
Originally Posted by
A'isha Azar
Dear Oksants,
Shareen el Safy, for my money, is the best teacher around for Egyptian belly dance. She not only understands how to make movement happen side by side with cultural and emotional elements. She also knows how to impart that to other dancers. She gives plenty of individual attention and she knows her material. The only thing that I don't like about her teaching is that she teaches a strongish posture as basic, that I see as part of a more dynamic and changing postural structure. I have studied with her often enough to be able to say that I would study with her again at any reasonable opportunity.
She talks a LOT on her videos and this is one reason why they are so long. However, the info is pretty valuable for the most part. You can learn scads from her on many levels!!!
I would say that she is also a wonderful performer. She is quite low key and not flashy, but her dancing is true to the feeling and movements and cultural essence we see in Egyptians. She states readily that she is American and dances like one, but she is not giving herself enough credit as far as I can see, for her innate understanding of Egyptian dance.
Regards,
A'isha
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