- Foreign dancers may be better, technically, and more beautiful and professional than Egyptians, but they´re cold. This is where they lose the game.
First, let´s hit pause. There´s nothing to lose or gain because, let me repeat this till exhaustion, we don´t have to live and dance in competition mode. Let whoever wants to compete with you, compete. Let them burn in that fire if that´s their wish - you don´t have to participate in...
What is the big deal around Rhythm?
Is Rhythm really that important?
Do Oriental Dancers have to know Rhythms?
Check this Blog Post/Audio Post where I share a few reasons why Rhythm is central in Egyptian Dance.
Listen. Enjoy.
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Why should you even care?
Why is Musicality such a big deal?
Aren´t dancers supposed to be moving instead of listening?
If I earned a dollar each time I heard one of those questions, I´d be a millionaire.
And it pains me to notice how ignorant most of us are of the true magic of Egyptian Dance.
Yes, Egyptian Dance is movement but it cannot be resumed to it. Egyptian Dance is not a sport, not a gymnastic discipline, not an army drill, not a mechanical set...
Having lived and performed in Egypt for almost a decade meant three things:
1. The beginning of my international career in Egyptian Oriental and Folkloric Dance;
2. An in-depth knowledge and love for Egyptian Dance, Music, and Culture;
3. A deep, often dramatic, shift in the way I saw myself, the world, and life.
One of the most challenging aspects of living and working, as a foreigner, in a different culture, is the shock between the values we carry within and the values that...
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