Gothic Belly Dance - Taletha

[xXvampire666Xx]

AWSOME .... ur gd pretty nice performance keep it up

[glamournurse]

You were true to the music but still very interesting to watch. I appreciate that you conducted your floor work with your body facing sideways, it makes it much classier. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[54spiritedwill54]

WOW! that was really gorgeous!

[finsterthecat]

I like that you have expression on your face. I with some dancers who choose a darker side of dance. They seem to have no expression. Which might be the look they are going for.

But I like the moment of a wicked smile or the looking up like you had a evil thought.

Greetings from Delaware

[Annonymus]

my teacher has almost the same belt:)

[DarkSilverAngelMoon]

i love this, and i would also like to learn gothic bellydance i'm used to the traditional way.

[rememberplaydoh]

I think that Tempest (one of the foremothers of Gothic Belly Dance) would agree with isisrosalinde in saying that gothic belly dance CAN be taught... and /I/ would say that you, Taletha, have done a fairly good job representing it. Gothic belly dance has many different feelings to it (which people would notice if they actually checked out other videos of people like Tempest...) and, like the goth culture, I think it would be hard to really define it.

[blackyenuhati]

like the music....I'm surprised because I do bellydance, I taught myself...and I have my own style and not always I use the traditional music to dance I even use rock or another music to do it....but this is the first time I see another person using diffrent..its cool because is goth and sexy..

[hollywoodartchick]

I find this quite interesting. Although I would hate to have original and cabaret bellydance overshadowed by new interps, whatever furthers interest in a great art form is fine with me.

[lithaine]

hauntingly beautiful, you look like some dark pagan priestess. ball at the begining confused the crap out of me at first though xD

[OnlyDancer2008]

good job ^0^

[opious27]

The setting and costume really doesn't do it for me. Moves are nice but at times hard to see. they are too subtle.

[sweetvalina]

too dark.. where are the colours of bellydance?

[dednes]

I understand what you mean. There are several types of belly dance. For instance, there is Turkish pop, ancient Egypt, and now there are so many different spin offs of the original belly dance. So the colors don't matter unless you want to be extremely traditional. =)

[oddlittlechild]

gah! amazing!

[gabster5]

i love you, you are fantastic!! I wish i could move like you

[noonelikeme09]

Gothic bellydance can NOT be taught; you must have the true rage in your HEART

[CsLillith]

Bellydance is not about rage...

When are people going to learn that???

[battletoads22]

Isn't it about fertility? Or at least that's how it started?

[GreekGoddessCaleena]

Its about anything you want it to be. This is America and we have the privelege to express ourselves as we wish. You can express rage through bellydance. You can express the songs as they sound. If they are melancholoy, be melancholy! If its happy, be happy. Anyway, I like this dancer!

[sedjemai]

One theory was this dates back to Babylon, prior to Islam's arrival and banning of the dance. It migrated and other in Persia, India and the like, poor women learned it to entertain rich men for money. The other theory is that it helps reduce and ease the pain in childbirth.

[isisrosalinde]

I think you are mistaking punk for goth. The punk movement was more filled with rage, while the goth movement was almost the antithesis to punk.

Gothic bellydance can be taught, and can be many things, like sexy, sultry, dark, or melancholic. It just takes getting in touch with and expressing the shadow side of us, which everyone has. That is why it can be taught to those who seek to learn.

I think this video was very well done, and I enjoyed watching it.

[Geekella]

loved it

[kaarina79]

Absolutely amazing!!!!!! I do belly dancing from 2 years and i'd like to do something like this in some years.....

[DARKSIDEse7en]

What song would fit as a belly dancing is Bela Lugosi's Dead XD

[oasisdc68]

Awesome

[ArabfilmsDOTorg]

Gotta love belly dance stuff :) Shokran !!!!

[1wickedangel]

i love the outfit! very nice job

[insanecircus]

that was realy beautiful, but i would have changed the outfit, alot of your moves are like snap snap, so i would have used something that enphisied those movments, some long skirt of flowy trousers.. just a sugestion =P

[dancingzira]

WOW! that was really gorgeous!

[nyghtchyld]

Amazingly astonishing!

[xamordax]

Go Taletha! You are an inspiration to all. : )

[UnPocoLoca]

You've got the moves, but I would have gone with a more elegant outfit. Something that flows. And the cinematography needs different angels or something. The transitions, I usually don't approve of, but it was well done

[shibuyababex]

To Taletha: BEAUTIFUL dancing! To the weeabos int he front row: CAT EARS??? WTF??

[Taletha]

Actually, this was a Halloween event, so that's what the cat ears are about. =o)

[shibuyababex]

lol ok. I was worried for a min. Weaaboos are freeking everywhere.

[molarmama5]

@Taletha

You had me worried--for a second!

[poissondejupiter]

Ah, another great example of her talent... and how marvelous the whole thing looks when the choregraphy is supported by a great lighting (dark blue, then paler purple) and an interesting background.

[Birthdaysnake]

the first song was Switchblade Symphony the song is Gutter Glitter

[newinfrance2001]

beautiful. there r no other words. beautiful.

[RallySports2007]

whats the namne of the first song?

[HadesAngel999]

It's Switchblade Symphony....I think the song is Gutter Glitter

[xeronicus]

you would be correct,

[gthlvrmx]

really awesome, but theres something missing...iono, ut overall, i liked it.

[poissondejupiter]

Two professional cameramen instead of an amateur one in the audience, to present the choregraphy under different angles.

[nightwishsoul]

Love the music :)

[madamearchel]

What an inspiration to gothic dancers everywhere! Hooray!

[adcrash]

this is a really hot vid. nice job. :)

[Nadirahdances]

good song, you can dance. lacks origionality

[mikcez13]

I loed the outfit... the perfomance was awestricken... and switchblade symphony is awesome... good job

[emokidd24]

enchanting, i like your outfit and your moves... your timing was well done and you didn't fall on stage like me! haha, like i said enchanting! :)

[skullzie]

neat, ur good and neat outfit

[daemontia]

i love the way you move your arms... such fluid motion, its enchanting :)

[DesariOnline]

I love this! Beautiful!

[Ericachild]

I luv the song!! I love the part when you bent backwards on the floor. It hurts when I do it. Any tips for me.

[saphire1444]

yea my sis wants to learn too.

i think belly dancing is verry beautiful and unique,bravo!!!!!

[fullarmour]

Dance happy Taletha, i thoroughly enjoy your style. very inspiring.

[luverofmusic]

that is beautiful

[LyndaHudson]

LOVE that outfit.

[SoxieSallyPoco]

It looks very severe compared to one woman I've seen. The undiluations are very sharp. I think Rachel Brice could do this, she's got that Gothic look to her, but this seems slightly severe. Not to critisize Gothic Belly dance. I think it's kinda cool

[JonPatric]

Taletha...Another great performance...aluring

[LyndaHudson]

I would love to learn belly dancing.

[MsAnnThrope]

Taletha, You are so beautiful. This video is awesome, but does not compare to seeing you live.

[Kirabellydancer]

I like this one much better, so cool, reminds of Queen of the Damned.

[Badriya]

Great performance--love the sleeves!

[neutralgirl]

girl, I loved it!!!! very sweet, sassy, and dark. Girl, I want to be like you!!! Nice Job!

[BellyJae]

How come I didnt know about this?? THis is Conchi's studio :)

Yummy performance!

See you Saturday!