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Reda/Kowmeyya. Salimpour stuff isn't Egyptian folklore. I wouldn't really call Reda/Kowmeyya "ballet moves" either, having done a bit of ballet. There are a lot of crossover steps in the world, they're not all based on a pas de bouree.

That's actually a really good point. Last year, I think it was, Zahra Abdulrahman had some dancer friends at her zoom hafla who were a folkloric group. They normally worked on a Nile boat but the boat was closed for pandemic reasons. They had managed to organise some other gigs but they didn't...

I quite liked this one: I agree, she's actually a nice dancer especially in the first song (which I feel like I should know). She has loads of technique and great musicality, The skirt's a bit of a worry (it looks as though she's tucked up a skirt that's longer, but also, that skirt is very...

My personal belief, based on a survey of one, is that the "high end" modern Egyptian we've seen over the past 30 years or so has been a combination of folkloric footwork patterns and beledi body work, plus various innovations that individual dancers have brought in, and that others have picked...

OH and I can also confirm that's Sharhzad, I met her in Cairo at YAsmina's house and took a class with her.

No it was a big zoom jobby with clips from her own dance jobs, but she talked about some of the same things.

If you're talking about Egypt, I think you have to consider context as well. What is going on there, why are dancers going for more leggy costumes, why are they putting in banned floorwork again? Dance doesn't happen in a social vacuum.

Yes, she looks fantastic. Admits to botox, only eating once a day and taking very good care of her skin. And minimal crosstraining, she just does what she can do and does it really well.

I honestly think that the whole "oh no costumes are too REVEALING" thing is related not so much to skin show as it is to pushed up breasts and implants that make things look less, er, natural. When I saw her she wore a very slinky clingy white dress that looked barely held together (it was...

I saw Dina at the Semiramis a couple of years ago (I finally got there!) . Of note: her costumes are still racy but really quite restrained compared with some of the newer dancers' styles. Also, those babies DO NOT MOVE. I was sitting at the edge of the stage looking up her skirt at one point...

There is an EXCELLENT four-part documentary "In Our Own Words" by Yasmina of Cairo and Sara Farouk, which you can get on VImeo (pay to stream) that addresses the current scene in Cairo. It is largely interviews - all the participants were given the same questions - and includes both foreign and...

Just jumping in to say that I have to reject the idea that there's less interest in scholarship or old styles. In the globalised BD world there is more opportunity than ever in my dance lifetime for people who are interested to go very deep into the dance if they choose. Right now, dancers like...

I think it's fair to say she's allowing the students to record from the back for learning purposes, and she probably did it for them from the front as well. I doubt she intended anyone to put it on YouTube.

Hey there! The Middle Eastern Dance Association of New Zealand is excited to be hosting Karim Nagi and Ava Fleming at its annual festival next year, April 24-27 2014. The *festival will be held in beautiful Orewa, on the Hibiscus Coast! This is a great opportunity to combine a Kiwi holiday...

... I cannot see posts any more! When I open a thread, the first post in particular is just a large blank space. This bug is new. I'm on Chrome, which has been fine till today.

I am excited to announce that Ranya Renee of NYC will be flying to Christchurch direct from her workshops at WAMED in Perth for her first-ever New Zealand workshops, June 8-10 2012! This will be a fantastic opportunity for our Kiwi dancers to work with Ranya, who I met at the IBCC last year -...