Roman

[nadiradancer]

@Dalia Thank you so much! I love Dunyavi style, and it was my gateway drug into Turkish Oryantal & Turkish Romani dance.

[daliacarella]

Nadira: you did a beauitful job with the Dunyavi style. Bravo! xxdalia

[NightsMuse]

Wonderful use of gesture in the dance. I am a beginner at ATS and am interested in a variety of styles and customs. 

This was fun and sassy!

[nadiradancer]

Thanks! This one owes a lot to Dalia Carella's Dunyavi style.  I highly recommend her videos (especially volume 1) if you want to learn more.

[alea963]

Hi, do you think that the regular 100% cotton 25 yard skirt would be as effective as your costume, or the heavier skirts? thanks a lot for your time.

[tarakiene]

Awesome facial expressions.  Realy captures the fun liveliness of romany dance.

[ReenBlom]

Beautiful dance!

[rumbato]

this rhythm is better for group dancing than individual... and whats with the mizmar, gosh,non stop taqseem, so loud and penetrating, u will need ten glasses of arak to numb ur ears before adapting listening to this performance, thats why i prefer watching belly dances that uses egyptian music pieces. This mizmar or reed and the way the musician plays it is good for chasing out snakes from caves and holes, definately not for a night out for watching belly dancers.

[molarmama5]

@rumbato

Snakes can not hear. But maybe they can hear that mizmar!

[sonny19xx]

Thanks Nadiradancer .Romani music . What  a striking resemblance to Indian music !! One of the Indian Raag just resembles this tune.

Almost conclusive evidence about the Roma's Indian roots.

[mahiraankhnes]

Hi Nadira, beautiful performance! What´s the diference about Karsilama, Zambra or Sambra and Andaluz?

Thanks!

[gfbiga]

bintmarkar tu romano rom isiyan  so isyiyan

[minicello]

Awesome! I watched the whole performance and I don't usually do that :-)

[BintMarkar]

Sar san--so keres, ? Yeah, wonderful. Especially after Romani people got their neighborhoods bulldozed /razed in Sulukule./ Turkey has a wonderful culture indeed. Djelem dejelem romale and chavale@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@­@

[martinilovnmermaid]

omar faruk tekbilek was US Golden Belly Musician of the year 1998 and 1999. Greetings from Delaware.

[moizestefan]

What a colorful culture Turkey has. I really admire this country and will hopefully visit it once in my life.

[Rummani]

This is absolutely gorgeous, and the kind of beauty and flavour I hope to accomplish with my 9/8 dancing! Thanks so much for posting this!

[nadiradancer]

Folkloric karsilama is a form of Turkish Romani dance using a 9/8 rhythm. American karsilama came about when bands in the US played 9/8s. Turkish dancers performed traditional karsilama, while non-Turkish dancers copied them and adapted it to their own style (ex: skirtwork). Everyone modified what they were doing to suit the audience's preferences, and the most popular conventions and elements evolved into a coherent style, which we call american karsilama to differentiate it from Romani dance.

[cembaloo]

Question: What is american style karsilama...

do cowboys and cowgirls line up and dance aan american style karsilama when strangers visit their villages/ranches?

[saveplanetpluto]

you're dancing with a lot of verve! It's fun to look at!

[GypsyRed]

Love your energy and playfulness. Thanks for posting this. :)