Amanda (was Aziyade)
Well-known member
Oh heavens, there are completely unflattering videos out there of ALL of us.
That's typically why instructors will only post CERTAIN clips on their websites or on Youtube.
We've all had extremely off nights, or we had to fight our way through the crowd, or the stage has holes in it, or we were exhausted because we'd been waiting TWO HOURS to go on, or any number of reasons why we don't give a stellar performance. And sometimes what appears to be a casual and relaxed LIVE performance looks sloppy on video.
Shareen el Safy is an amazing dancer live, but she does not make the transition to video very well. Her video performances can appear cold and emotionless -- but I sat in the audience and was blown away by her live.
Ultimately I wouldn't base my opinions of an instructor's ability on just one clip.
You wanna see a spectacularly awful performance from a teacher? The world's worst clip, where the instructor is performing a beginning student DRILL (not even a real choreography) and looks like she's just spent the last 24 hours detoxing? Check out this monstrosity and pay close attention to the redhead in the blue bedleh:
(deleted link so no one else has to be exposed to that hot mess.)
That's typically why instructors will only post CERTAIN clips on their websites or on Youtube.
We've all had extremely off nights, or we had to fight our way through the crowd, or the stage has holes in it, or we were exhausted because we'd been waiting TWO HOURS to go on, or any number of reasons why we don't give a stellar performance. And sometimes what appears to be a casual and relaxed LIVE performance looks sloppy on video.
Shareen el Safy is an amazing dancer live, but she does not make the transition to video very well. Her video performances can appear cold and emotionless -- but I sat in the audience and was blown away by her live.
Ultimately I wouldn't base my opinions of an instructor's ability on just one clip.
You wanna see a spectacularly awful performance from a teacher? The world's worst clip, where the instructor is performing a beginning student DRILL (not even a real choreography) and looks like she's just spent the last 24 hours detoxing? Check out this monstrosity and pay close attention to the redhead in the blue bedleh:
(deleted link so no one else has to be exposed to that hot mess.)
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