Darshiva
Moderator
I'm just wondering who else here has started learning tribal after years (for me nearly a decade!) of studying an oriental style?
I've had a couple of issues with posture:
1) That weird 'sit into your posture' thing. That's so weird after a decade of keeping my pelvis in neutral!
2) The hands- after brutally drilling myself OUT of that hand posture, I'm suddenly required to have it again. Insanity!
3) And this is the big one - ARMS. There's this posture I call "tribal classical" because it's like classical, only with a tribal twist. And after so long with Egyptian style, I keep defaulting to supporting arm up, working arm out/down. During my lesson I had to keep slapping my arm for a physical reminder to keep my arm down where it should be. As soon as the tingling went away, up went the arm!
Has anyone else had these issues with learning tribal? What other habits from other dance forms are creeping in?
I've had a couple of issues with posture:
1) That weird 'sit into your posture' thing. That's so weird after a decade of keeping my pelvis in neutral!
2) The hands- after brutally drilling myself OUT of that hand posture, I'm suddenly required to have it again. Insanity!
3) And this is the big one - ARMS. There's this posture I call "tribal classical" because it's like classical, only with a tribal twist. And after so long with Egyptian style, I keep defaulting to supporting arm up, working arm out/down. During my lesson I had to keep slapping my arm for a physical reminder to keep my arm down where it should be. As soon as the tingling went away, up went the arm!
Has anyone else had these issues with learning tribal? What other habits from other dance forms are creeping in?