Amulya
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Do you feel you missed something in your early learning years
Looking back at your first classes, do you think your teacher/teachers made you miss out on anything? Maybe something you didn't know at that time, but what you noticed when looking back.
For myself, I have missed out on some things that I think is a pity. My teachers were very good at teaching technique but never explained anything about the songs they used. My teachers used a lot of Farid el Attrache and other golden era songs but they never told anything about the music. I loved the music and still do. But that is something I really missed. They never explained anything about lyrics. They did teach about how to express yourself, but not according to the lyrics, it was more about how students themselves felt about music. Which is good, but you want something more.
And it was a shame that my teachers didn't know much about belly dance history and taught the strangest theories, even meanings to movements! I had to find out trough internet that it was all nonsense!
And imagine these teachers would travel to Turkey and Egypt every year (or more often) for the latest workshops to be up to date. I still wonder why they were teaching such weird theories
I really think it's important to give students a fair start. But I guess most teachers had students who were just taking classes for fun, so they probably found the extra information not necessary.
Curious to hear your stories!
Looking back at your first classes, do you think your teacher/teachers made you miss out on anything? Maybe something you didn't know at that time, but what you noticed when looking back.
For myself, I have missed out on some things that I think is a pity. My teachers were very good at teaching technique but never explained anything about the songs they used. My teachers used a lot of Farid el Attrache and other golden era songs but they never told anything about the music. I loved the music and still do. But that is something I really missed. They never explained anything about lyrics. They did teach about how to express yourself, but not according to the lyrics, it was more about how students themselves felt about music. Which is good, but you want something more.
And it was a shame that my teachers didn't know much about belly dance history and taught the strangest theories, even meanings to movements! I had to find out trough internet that it was all nonsense!
And imagine these teachers would travel to Turkey and Egypt every year (or more often) for the latest workshops to be up to date. I still wonder why they were teaching such weird theories
I really think it's important to give students a fair start. But I guess most teachers had students who were just taking classes for fun, so they probably found the extra information not necessary.
Curious to hear your stories!
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