achilles007
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Finally decided: Baladi is it for me! Training?
After thinking about and going back over the answers and videos many of the wonderful posters and moderators posted in my last threads and getting a lot of clarity, I have gone from fearing Egyptian to becoming completely entranced by it. But especially Baladi... I really really really just want to be a Baladi dancer. I thought Tribal was what I was after, because similar to Baladi, Tribal doesn't travel much and instead stays in one spot doing its isolations.
But after just finishing my private lesson for the first time with a Tribal Fusion teacher, I was taken aback to find out that most of the Tribal''technique'' came from the glutes! There was also lots of yoga, strength, stretching and conditioning!
I enjoyed the experience but ultimately missed the look of the isolations that come from the abs/obliques instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyp0EoBXAPI
Now I am all the way in the Egyptian camp with laser-beam focus on Baladi the way Ranya Renee showcases it here as a wonderful, wonderful poster in another thread shared with me (Credits to her):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YG7i2WmK4
My questions are:
1.) Is it okay that I as a male want to dance Baladi only?
I understand that the tradition is to show tribute to the dance by wearing the Baladi dress whenever dancing it, and I dont want to offend any Egyptians, teachers, or anyone else by the thought of me in their traditional woman's skirt.
2.) And besides buying her dvd what else should I do or learn in order to prepare myself for this style of belly dance?
Thanks everyone
You all have been great.
After thinking about and going back over the answers and videos many of the wonderful posters and moderators posted in my last threads and getting a lot of clarity, I have gone from fearing Egyptian to becoming completely entranced by it. But especially Baladi... I really really really just want to be a Baladi dancer. I thought Tribal was what I was after, because similar to Baladi, Tribal doesn't travel much and instead stays in one spot doing its isolations.
But after just finishing my private lesson for the first time with a Tribal Fusion teacher, I was taken aback to find out that most of the Tribal''technique'' came from the glutes! There was also lots of yoga, strength, stretching and conditioning!
I enjoyed the experience but ultimately missed the look of the isolations that come from the abs/obliques instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyp0EoBXAPI
Now I am all the way in the Egyptian camp with laser-beam focus on Baladi the way Ranya Renee showcases it here as a wonderful, wonderful poster in another thread shared with me (Credits to her):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YG7i2WmK4
My questions are:
1.) Is it okay that I as a male want to dance Baladi only?
I understand that the tradition is to show tribute to the dance by wearing the Baladi dress whenever dancing it, and I dont want to offend any Egyptians, teachers, or anyone else by the thought of me in their traditional woman's skirt.
2.) And besides buying her dvd what else should I do or learn in order to prepare myself for this style of belly dance?
Thanks everyone
You all have been great.
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