Ranya
New member
Hey girls (and guys alike),
I wrote a little about this on the "what style is shakira" thread but I would have been completely off topic to go further in that thread and moreover: things got worse.
So the thing is:
My school belongs to the Institute of Political Science Paris, which has four "delocated" campuses. That means that one campus is in Paris and four others are in smaller cities all over France. Each of these campuses specialises in the studies of one region: Eastern Europe, Latin America etc...Mine is Middle East and Mediterranean. Every year we have this sports event where students from all the five campuses get together and compete in different cathegories. There is also a dance cathegory. Because the Latin American campus always competes with latino dances (and they're pretty good!) and they always win, we told ourselves we can top them (we are the "youngest" campus, established only two years ago so last year we weren't really prepared for the competition). So we decided to do oriental. We have a veil intro, a group choreography, a little bit of cane-folklore saiidi dance, a percussion part...now the thing is, I am about the only on who really is trained in oriental dance so logically I correct things and stuff. I must say, that it is a group-fun-thing, so there are thing that I myself would not admit for a real just-oriental dance competition, but hey! we're a group of girls just having a blast and a fun time. But there is one girl who really makes me go crrraaazzzyyyy! Like, she says she's the absolute professional dancer, coz she was doing a lot of shows 'n stuff...turns out, she just went to a class and had this sort of end-of-trimestre-show for friends and family. and most of the girls from her group were "self-taught" too. And it makes me crazy, coz she just wants things to be her way and she is taking it so far away from a professional performance. I think she just can't stand that I dance far better and that I "work" in a local moroccan restaurant where I dance at least two nights a week and that I have "real" costumes (I mean those last-minute-self-made costumes, that usually beginner groups wear on festival...NO OFFENSE meant, just explaining) and that I am starting to become popular in town (it is a very small town indeed...hey! just before I got home this evening, a couple spoke to me on the street, saying they saw me dance!:dance: ...ok, that's off topic, hehe). And most of all, that other people think I am better and that other people talk about me as being a dancer and not her. (like when someone asks my classmates and friends, if there's a dancer, they won't hesitate to name me).
So the think is, she really slows down the progress of preparation for the competition, she makes fuss for every little thing, she say that we absolutely have to have transparent skirts with a lot of slits in it (you know those turkish skirts? take the cheapest version and you'll see) and that we cannot (yes, she said, just like a queen, that we CANNOT...huh? since when you're my pope?) wear tights underneath although we are already the half of the group to demand it and it even looks really cute! (black transparent chiffon skirt and black tights...we tried it, looks gorgeous!).
So now, I am really hesitating to stay in the group because it just stop to be fun and became a battlefield between her and us. But the problem is, that the other girls want me badly to stay and moreover the competition is in less than two weeks and they would not find a substitute for me (neither for her...the choreo is for 8 girls and noone else would do it)!
I am really sorry for the long post, but I needed to explain everything...What would you girls 'n' guys do? would you stay or not?
I wrote a little about this on the "what style is shakira" thread but I would have been completely off topic to go further in that thread and moreover: things got worse.
So the thing is:
My school belongs to the Institute of Political Science Paris, which has four "delocated" campuses. That means that one campus is in Paris and four others are in smaller cities all over France. Each of these campuses specialises in the studies of one region: Eastern Europe, Latin America etc...Mine is Middle East and Mediterranean. Every year we have this sports event where students from all the five campuses get together and compete in different cathegories. There is also a dance cathegory. Because the Latin American campus always competes with latino dances (and they're pretty good!) and they always win, we told ourselves we can top them (we are the "youngest" campus, established only two years ago so last year we weren't really prepared for the competition). So we decided to do oriental. We have a veil intro, a group choreography, a little bit of cane-folklore saiidi dance, a percussion part...now the thing is, I am about the only on who really is trained in oriental dance so logically I correct things and stuff. I must say, that it is a group-fun-thing, so there are thing that I myself would not admit for a real just-oriental dance competition, but hey! we're a group of girls just having a blast and a fun time. But there is one girl who really makes me go crrraaazzzyyyy! Like, she says she's the absolute professional dancer, coz she was doing a lot of shows 'n stuff...turns out, she just went to a class and had this sort of end-of-trimestre-show for friends and family. and most of the girls from her group were "self-taught" too. And it makes me crazy, coz she just wants things to be her way and she is taking it so far away from a professional performance. I think she just can't stand that I dance far better and that I "work" in a local moroccan restaurant where I dance at least two nights a week and that I have "real" costumes (I mean those last-minute-self-made costumes, that usually beginner groups wear on festival...NO OFFENSE meant, just explaining) and that I am starting to become popular in town (it is a very small town indeed...hey! just before I got home this evening, a couple spoke to me on the street, saying they saw me dance!:dance: ...ok, that's off topic, hehe). And most of all, that other people think I am better and that other people talk about me as being a dancer and not her. (like when someone asks my classmates and friends, if there's a dancer, they won't hesitate to name me).
So the think is, she really slows down the progress of preparation for the competition, she makes fuss for every little thing, she say that we absolutely have to have transparent skirts with a lot of slits in it (you know those turkish skirts? take the cheapest version and you'll see) and that we cannot (yes, she said, just like a queen, that we CANNOT...huh? since when you're my pope?) wear tights underneath although we are already the half of the group to demand it and it even looks really cute! (black transparent chiffon skirt and black tights...we tried it, looks gorgeous!).
So now, I am really hesitating to stay in the group because it just stop to be fun and became a battlefield between her and us. But the problem is, that the other girls want me badly to stay and moreover the competition is in less than two weeks and they would not find a substitute for me (neither for her...the choreo is for 8 girls and noone else would do it)!
I am really sorry for the long post, but I needed to explain everything...What would you girls 'n' guys do? would you stay or not?
