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Discworld? Terry Patchett?? :lol: quite a few of my pals to to those conventions.. if they have any desire to turn it into 'Belly dance...' I shall remain friendless..:lol:
I think to be fair to this particular performer, she was performing at a fusion faire, and this is perhaps the right environment to try out these new ideas.
Having said that, the words 'Bene Gesserit Belly dance' made me do this..:shok: and then and then and then :think:
This potentiallyy means that this style of 'Belly dance' *cough* could turn up just about anywhere..
Get the coast guards out!!!!
True, although the comments I made were intended in general as well as in reference to this particular clip. But by "fusion faire" I imagine we mean bellydance or Tribal fusion and in that case I think it still stands. An audience expect to see some connection to the umbrella style (Tribal fusion), I don't think this was the case. I saw nothing that made me think "Tribal Fusion", just yoga.
However I've got to be honest this is nothing to what I've seen by professionals. A friend of mine has the "Gothic belly dance" DVD and there is a weird and frankly bewildering performance by Neon of New York that perfectly emulates that image of the kitty. A performance in some plastic tube covering:shok:. I honestly prefer the clip in the O.P.
In both cases the label experimental is fine because your are signaling to your audience that this is basically an experiment in movement - where anything could happen. "Fusion" denotes something else to me and "Tribal Fusion" creates connections to a particular feel, style and aesthetic in most peoples minds. Even performing this at a Dune type convention would give it more relevance.
As for T.P's Discworld and bellydance:naghty: I think cosmic Moorish dancing and exploding pyramids kind of eliminates the real need for such a form.:lol:
To give you an idea of the Neon tube thing there is a tiny clip at 0:026:
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