Aniseteph
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Before you express yourself, I believe you have to consider the feelings of others around you. You cannot ride roughshod over culture and sensibilities expecially when you are dabbling in someone elses.
:clap: Quite. And if you must do it cos it's your artistic freedom of expression, don't be surprised if you look an idiot and/or offend, and are hauled up for it. It's not just the people whose culture you are messing with, it's other dancers who resent the fact that it reflects on all of us.
I'm with Maria Aya and summerdance on this too -The company's name captures its essence: "maqam" refers to an Arabic musical mode, while "kamikaze"is a twist on the classics of Middle Eastern repertoire.
I get the maqam bit, but how is Kamikaze a twist on anything Middle Eastern? I am intrigued. To me it just says Japanese suicide missions crashing planes into warships in the Pacific in WW2 - surely not the impression they were going for. :think: