discussion post on Thu, May 8, 2008 - 3:55 AM
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studies of language and history at Hamburg University, I speak English, French, Spanish, Russian, Czech, but no arab, I love communication+travels. My mother lives in Perú and I have spent two years in Spain, travelled to Russia and several Eastern European countries. I have a daughter 3 years old that likes watching bellydance-clips on youtube.
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Thanks to Emily's hint I got myself an antiquarian book. From Marta: Fit and graceful through bellydance, because there is obviously good theoretical input. Haha, I am dancing for more than ten years and NEVER ever read anything about it. So this will be my ultimate theoretical arms build-up (looked that up in the dictionary)....
Fri, April 18, 2008 - 1:11 PM
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Haha, this is not bellydance, not even remotely, although it might be inspiring to the fans of gothic bellydance and so. Lars von Trier, black magician among today's filmmakers, I deem him a genius but find him deeply ambiguous - dangerous...
Fri, March 28, 2008 - 6:42 AM
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Well he did a series I have watched numerous times because it is so outrageously funny (yes, funny, for most of the times he is not really funny), but only the first part of it. I am looking forward to see the second half. In the meantime I want to draw... read more
Dum tek, tek dum, tek dum tek, tek dum, tek, dum tek, tek dum, tek
Tue, February 26, 2008 - 3:07 AM
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Love it! I've always been a rhythm-addict and now that I am developping a feeling for the character of the rich arab rhythms, hmm. I got a slowed down maqsoum piece where the second tek is almost played like a dum so I was wondering that there was almost a saidi feel to it, anyway this heavy thing to it that I love so much. There is also a slow piece called Gamil Gamal the beat of which sounds like a saidi but the feeling i... read more
I am so under her spell. I don't understand arab, but what I understand is she is like a prophet. She says something that matters. She is like a seer that says to you: Now you listen and I tell you what I have seen. Because I have been far away and up high and deep down and know things that matter and I know what is going to happen, so you listen to me! And I close my eyes and she tells me the story and it is like she shows me a different world and we are travelling through this story for a ...
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Fri, February 15, 2008 - 2:09 AM
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Haha! Not so much that I have to apply for citizenship yet, but maybe more than I thought! We had a teacher replacement today we were eagerly awaiting, because our dear one is really lazy when it comes to teaching technique and new moves (but she lets us be creative and do free dancing, that is great, too), so we were expecting eagerly one of the best and longestbeingprofessional(urgh)-teachers of our town and a lot of new input: and she was soooo amazingly AmCab and if felt sooo alien!
Fri, February 8, 2008 - 1:59 PM
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My Recent Activity
Baladi and saidi
(in Egyptian Style)
Very often a piece with masmoudi saghier rhythm switches to saidi after a while. Do the two belong together?
Re: Rules for Umm Khalsoum-interpretation
(in Egyptian Style)
I heard there that Oum Khalsoum said herself that she didn't want her songs to be bellydanced to...so this would be out of respect of her wish, or rather, using the instrumental version would be a way to work round it. She was very respectful with...
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discussion post on Thu, May 8, 2008 - 3:50 AM
Re: Great Msafer interpretation
(in Belly Dance Video Clips)
Actually I think you have to consider the settings and the situation before holding one interprete against another. Alba is dancing in a different setting, at Ahlan wa Sahlan where there's one dancer coming out after another, each from a different...
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discussion post on Wed, May 7, 2008 - 12:03 PM
Great Msafer interpretation
(in Belly Dance Video Clips)
This is Alba Hayal from Spain. She really has fabulously tight turns and manages to fuse the real flamenco feel into the oriental piece. It is the first time I see Msafer danced in a way that really answers its Spanish flair! youtube.com/wa...
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discussion post on Wed, May 7, 2008 - 2:53 AM
Re: exercises to strengthen for floorwork/laybacks
(in Bellydance Movements)
I am surprised that I actually can do a Turkish drop (well not one where you drop totally flat on the ground in one beat but that isn't necessary as I understand). But I tried it only on my bed where I'm not afraid to hurt myself. In the meantime ...
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discussion post on Tue, May 6, 2008 - 3:32 AM
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