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Raqs Sharqi v. Goddess Archetypes
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To me, Egyptian dance (raqs sharqi) in the present day has NOTHING to do with archetypes, goddess worship, etc. Although I see that for some of my friends, channelling archetypes in the dance has been very powerful for them, I dont relate at all....
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Videos!!!!!! YEAH!!!! Gigs at HORUS, YEAH!!!
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Look! and OLD dance picture. Its fun to find those.
Ok, so I have finally put a video of myself up on both youtube.com (user name ArielRaqs, youtube.com/profile ) and on myspace (again, username arielraqs).
Its the sa...
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Tag! I'm it.
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Dianna tagged me
RULES - Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose the 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.
8 thi...
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To me, Egyptian dance (raqs sharqi) in the present day has NOTHING to do with archetypes, goddess worship, etc. Although I see that for some of my friends, channelling archetypes in the dance has been very powerful for them, I dont relate at all. I have seen some beautiful "goddess" performances, but mostly, I have seen performances that use the goddess imagery as a smokescreen for over the top sexuality, and on occaission, fusion that isnt labled as such (which can leave an audience confus...
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Look! and OLD dance picture. Its fun to find those.
Ok, so I have finally put a video of myself up on both youtube.com (user name ArielRaqs, youtube.com/profile ) and on myspace (again, username arielraqs).
Its the same video, and its hardly my favorite clip, BUT, it was easy to edit, is a nice length, and just so happens to be documentary footage of a sort - this is me testing out the choreo I taught in a Nashville workshop this past spring.
Its a little hard...
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Dianna tagged me
RULES - Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose the 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.
8 things about me:
1. I tend to confuse myself by overthinking.
2. I am extremely tenacious.
3. I am listening to Outkast.
4. I miss central air. New York window air conditioners just arent the same.
5. I just read The Alchemist, and you sho...
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