eshta amar
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Hi everyone. I am not going to try to review the new show but.....I went to see it on opening night and thought I'd share.
Being good friends with several of the super stars I thought I would go and support them and check it out. I brought a friend who had never seen them. The theatre was packed! We were actually sitting behind Miles so I uh....tried to make some somewhat loud comments throughout the show hoping and thinking that this might give him a clue as to how surprising it was. Maybe my slightly raised vocal comment swould make him stop this speeding train before it crashes and burns. That said....
All the dancers were gorgeous!!!!!!!
Jillina was superb. Her drum solo fantastic. The choreography was tight and the music was very loud. However.....
The show is EXACTLY the same as previous shows. Do not expect to see something different. Some of the exact same costumes from previous show were worn again!!!! The set was basically a blurry pixelated light show of all the standard egyptian symbols and images. The intro was a circus style male voice over saying things like "for thousands of years... and through the veil of time....and the sands of destiny" you get the picture.
SAME Sonia drum solo.
SAME scarry polynesian number.
SAME double veil number by Petite Jamilla in what looked to be the same costume and the music was similar.
SAME whirling dervishes in the double veil number.
LOTS and LOTS of tribal which was done well. No Rachel Brice to be seen.
Adore did a weird french burlesque-ish number on a chair.
NO, I repeat NO traditional raks sharki solo of any kind from anybody.
Hardly any middle eastern music.
The Saidi number was fabulous! I really enjoyed that. And Jillina's drum solo.
I really thought I saw this show several times before....and I have!!! I honestly don't understand why they work so hard if they are only going to perform the same thing.
My non-belly dancer friend was not into it. She kept asking me - where is all the belly dance? Why is it just like a vegas revue?
I am gonna get in so much trouble for writing this. I don't want it to appear that I am being unsupportive. But I was really suprised! I was so excited to see the new stuff they had come up with. Usually I go see the shows a couple times when they are in town but not this time. But this time around I can just watch one of their old DVDs.
But hats off to them! They work hard and look amazing. Now if only they'd just belly dance more......
Being good friends with several of the super stars I thought I would go and support them and check it out. I brought a friend who had never seen them. The theatre was packed! We were actually sitting behind Miles so I uh....tried to make some somewhat loud comments throughout the show hoping and thinking that this might give him a clue as to how surprising it was. Maybe my slightly raised vocal comment swould make him stop this speeding train before it crashes and burns. That said....
All the dancers were gorgeous!!!!!!!
Jillina was superb. Her drum solo fantastic. The choreography was tight and the music was very loud. However.....
The show is EXACTLY the same as previous shows. Do not expect to see something different. Some of the exact same costumes from previous show were worn again!!!! The set was basically a blurry pixelated light show of all the standard egyptian symbols and images. The intro was a circus style male voice over saying things like "for thousands of years... and through the veil of time....and the sands of destiny" you get the picture.
SAME Sonia drum solo.
SAME scarry polynesian number.
SAME double veil number by Petite Jamilla in what looked to be the same costume and the music was similar.
SAME whirling dervishes in the double veil number.
LOTS and LOTS of tribal which was done well. No Rachel Brice to be seen.
Adore did a weird french burlesque-ish number on a chair.
NO, I repeat NO traditional raks sharki solo of any kind from anybody.
Hardly any middle eastern music.
The Saidi number was fabulous! I really enjoyed that. And Jillina's drum solo.
I really thought I saw this show several times before....and I have!!! I honestly don't understand why they work so hard if they are only going to perform the same thing.
My non-belly dancer friend was not into it. She kept asking me - where is all the belly dance? Why is it just like a vegas revue?
I am gonna get in so much trouble for writing this. I don't want it to appear that I am being unsupportive. But I was really suprised! I was so excited to see the new stuff they had come up with. Usually I go see the shows a couple times when they are in town but not this time. But this time around I can just watch one of their old DVDs.
But hats off to them! They work hard and look amazing. Now if only they'd just belly dance more......