Tasteful Seven Veils

alosha

alosha

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Need some clips of well-danced seven veils routines. I would like to do one, and want to stay as far away from the strip-tease aspect as possible.

Thanks!
 
shiradotnet

shiradotnet

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If you can, get your hands on the IAMED video titled Fourth Annual Awards of Bellydance. There's a lovely 7-veils performance on it by Tamalyn Dallal which is very artistic AND very NON-stripteasy.

--Shira
 
lizaj

lizaj

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Mmm how to avoid a striptease looking like a striptease:D
Joking apart everyone knows here that Ms Meany here doesn't like DSV as a belly dance routine .I'm not even sure how it got to be one.:think: I would enjoy the DSV as a theatrical tableau that may or may not be danced by a belly dancer.
I think to avoid dancing in a bedlah or typical BD costume but maybe a a long plain unadorned dress with a sash to loop some of the veils and so represent the kind of scene in theatre or opera is in the spirit with the act.
 
lizaj

lizaj

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I love the dress with the swirling skirt to complement the veils and this piece should be a story to be told and if someone uses the move she has learnt in BD classes, yes it looks right. A little piece of dance theatre.
 
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Gia al Qamar

Gia al Qamar

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Tamalyn's dancing is gorgeous...whether you call it 'Dance of the Seven Veils' or 'Dance of Salome' or 'Ooohh Lookie I Bought more Fabric', it's a beautiful interpretation of music, theatrical dance with Middle Eastern emphasis...

 
C

Creaky Old Dancer

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Okay Gia :lol: you've got me rolling on the floor tears rolling down my face with the thought of a Lookie I Bought More Fabric Dance.

Alosha... hmmmm maybe you could do a dance to describe the emotion of a color... and have the 7 veils in a gradation of shades or tones of that color. Sort of Midnight Blue to Sky Blue and what emotion they should be evoking? Just a thought.
 
alosha

alosha

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creaks, that's what I was kinda thinking of doing. There's a local competition that has a seven veils category, and I really wanted to do it. Because I love veils. But I have an issue with many of the seven veils routines I've seen.

I don't know if it will be this coming competition, just because I'm still so new to veil, but who knows...

Thanks everyone!
 
Salome

Salome

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That clip of Tamalyn was just yummy. I love her lines and the way she pulls out time in the music, I'm a fan :cool:
 
~Diana~

~Diana~

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I think you can do it without it looking to striperesk. My mentor and teacher did a 3 veil routine and she danced in a way that you didn't see her let go of one veil to work with the next. From the audiance perspective it all just flowed as one big veil but with a "oh wait! this veil is now a different color and when did those veils on the floor get there?"

I really wish I had got it on video now cause she hasn't danced it since then.
 
Shanazel

Shanazel

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Do you have to take the veils off your body or just use seven veils in the dance? I suppose in the latter event, you could suspend the veils vertically and dance among them, using them as scenery.
 
PracticalDancer

PracticalDancer

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Alosha,

The day you posted this, I started reading an article by our own Andrea Deagon on Seven Veils. The article is part of "Belly Dance - Orientalism Transnationalism and Harem Fantasy". This is a scholarly book overall, so it is not a quick read (hence, the time it has taken me to respond). But, this article does discuss many interpretations performed over the years, including some by well known contemporary dancers (such as Delilah and Zahra Zuhair).

It may be of interest to you.

Regards,

Anala
 
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