Jane
New member
From what I know of the ladies in the troupe, they all have had the one main teacher. The troupe hosts new American style dancers, Tribal Fusion dancers, and they once hosted Ruby Beh. It's kind of an eclectic mix with a lot of American pop-culture, props, and creative artistic expression. Someone in their troupe has a background in occidental dance, with the heavy use of formations and attention to line. Tracks experimental world dance to me and not belly dance. I've never witnessed them in a live performance using real Middle Eastern music in a troupe number. Granted I've not seen a lot of their stuff live.
I've done troupe work in the old AmCab style. It was George Abdo and Eddie the Shiek type music with solid 70s & 80s AmCab dance aesthetic. Rarely veil, sword and zills, but always used in the same way an AmCab soloist used them. We were always heavy on the dancing and light on the formations and staging. No structured improv at all. If someone did improvisation, it was as a break away soloist and the others just fell to the back and stayed quiet.
I've done troupe work in the old AmCab style. It was George Abdo and Eddie the Shiek type music with solid 70s & 80s AmCab dance aesthetic. Rarely veil, sword and zills, but always used in the same way an AmCab soloist used them. We were always heavy on the dancing and light on the formations and staging. No structured improv at all. If someone did improvisation, it was as a break away soloist and the others just fell to the back and stayed quiet.