b>*</b>The majority of the first clan will dance in restaurant as a good way to make a living.<br />
The dancers that have few opportunities to dance in a huge stage will dance in theater to feel "sublime artist".<br />
The ones like me who have the chance to dance in both, I tell you: - Dance, enjoy, earn money if posible and do not criticize the opposite side cause even to smile is hard work!<br />
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<b>February, month of love... <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL!!!</span></span></b></div>
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The song is a very well known in the arab world, so popular that there's no day the audience don't ask for it.</div>
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The singer name is <b>Mayada el Henawi</b>, she is the golden voice of <u>Siria</u>, original from the city of Aleppo,one of the most damage zones cause of civil war this days.</div>
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The name of the song "Ana bashaak" which means "I adore you"</div>
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It's really nice song, full of love and pain as all the stories between two persons who are madly in love.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Yes</span>.... ladies and gentleman, it's safari time!!!</b><br />
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I't`s amazing how many vids of belly dancers in safaris are on youtube., safari is something fun to<br />
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<b>M</b>ost of the people who goes safari in middle east are tourists, they come in here, and after go shopping, go to the top of burj khalifa and visit the main nightclubs in town., they have this overwhelming feeling to get the touch of the real<u> arab experience</u>, to dress up with ghandoora and abaya , sit in the dunes of the amazing arab desert, smoke sheesha and listen to authentic arabian tunes.<br />
<br />Sooo our tourist friends call some well known safaris companies in UAE and get a package that can offer this.. sure by the end of the evening the belly dancer or dancers will be included!<br />
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<b>Now, </b>I think more or less you got the idea of the safari for the people, you come,eat,drink tea, smoke sheesha, ride camels and by nightfall will see belly dance show.. make lots of pics and film a long video of the "<i>show</i>".. by the end of your holidays you come home and post this vid on youtube.<br />
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<u>Now, the second part</u>, once the video is online there's 100's of bad comments, people (most of them dancers) who make remarks to this "<i>very bad dancer</i>" !!<br />
Sure not each one of them is great, but in their favor, and as the experience I got dancing in safaris as well... I can tell you this.<br />
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<b>*</b>You cannot expect a belly dancer do the same as she is in a theater<br />
*Most of the time, the floor is sand which is cover by carpets, so the floor is not great for moving<br />
*people wanna be part of the show and make pics, ENJOY!!! you cannot expect they are serious and clap at the end, think of it as a party!<br />
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*dancing expose to outside weather as heat, wind or cold in winter can also affect the performance!<br />
*If you are so used to dance with high heels, you will find little bit hard to dance bare foot again.<br />
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To dance in safari as I said is super fun, but probably not the best place to record a show...<br />
if you cross into a safari belly dance video on youtube, think before posting your opinion, that, safaris aren't made for the <span style="color: #cc0000;">"performace of the year" </span>but for the<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> "happy dancing time of the year" </span></b><br />
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You will watch the video from another angle...!!!<br />
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<u>Millennium Hotel in Abu Dhabi</u>, which is always trying to bring something new and attractive to<br />
their costumers... they decided to spend the the new year's eve gala show in the company of<b> Saad el Soghayar</b> to receive the 2013....<br />
I guess all of you my Belly dancer friends, know who is he, isn't? the egyptia shaabi singer from songs like: Hantour, El enb and El kalam Alameen (featured in BDSS CD Vol.3 if I'm not wrong).<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Welcome 2013 !!!!!! </b></span></span>new month, new videos, new songs, new discovers on the huge universe of internet...<br />
This month I took my time..to post, as for some reason or another.. I delay and keep delaying, must the returning back from holidays...<br />
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So as I'm in the mood of Turkey... I found this song, quite some time back... this groups called:<br />
<b>Dolapdere big gang</b> is turkish band that only makes <u>covers </u>of famous pop english songs..if you enter little more in the youtube you will find they make songs like: smoke on the water, rainning man etc...<br />
If you are more traditional belly dancer, maybe won't be much usable, but for those on<b> tribal, gothic </b>and <b>fusions </b>I guess you will find this group quite interesting... <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>S</b></span>oooo.... life sometimes puts us at the right time in the exact place!!<br />
A totally normal friday night, expecting nothing,. a friend call to ask me : Why we don't go <br />
clubbing tonight?-.My answer was ok!.<br />
<b>C</b>avalli nightclub is a very popular spot for party night, it's name Cavalli after his owner<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Roberto Cavalli</span></b>, one of the most well known haute couture designers of our time.<br />
So it happens that Cavalli club is located on fairmont hotel in Dubai, which is the place I'm working on this days (Dec, 2012) so I have nothing but change my dress and go down...<br />
So we went... the place was full, but to our good fortune a friend of mine was there, so he invites us<br />
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Really amazing way to close the year...<br />
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<br />1<b>.Eyeshadow primer potion by Urban Decay</b><br />
It's a powerful weapon in matters to keep the shades and exact blending.. use before apply your eyeshadow.. can buy in Sephora stores.<br />
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<br /><b>2.All nighter by Urban Decay</b><br />
THE BEST AMONG ALL SPRAYS FOR MAKE UP KEEPING... you can get it in sephora store...<br />
about $30.- (really worth it ! )<br />
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<br /><b>3.Safety pins</b><br />
small, cheap and indispensable !!! to keep the dress in good position.. NEVER GO OUT TO A SHOW WITHOUT THEM!!<br />
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<b>4.Make up spray from Sally Hansen for legs, expensive but worth the value</b><br />
problems with varicose veins? or maybe bruises from sport? cover it up! in my own experience..using it every single day it last a month!! even if you have perfect legs... really make them look stunning!!!<br />
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<b>5.Waterproof converter by Make up forever... it's really forever!!!!</b><br />
I have some eyeshadows so nice, but so weak when you put it on.. the color seems to fade... my answer was... waterproof converter, it's a liquid to apply straight on the pincel to apply the color, it will stay with you and the intensity and luminosity it's amazing!!<br />
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<br /><b>6.Kryolan liquid eyeliner tablet, used with pincel and waterproof gel bottle.</b><br />
Kryolan is a brand that was created specially for theater, so the product is really high quality!! this tablet will last till you make 90 years! honestly is long lasting and the price for the quantity of product is fare... the only thing that finish often (depending how much you use) is the gel.This one you apply 1 or 2 drops into the tablet and mix with the pincel as if you were a painter apply a fine line in your eyes...you will love it!<br />
<br /><b>7.Foundation HD make up forever, or kryolan foundation medium-full coverage</b><br />
nothing more to say... it's a good brand, the foundation is really light yet covers at perfection..little expensive.<br />
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<b>8.foundation by Maxfactor 2 in 1 (foundation+serum) or Maybelline 24hrs</b>.. it's great but lack of more tones for different types of skin..you may be lucky ;-D I wasn't :-(<br />
in crisis time, sometimes we cannot afford to pay high prices in make up or stuff... this two options above are great in foundations, cheap and worthy... if your skin is oily..try to apply into clean (no creams or primers) skin,as after 4 dances when you clean your sweat, the foundation will go out as well.<br />
<br /><b>9.The push ups inside the belly dance bra…</b> always stitch them to your bra, never put them inside <u>"just for today show" </u>you'll be at the constant risk that it goes out in the middle of the performance<br />
sure you don't wanna show more than necessary right??<br />
<br /><b>10.Lorea`l hair spray..</b> the last but no least.. put a bit on your comb and pass it through all your hair as a final touch, this is cause sometimes (some type of hair) the electricity of the hair in touch with the veil will lift it up and the veil will stuck on you. great to keep the liss hair down, and to make curls and keep them for at least 4 songs...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379797915444753920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148521868810085781.post-51044629893475516512012-12-06T06:09:00.000-08:002012-12-06T06:10:00.208-08:00habibi barcheloni... in video of the month<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the greastest stars of Emirates... <b>Hussein Jasmi</b>.... he comes now with this song, supporting the soccer team of Barça... it's funny to me to make a song about a soccer team, but then... There's a lot of fans of Barcelona in the arab world, so this melody became a hit (as all his songs I must say) he is a guy with thousands of great ideas..he knows what the crowd wants he delivers always a succesful songs... he is really an outstanding singer.... GOOOOOOOOL FOR JASMI!!!!!!!<br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;">Haute Couture </b>para bailarinas profesionales de Belly dance en México llega por fin este fin de año..<br />
Chicas, me da un placer anunciarles que comenzando este diciembre 2012 traeré de manera <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #cc0000;"><i><u>exclusiva</u></i></b></span><br />
a todo el territorio mexicano la marca Cristtiano Ferreira<b>®</b> para todas aquellas belly dancers que desean resaltar su imagen y su danza con el complemento perfecto.Tener un vestido de calidad y elegancia es parte esencial de lo que una buena bailarina debe ser.<br />
En mis años dentro de la danza oriental he conocido y usado un sin número de vestidos y he probado el estilo de muchos diseñadores de varias partes del mundo., con este conocimiento, comenzaremos a importar a México los mejores diseñadores de "bedlas" del mundo, pasando de lo usual a lo verdaderamente artístico y diferente......próximamente más detalles, primer embarque llega a México D.F en diciembre...mientras tanto, conoce más de Cristtiano Ferreira....<br />
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Cristtiano Ferreira<b>,</b>joven profesional originario de Rio Grande do Sul, que desde temprana edad trabaja en el área de la moda, se gradua en 1998 en la carrera de "moda & design" en la Universidad de Caixas do Sul.Fué en este mismo año que dirije su trabajo a la danza del vientre, creando modelos exclusivos para bailarinas brasileñas e internacionales.</div>
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El acabado fino, las estructuras de la ropa, la manera en que sobrepone los materiales en el bordado son su gran sello.Con mucho talento y estudio, su trabajo ganó fuerza y expresión traducidos en bellos modelos con una terminación de alto nivel.</div>
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<b>AHHH.... it's a dream come true when you have the chance to meet your idol...</b><br />
My learning with the belly dancing was mostly self learning, when I was 13 years old I catch a <b>VHS</b><br />
videotape in which many lebanese belly dancers were dancing almost together in a huge stage with<br />
a public of hundreds of people,all of them were amazing, but there were a few who really surprise me.<b>Carineé</b> is one of those, her fast head turns mark my dance forever.<br />
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I get to meet her this last september in Lebanon, she is besides a great dancer, an <u>example of life.</u><br />
Due to a dramatic accident Carineé got burned,. her face,chest and hands are mark of this horrible experience,but also a great example of her strong heart, that nothing should keep you down, to don't feel sorry for yourself, to take the life and live it at maximum.She continues dancing, I got the opportunity to watch her on stage, she is a beautiful woman, when she dance, you never get to see the burning scars, just her smile, her rocking body and a dance as simple as magnificent.<br />
I'm taking the liberty to share with you a video of her old dancing days<b>...</b><br />
<b>Carineé... one of the best to me.</b><br />
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