Aisha Azar
New member
Dear Rico,
I am meaning this question as a real question and not a hostile remark. Since you have repeatedly said that you don't care about the culture that surrounds the dance, why bother to call what you do "belly dance" and why bother to perform it? Why not go and do jazz or something else that is very American since that seems where your heart is.
Whether or not Arabs ever see my dance, I do owe something back to that culture since I am specifically immersed in Arab dance, not only belly dance but other styles and forms as well. Denying it makes a mockery of the dance . If I try to ignore the cultural provenance of the dance, I am then no longer doing the dance because dance is always tied to culture. If you want to create something new, then do it, but calling it belly dance while ignoring the ethnic cultures from which belly dance springs is rather calling Taco Bell "Mexican Food".
Regards,
A'isha
I am meaning this question as a real question and not a hostile remark. Since you have repeatedly said that you don't care about the culture that surrounds the dance, why bother to call what you do "belly dance" and why bother to perform it? Why not go and do jazz or something else that is very American since that seems where your heart is.
Whether or not Arabs ever see my dance, I do owe something back to that culture since I am specifically immersed in Arab dance, not only belly dance but other styles and forms as well. Denying it makes a mockery of the dance . If I try to ignore the cultural provenance of the dance, I am then no longer doing the dance because dance is always tied to culture. If you want to create something new, then do it, but calling it belly dance while ignoring the ethnic cultures from which belly dance springs is rather calling Taco Bell "Mexican Food".
Regards,
A'isha