
Originally Posted by
cathy
I don't know whether to call some of these "gestures" or something else, artistic license, stylizations, cuteness or sexiness, but these are some things I wonder about:
hair grabbing or hair tossing (not Zar, but put into Oriental)
back of hand to forehead, sometimes known as "Lebanese headache"
hand cupped around back of ear stylization
grabbing armpit dramatically (yes I have seen this!)
grabbing or holding just under one breast (supposed to be heart maybe?)
flicking motion with hand/fingers
kicks from the knee (sometimes I wonder if this is what people mean by "horsey step")
leg lifts from the hip (ballet?)
reaching down and miming grabbing something from the floor
reaching up as if grabbing something from the air, making a fist, then pulling it into the chest in dramatic fashion
the whole "imaginary string" thing, liking pretending to pull your hip up
I figure some of these have to do with interpreting lyrics, that I cannot understand. But then I think sometimes a dancer will see someone do one of these, and then copy it without understanding that it was only appropriate in that particular point in that particular song.
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