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Come on, ya sohabi! I'm not writing a blog here. If the forum is ever going to get back to being viable, somebody else has to start a thread. So the other night, I'm trying to remember that clip of the dancer in the apartment and the woman is singing and the guy downstairs from the singer is...

Eh, nobody has anything else to post? These are a little old, but they're something to talk about... Traditional Christian hymn sampled in a wedding song about a beautiful bride... راشد الماجد - أجمل عروس Rashed al-Majed - Ajmal Arous Song about a guy being released from jail repurposed as...

Good to confirm it's a one-piece thobe. That advanced the knowledge a bit. I wish there was more specific information in the description. I decided to dig a little more yesterday, and I found this dude in a similar outfit (skirt's narrower, but it's the shorter length with the trousers)...

I honestly don't know how their costumes are made. I would have guessed it was a style of one-piece thobe, but the bottom half twirls like a circle skirt, so I'm not sure how you would get that much action unless the skirt was bias-cut separately (attached to the top or an independent...

My browser autofilled the site URL in this morning, and I was surprised to see it back! I found this video a while ago and never got around to sending it to Zorba to ask if he'd seen it, so let's start a conversation... http://bellydanceforums.net/threads/saudi-skirt-dancing.20200/

This clip is described as "Amazing Music Dance performance of Saudi Arabia at Saudi Pavilion," and as far as I can tell, it was filmed in Dubai. I don't think I've ever seen this kind of dancing with skirtwork before. I wish I had more information about it... Saudi Arabia Traditional Dance...

This was the original link https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/gallery/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-2022-red-carpet-photos-1235411695/2022-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-arrivals-5/ It has an enlarge feature, but when I click on it, it just opens a new window with the photo by...

I finally got around to watching this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony yesterday. Is Lenny Kravitz wearing assuit here? (I don't think it's some sort of problem if he is. It's just not the "lewk" I'd have personally styled him in to induct Lionel Richie.)...

I have no idea how Conchi got the nickname or when. It's possible she had it first or had it bestowed upon her by someone independently of Karri. It's not terribly unique. Google shows it as a nickname for Viagra, lots of babies and grandchildren, Truman Capote, a couple of sex workers...

I don't mind being in the back because I am usually one of the taller dancers (not as tall as you, though). I was dancing for years before I realized that always being in the back row is problematic, because it's so easy to forget you've got the crutch of someone in front of you to watch. I...

I can see the logic of putting tall dancers in the back and short ones in the front, but it is also inherently unfair to assign audience visibility and opportunity to build performing skills by metrics that a student has no control over, like height. Whether you yearn to be a front-row...

If you look at the average heights for countries where these dances originate, it might give you some perspective on how tall you "have to be" to belly dance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_human_height_by_country You wouldn't be unusually short over there, so you shouldn't feel like...

This thing turned up again today.... "My Favorite Martian" S2 E01 "Dreaming Can Make It So" All of the dancing is in the first 1:30. Does anybody know anything about Beatriz (Beatrice) Monteil, Sandra Lynn, or Barbara McCall? The one in the middle looks like she had some training. I...

I think most dancers intuitively move (travel or turn) with their heels at least slightly off the floor in low relevé, and this is fine for many of our purposes. Other dancers, especially the ones with extensive ballet backgrounds, prefer a high relevé where the toes are almost perpendicular to...

I guess I'm seeing things from the opposite perspective, but each blind man touched a different part of the elephant. I don't think there is much of the old-school AmCab that would qualify as "ethereal." "Elegant and graceful," sure, but the veil section is the only light and airy part...

I don't want to keep going off topic, so here's the short answer: I agree this music doesn't lend itself to any style of traditional belly dancing. It typically fails to provide enough compositional interest to hang a BD performance on, because mahraganat tends to invest value in the lyrics...

If you (any "you") want to pop and lock and you don't want to go over to the tribal side because you're into "authenticity," then just dance to mahraganat. As long as your "cake" isn't "wearing a two-piece belly dance costume," you can have your cake with mahraganat and eat it, too, since most...

While I was looking for those, I also came across these beauties... Do you worry about sideboob? Then here are a pair of related costumes so you'll know the audience is definitely seeing full coverage on the sides. They might be confused about what is going on in the front from a distance...

These are a few of the current generation of the style. I remember many of the early ones being red, which meant that if you were watching a decorated leg poking in and out of the skirt, you'd be like, "Are those scabs? No, wait, they're sequins. Definitely sequins, because you probably...

Do you fuse your hem tape or sew it? It seems many places where I am prefer to stock the iron-on style instead of the sew-in, which means I've often had to switch to lace hem tape to match my project when I want to avoid the glue. It's the same problem with interfacing--apparently only the...