Best Comments Ever

[RioDancerCO]

As I read Moon's post about her first performance for a non-belly dancer audience it reminded me of my favorite comment ever. A group of us had been asked to perform for a 50th birthday party. When it came time to perform, our Birthday Boy had his young grandson sitting with him. The little guy was wide-eyed and drop-jawed the entire time. When we'd finished our routines, his grandpa turned to him and asked him how he thought we moved like that... The response (delivered with utmost sincerity) was- Magic Bones! :lol:
I would love to hear everyone else's favorite comments for their performances ray:

 

[TiaSerena]

That is so cute, Rio! Now when my step daughter asks "how do you do that" I have a cute answer to make her laugh. I'd also love to hear some more!

 

[mikex1337]

The little guy was wide-eyed and drop-jawed the entire time

I can totally relate to this. Great stuff

 

[Maria_Aya]

Recently I heard the "dancing Oum Kalthoum" !!!!!!!!!

before that my favorite was from an Alexandrian living at Greece 45 years:
I was dreaming to die at Alexandria and be baried there, but after saw your dance tonight i can die here cause you traveled me to my home again!!

 

[Yshka]

Maria, Dancing Oum Kalthoum I think is the best comment you could ever get!! Magic bones, sounds cute!

Since I haven't been around that long as a performer I have not had many memorable ones. The best one I remember is somebody telling me "you are actually quite small, but you managed to fill the entire stage"

I'm 5"1 lol.

 

[KuteNurse]

That is great! Kids come up with the best lines. I just spent last night with my family in an indoor waterpark and my 3 year old niece asked me...Do you want to watch me swim? It was like she was asking for the world from me. There was no way I could say no to her She is such a sweetheart.

 

[Lydia]

children i geuss touch my soul most ...when complimented from little ones you know they realy mean what they say...the girl i remember it was years ago ,i walked after my show to my room in the hotel passing treu the lobby,...the little girl pulled on my skirt and said ,,are you esmeralda?? i did not know what she ment but her mom said o she means the cartoon caracter from the hunchback ,she is a gipsy ....i alway,s feel that it is the best compliment i ever got, better than all the other compliments even the write up in the newspaper about me can not top that little girl with her 3 words....have a nice day Lydia

 

[Shanazel]

Lydia, I think that is one of the loveliest complements I ever heard of!

 

[Lydia]

thanks Shanazel that you think that to!! it was so nice and i will never forget it,it was realy the nicest compliment ever.. you know how people alway,s complement when you are a dancer ...but this was realy touching me...have a great weekend ( BDW hope you feeling better?? hugs Lydia

 

[Shanazel]

Well, look at your atavar- if that's not Esmeralda to the life- dark hair, flashing eyes, gorgeous smile! It must be fun to be so young and beautiful and talented. I hope you are able to enjoy every single second of it!

I am better, thank you- no longer the color of an old lemon, though none of the Highly Educated Specialists I've consulted have a clue why I was so sick. I hope by next week I will have enough energy to start practicing regularly so I can be ready to teach classes in the fall. The docs says the fatigue will last for several months, but I am so sick of laying down that I could just spit.

 

[Lydia]

thanks for the compliment!! i am glad you are feeling better....and hope that you will dance and feel better every day...have a great week ,Hugs Lydia:dance:

 

[Suhad]

Completely off topic, but....

Shanazel, what happened to you?? When did you get sick? Sounds fairly serious.

 

[Khaira]

Here's my version of the most surprising comment made to me.

After a performance in a small French village sisha house an arabian man walked up to me and told me: I saw you and you look like a beautiful moroccan peasant girl but dance like a glamorous european.This was probably due to my dark curly hair

 

[belly_dancer]

I don't know about my FAV.... but one of the most memorable was from a (rather arrogant!) young Egyptian man (probably about 10 years younger than myself.... just visiting America for the 1st time)...
"you remind me of my country... who knew such a scrawny, white girl could dance so well" (!?!?!?!?!)..... at LEAST I assume it was a compliment....

 

[miriam]

"you remind me of my country... who knew such a scrawny, white girl could dance so well"

I'd take it as a compliment, I suppose! You're overcoming international biases (or something like that). :lol:

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Mine isn't related to performing, but I found out about it this morning and it made me so happy. Last night a friend and I taught a class together (I'm mentoring her as she's trying to grow as an instructor) and this morning, she got a call from a friend of hers who took the class saying how much she loved it and how she and the other lady want to study with us more because we were able to make them forget things like age and weight and feel beautiful again. I almost cried when she told me this because that's one of the reasons I love this dance so much and it's such a blessing to be able to share that with others. So yeah, right now this my reigning "best comment ever."

 

[SmilingMarie]

One incidence comes to mind: I had done my first set at an Arabian wedding and (my first performance of the night AND my first at an Arabian wedding) and was talking to some of the female guests and they all could not believe I was not Egyptian - I was very flattered. A little bit later a little girl comes up to me and asks me for my autograph - ahhh.. I was gobsmacked and felt like a superstar! (actually, the whole thing was such a good experience on so many levels, I was walking on air for the next 2 weeks!).

 

[miss_shimmy]

this thread is beautiful :clap::clap::clap::dance::dance: