Helena
New member
Hi all!
Me and 3 friends of mine have started an oriental dance group. Yesterday we danced in front of an almost entirely Turkish and Arab public, so I wanted to share my experience on this forum. The intercultural center here had organised a party for women and children to celebrate the 'Seker bayrami' (Eid in Arabic I think).
What I had feared came true:
There were some teenage Arab girls there who obviously didn't like the fact that we came to dance there. One of them said: is it not finished yet? (we danced only 3 short songs). I guess they felt insulted that we danced something that is their heritage...
What I had hoped came true:
Luckily for us, there were many other girls and women there who enjoyed our performance and were clapping and cheering all the time. These people are much more enthusiastic than a Belgian public, which makes it so much more fun to dance.
After the performance some girls came up to us and told us how much they have enjoyed our dancing and it made us totally forget about those other girls who didn't like our performance
Me and 3 friends of mine have started an oriental dance group. Yesterday we danced in front of an almost entirely Turkish and Arab public, so I wanted to share my experience on this forum. The intercultural center here had organised a party for women and children to celebrate the 'Seker bayrami' (Eid in Arabic I think).
What I had feared came true:
There were some teenage Arab girls there who obviously didn't like the fact that we came to dance there. One of them said: is it not finished yet? (we danced only 3 short songs). I guess they felt insulted that we danced something that is their heritage...
What I had hoped came true:
Luckily for us, there were many other girls and women there who enjoyed our performance and were clapping and cheering all the time. These people are much more enthusiastic than a Belgian public, which makes it so much more fun to dance.
After the performance some girls came up to us and told us how much they have enjoyed our dancing and it made us totally forget about those other girls who didn't like our performance