The girl that tried so hard in the end died trying to do what that other girl did naturally and effortlessly. When you approach belly dancing as an artform ultimately, it is so much easier and you will become so much more successful...even when success does not equate with being a big star. But when you become amazing at the arts for the people you are around, that in turn teachs them a lesson in the potentials of humaness and human potential.
THis is alright to an extent but they don't know how to use the right brain. The arts are whole brained. When learning, you first come from the left brain to do a quick analytical, sequencial observance and then shift to the right to 'feel' what you have learned so that you 'understand it'. It takes a moment of pause to take it in. Then there is the repetition to ingrain the moves physiologically as well as in your subconscious and, as well, consciously continue to "ah ha" the understanding to evolve all of the nuance that become apparent. This latter awareness is what makes it an artform. This is when the dance becomes an unfolding lotus flower of movement.
Sometimes trying to tell this to established teachers is threatening because if they themselves aren't at this level, their students could be looking for someone who could take them further than the basic levels 1, 2, 3.
But if these teachers can successfully squash awareness that there is more to bellydance, then the true art form is not fostered in other potential artists. If this continues to be the case then the art of belly dance could be lost and become something like ballet.
THis is alright to an extent but they don't know how to use the right brain. The arts are whole brained. When learning, you first come from the left brain to do a quick analytical, sequencial observance and then shift to the right to 'feel' what you have learned so that you 'understand it'. It takes a moment of pause to take it in. Then there is the repetition to ingrain the moves physiologically as well as in your subconscious and, as well, consciously continue to "ah ha" the understanding to evolve all of the nuance that become apparent. This latter awareness is what makes it an artform. This is when the dance becomes an unfolding lotus flower of movement.
Sometimes trying to tell this to established teachers is threatening because if they themselves aren't at this level, their students could be looking for someone who could take them further than the basic levels 1, 2, 3.
But if these teachers can successfully squash awareness that there is more to bellydance, then the true art form is not fostered in other potential artists. If this continues to be the case then the art of belly dance could be lost and become something like ballet.
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