Ishtar Bellydance Cane Raks Assaya

[areegareeg1]

ريقة ههههههههههههههههه

[caitlinboo]

Just because it has a saidi rhythm in the background doesn't mean it's meant for raks al assaya. Love this song, love the costume, and very cute presence... but misplaced.

[IshtarBellydancer]

my apologies, if I have duplicate replies to your comment, youtube has some bug today and it doesn't show up at all. But in case it does later,.... my apologies for the repetition!! anyway, thx for viewing and commenting... happy shimmies!

[IshtarBellydancer]

I understand your view regarding this modern arabic pop song and modern Egyptian Assaya movements, of course it is a modern interpretation, and it is very well placed, seeing as this song is so popular in Egypt. While I was at the Ahlan Wa Salan fest in 2009, Dina and Raqia were a couple of teachers who used modern Arabic Pop and some Modern Egyptian combinations, it is the style today. This is not folkloric style, but Cabaret/Oriental.

[Mr111989]

@IshtarBellydancer Cool cane dance. It's really fun to watch.

[IshtarBellydancer]

also if a Saidi rhythm is in a song of course it lends itself to Raks Assaya, Saiidi is Raks Assaya from Upper Egypt, when a Oriental Routine is playing and it changes to Saiidi, than it is time to do Saiidi movements with or without Cane.

[sbrooks0178]

@caitlinboo You aren't seriously trying to get legalistic with belly dancing? Since when is an art form limited in its expression?

[ANETRAP]

wat is the name of this song plzzzzzz

[kajol131]

aLLAH 3ALEIK YA SIDI... Of IHAB TAWFIK ;)

[ANETRAP]

thx =]

[Jetsetgirl13]

OMG I love this song and your background! Nice dancing!

[belligerentgerkin]

The last comment was from me - I didn't realise I was signed as my husband !!

Again, fabulous Ishtar xxx

[IshtarBellydancer]

ah thanks so I got two nice comments :-) so sweet of you.. these videos especially this one I am just mucking around and having fun working out a choreo... :-) xx

[burgerqueen0607]

i tried to find this Allah Aleik Ya Sidi woman singing version on I tune i couldnt find..Who is the singer?

By the way your asaya dance and the coustume, also your face expresson is fabulous!!!!

[IshtarBellydancer]

hey there ! thanks for your appreciation, the song is sung by "Ishtar", Oriental Sensation is the Album compliation.

[sniffypeach]

Ishtar, as always, you look amazing, I love this dance it is just superb.

[k1arim]

great video and GREAT song

this song is originally for Ehab Tawfik, who is one of the best singers in the arab world

[ejsslt]

beautiful costume and choreo - i love assaya! i'm working on one right now; you're an inspiration - thanks for all your videos. :)

[IshtarBellydancer]

thank you for your appreciation, may you enjoy your dancing !! good luck

[7miami2]

Hello ,

nice stick dance and fine moves...says my wife she likes it too :-)

[LemonScissors]

Very nice moves. Maybe it is the big experience you have dancing or just how much you love it, but it shows on how you enjoy it. It seems like you're doing you're favourite thing, happy and calm, very natural. And i loved you kept the smile on the whole dancing :D

[musicalmayhem666]

By far one of the best dancers I've seen on YouTube. I love your style, you seem very comfortable and and natural in your moves. I just started teaching a class, I'm going to have them look at your videos! :) Do you have any footage of yourself dancing with an audience?? I'd love to see it!

[IshtarBellydancer]

thank you sweetie! :-) yes i am performing to an audience in my of my videos. Take a look at my profile channel and my improvised tabla solo to an audience on stage is on the front xx ishtar

[mcdns]

UHm its good tho.... your arm when you spin around the cane should be a bit upper and dont oopen your legs while dancing...

Nice tho, for a begginer

[IshtarBellydancer]

if you look in the video description the ceiling is so low I can't raise the cane very high or it hits the roof. sadly I am not a beginner LOL

[xX0NubEiNSOuLjA0Xx]

Clearly you're not a beginner... LOL...

How would one learn to turn a cane?

[paulitaponce]

You dance really... really beautifull.... anyway, so gracefully

[IshtarBellydancer]

thank you for your generous comment.. have happy dance-filled day..x ishtar :-)

[paulitaponce]

the song

the name of the song please!!!

[IshtarBellydancer]

read the video details... song is there

[fergi3]

Love the dance & the song :x

Great control of moves!

[swingbikechick]

Very lovely! I'm enjoying this clip very much!

[IshtarBellydancer]

:-) thank u for appreciating.. x ishtar

[BellydancerIsis]

Bastante chafa!

[shibuyababex]

Ishtar, great video. Dont listen to all the dummies. Just keep up the good work.

[IshtarBellydancer]

thank you for your thoughts and kind words :-) have a happy day!

[MissRefaat]

how do u teach??!! yallaa krabeetak does anyone do real stuff anymore? how has my countrys beautiful dance gone so commercial!

[IshtarBellydancer]

guess you don't realise that your dance has been mixed with other dance forms that came from the west, by famous dancers such as Badia Masabni, Naima Akef, Samia Gamal etc, they learnt ballet etc, and it got incorporated with baladi making raks el sharki (and commercial in the clubs).. before that Romani gypsies influenced.. it is an ever evolving dance form and always will be to a great extent is that so bad? relax it is a free world and 3arabtv linked this video, so some like it, just not you.

[rumbato]

ishtar, there are many idiots in youtube making stupid comments, u dont have to bother to reply to everyone of them.

[IshtarBellydancer]

yeah u r right ! I try to get people to think a bit deeper than what they know, that is why I bother to reply... trying to educate people, more to live love and let live rather than hate, discriminate and critize with nastiness.... here's hoping that people learn to really love & appreicate themselves so that no one else bothers them, cause they are happy with themselves... :-) thanks for commenting :-)

[rumbato]

maybe if ur country try to commercialize the arts through women so they can feed them selves in decent ways instead of begging in the street of shobra. And if it was not for the carelessnes of ur government and the fear that those religious parties instill in the heart of dancers u would not find foreign dancers almost dominating this beautiful art.

[shibuyababex]

In my opinion your comment, Rumbato, is just as ignorant as Missrefaats. The dances of the middle east do not belong to just one country, so to criticize her "government" presumably you mean Iraq or whatever is dumb, MANY Middle eastern nations DO allow dancers to dance. Look at Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, etc etc... Search youtube for the "LBC Dancer" videos. You will find a whole host of Arab girls dancing commercial versions of Raqs Beladi, in $1000 costumes, not "begging on the streets".

[shibuyababex]

Also, it is false to say that "foreign" dancers dominate the market... Do a little research. Foreign girls only dominate the market HERE on this side of the world because DUH they live here. But some of the best dancers of this decade are STILL Arab girls. Sorry. Its true. Some of the more recognized women in belly dance are Arabs, who are dancing their version of a social dance. You are an ignorant idiot, rumbato. Bottom line is people can dance however they want. No matter where they live.

[Mandinko23]

you have a great taste when it comes to music..and you look great keep it up...love all your songs and your studio look sooooooo pretty

[autieindiana]

Pretty dance and backdrop:) Are you dancing at home here, cuz if you are..you did a good job! I love how you put a lot into your videos:)

[IshtarBellydancer]

this is my home dance studio where I teach my classes PLUS where I do my own drill work & choreography work, preparation for shows etc. I do make an effort to ensure the environment is always pretty. thanks 4 ur interest !

[2005604]

very nice and cute moves, the choreography goes very well with the song, but how do you twirl a cane; I tried many times, I just couldn't do it.

[IshtarBellydancer]

thanks, hold the cane by pinching it between thumb and forefinger without making a fist. twist your wrist as you drop the cane from holding upright and than swing it back up... as u get better u get faster.. try buying a dvd to learn or take a bellydance class

[atoosas]

Do you get stuck halfway? Because that's what happened to me. Then I realized I had to twist my wrist in when the cane got halfway to the bottom. Once you get that, it's pretty easy.

[sweeps777]

IshtarBellydancer... your dancing seems to flow fomr you and its nice to see a belly dancer actually enjoy themselves when they dance. I especially enjoy the way you are incorporating that cane.

I have one question what is the name of this song you are bellydancing too, I would really like to find a copy of it somewhere? Is it by chance Alabina's music? Thnx.

[IshtarBellydancer]

Salam Alekum! many thanks for your kind words!! the song is Allahalek Ya Sidi from album sensations orientales by Ishtar (singer/band). i have now made this into a beginner choreography of 2.3min u can see it on the cane &drum solo vid here...i hope to get some students to perform it on vid oneday...bye 4 now :-)

[masmilab2001]

hi! i love your choreoraphy with cane. very nice dance moves.

[IshtarBellydancer]

ah thank you very much, this is improvised but I have now made a 2.3min cane routine for my students with some of the moves from here. maybe i get a chance to post them dancing...

[JElanna]

Very nice. Makes me want to learn to dance with cane.

[IshtarBellydancer]

thank you ... cane is fun.. :-)

[kfleming31]

that costume is gorgeous where did you get it from

[IshtarBellydancer]

thank you..made in Egypt...

[Raqsdama23]

lovely saidi

[IshtarBellydancer]

many thanks

[alinemaff]

hello again... i tried to find this music to download but i can't... if you can send me this music i will be very apreciate and thankful for your help!!! Thank you!!!

[IshtarBellydancer]

i am sorry i don't copy music to send, you need to support the muscians/song writers so they get paid for their creations... it is only fair. good luck it is quite a common cd..

[dinavienna]

hi! the original song is allah aleek ya seede it is by ehab tawfik i believe for free you should find it on mazikanaDOTcom although ishtar is right with her concern regarding the authors.. the cover version she uses i dont know where to find

[tudix1]

10x,shukaran my friend,I already take this song now from were u send us!mazikana

and IshtarBellydancer u dance perfect enti helua ktir!

[dinavienna]

no problem, you re welcome love this song and also areef habibi by the same singer :) P.s. i was told arab songs have no copyright!! so it s not a crime what mazikana is doing :) still, musicians dont participate in spreading the music that s not fair..

[IshtarBellydancer]

Shukran Ya Habibi ! very kind of you to say such nice things... :-) have a happy day my friend !

[alinemaff]

Nice very nice!! Please can you send this music in my email or the name of the singer... I have another version of it!!! Thanks!!!

[IshtarBellydancer]

thanks, the song is Allahalek Ya Sidi from album sensations orientales by Ishtar (singer/band). I will be selling these dance choreographies cheaply in the near future as a download from my website...watch out if u r interested... :-)

[alinemaff]

Ok dear... thanks very much!!! ;)

[zara699]

u have wot a lot of other dancers lack now days... a smile of enjoyment

and not a smug smile like some dancers that think they are the best in the world, when obviously they ain't

enjoying ur dance is the main thing u'll always look beautiful then

[IshtarBellydancer]

hi Zara, thanks for your very nice comments :-) that is my main focus... enjoying my dance and having fun! It is my kinda meditation, all worries and cares just melt away when u become one with the music!

[dice1164]

Hope u enjoyed doin this as much as we did watchin it :)

[realmoon]

I liked your dancing. Those insulting comments made me sick. I'm glad you didn't listen to them.

[IshtarBellydancer]

Thanks Realmoon, yes, there is some shocking behaviour on youtube by some people, but many who are lovely.. :-) so thanks for your comments.

[misscheevious]

Ahahaha ha, are you for real? Just because your arab doesnt mean s..t. I've seen some horrendous arab dancers, just as i have seen some beautiful very skilled ones. Its pretty obvious to me your jealous of Ishtar. It would be better for you to admire her. Jealousy is so ugly. I doubt very much you can dance. Post a video of your dancing so i can have a big laugh!

[misscheevious]

this is a response to tikko21.

[MyTube20069]

i know this for a fact as i made friends with egyptians who appreciate ishtar and aren't necessarily able to dance like that themselves. then again, of course that may be different for a sophisticated person like you...

[MyTube20069]

shame on you two, sameerah and tikko21! you are sad representatives of your culture. i have lived in egypt and met many nice arab people, but you two have no manners and are rude for no reason. what are you gaining from making such derogatory comments? Suffice it to say that you obviously know nothing about bellydance as if you did you would know that not every arab can dance this complex form of dance -- maybe amature style.

[IshtarBellydancer]

Lastly it is my perogative to block who i don't need around me with their negative and nasty behaviour ... goodbye. I am happy to share with others who have manners.

[IshtarBellydancer]

???? what has this got to do with anything??? How about you and your friend upload some videos of yourselves dancing so we can all take a look at how good you are...

[IshtarBellydancer]

I have many Arab & Egyptian friends who are from Egypt and appreciate my dancing. I don't need angry, nasty people like you and your friend to pull your culture down by talking like this... so sad and shameful when you claim to read the bible and Quran - practise it instead.

[IshtarBellydancer]

LOL... you are a bit of a hard case!! Actually do you know much about dance? obviously not, you can dance at half the time... ask any musician to explain if you don't get it... but thanks for the laugh!!!

[arabiyya]

very lovely costume too!!! where did you get it!? :)))

[IshtarBellydancer]

Hello fellow bellydancer! thanks for your comments. The costume is from Egypt - all hand made. Unfortunately, I was naughty and didn't change when doing these videos, as it is not the right costume for cane. I do have long balady dresses which are right for this dance but didn't change when doing these vids. Happy shimmies & sparkley sequins to you!!!

[arabiyya]

hey Ishtar! I know what you mean regarding the dress but this one is also cool with the dance.. have fun!

[arabiyya]

i love your studio! and the dancing ! I am a Bellydancer too!! keep it up!!!

[Nadia9922]

Very nicely! Gently...your dance very pleased me!And what chic background for video.

[IshtarBellydancer]

thanks Nadia9922, and you are a lovely dancer!! I could see some similarities in your style as Orit... now I know why!! thanks for your comments!!