Isidora Bushkovski - Cane Dance

[FarahMirage]

absolutely perfect!!!!!!

[MissCephalopod]

This is the most beautiful cane dance I've ever seen. Thanks for posting!

[HadarahLT]

I love her videos!!

[AAndrejevic]

This is awesome music! I love her dancing!!!!

[Kalakyrion]

One of my favorite dancers-always amazing Izzy!

[labruja68]

Now that is a cane dance!!!

[donutsticks77]

@labruja68 : My thoughts exactly!!!

[fmlaugust]

I love this video! I think her movements are very good! Good Job!

[tchicarodolfo]

good job :)

[SugarPopDolls]

Her movements are so clean and beautyful, this is one of the most impressive videos of its kind on youtube

[catcookie]

I love this cane dance she does and her sword dance is awesome as well!

[sbrooks0178]

I have watched this video a hundred times and I love it EVERY TIME!

[yemaja23]

i like it, she has her own stile, because its like saidi tribal?! hehe... i prefere the classic light stile but i like her, very strong moves.

[sbrooks0178]

I think I've watched this video a hundred times! This is great!

[Deebah4MED]

Watched it 5x yes I loved it!

[HaalaDances]

Lovely charisma and stage presence - you really communicate the fun of this dance!

[Gray15c]

wow esta genial me encanta el ritmo los pasos

y el animo k tiene esta super la coreo

aver si encuentaro mas canciones cn ella

[Schemilix]

Wow. Fantasic expression of the beauty of the female body in movement. <3 I adore your vivacity and sense of femininine life.

Not that men don't have their own beauty, but you don't belly dance so well boys. ;D

[zahrapaz]

adoro a alegria com que você dança e encanta.desde Brasil Zahra Paz.

[shimmeryeyes]

wow she is really good lol a real artist...n she isn sluty she has real skills...good on her, awesome 2 watch...she gives this syle da respect it deserves bc it is hard 2 do da moves she did while she had the stick. go isi!!

[xenixa]

This is my favorite cane dance. I watch it over and over again... really great performance.

[HecateDancing]

Best cane dance I've ever seen...awesome *****

[irmar]

Very good!

Not only she has solid technique (one of the very few who doesn't stop for a second moving vigorously while putting the cane on the head) but she's very expressive and musical. She seems to genuinely feel and enjoy what she's doing - something that makes the audience share her joy.

One may quibble on this and that detail, but the general impression is that she's a real artist!

[mayngo62]

Brava!!!!!

[mayngo62]

Izzy! You are such an outstanding dancer. You don't just go out and display dance techniques to music... you absorb the music and become part of it. I wish I had half that ability. You truly BECOME the dance. So asoundingly beautiful. It must be such a joyful feeing!!!

[mazayko]

Love this!

[marciacosta007]

loved it!!!! your awsome!!!

[marciacosta007]

That was totally AWSOME!!!!!!!!

p.s what was the name of that song?? it was great....

[qissara]

Shaskin by Omar Faruk Tekbilek - it is a traditional Middle Eastern song so there are a lot of versions of it around but this is one of the best. And Izzy interprets it so well, she is just amazing!!!

[xchristina88x]

wow girl you're amazing

[xchristina88x]

to my favorites..

[xchristina88x]

wow..absolutely great performance!

[fabiloraofernandes]

maravilhosa! daq a alguns anos quem sabe né...rsrsrsrsrs

alguém sabe o nome da música? gostaria de baixá-la.

[rozbourboulithra]

wow girl you re great!!!!!!!

[baudica]

this is awesome music... who is it and where to find..?

[ejsslt]

shashkin (omar faruk tekbilek et al.)

[ejsslt]

i love raqs al assaya - wonderful performance!!

[baudica]

OMG!!! What a performance!!! Bravo!!! I've not seen anything like it. You rocked your raks...

[sbrooks0178]

I am sure I've watched this video 100 times...and each time I find something else I love about it! Bravo!

[bellymmar]

I really need to say how much I love this video. I was the inspiration for my first presentation of cane dance!

Isidora, you really are the best!!!

[josephineluly]

c'est top tu es tres tres douée et tu a l'ame d'une danseuse egyptienne.

[Redshoesco]

Isidora you are my favorite dancer. You can do anything. I dance Eastern European dances, belly dance, ballet and I always look to you for inspiration. I wish I knew what your training was in.

[izzytejedora]

Thanks! My degrees in college were in History and Dance, I began belly dancing under a Jordanian instructor and since then have devoured as many styles as possible, both contemporary and traditional. Anything I can get my hips on! I have also studied a little of various ballroom/swing forms, flamenco, Indian, Mexican, and good ole headbanging. ;) I also have studied theater. There's more on my style on my website under Tejedora. So glad you enjoy!

[MCristina17]

isn't this music for dancing dabke??

[MonaAbd]

no its pure baladi music,, its called rashk el baladi its with a cane.. and if you go ti th villags they dance with a horse

[HaalaDances]

I have to agree with MCristina17 - this particular song is traditional dabke music. Every time I go to a Lebanese festival (like last night), they play it and everyone gets up to dance dabke. It's a lot of fun to dance to, and I don't want to sound like the Belly Dance Police and wouldn't fault any belly dancer for wanting to dance to it, but it is helpful to know that it is traditionally a dabke dancing song.

[54spiritedwill54]

waoo! what an amazing performer!!!

[justanewsgrrl]

The song is by Omar Faruk Tekbilek, 'Shashkin' :)

[sbrooks0178]

This is the best cane dance on Youtube.

[ciastecko]

Izzy its my favourite performance of yours!unfortunately I won't be able to see you in Poland:( hope you come more times

[adrianaparker]

Whats the name of the song, please? =)

[SimonDraw]

Please look through the comments for this information.

[edus20]

@adrianaparker the song it's called shashkin

[aram34]

@adrianaparker OMER FARUK TEKBILEK

[deadscarlet]

Your dance is very beautiful. You should teach a workshop.

[SimonDraw]

Izzy has performed and taught workshops and classes in the USA, Mexico and Europe. You can visit her own YouTube Channel at izzytejedora and link to her website for more information about her.

[adrianaparker]

Thanks! =)

[gregorylimited]

Te Adoro Tejedora! Please come to Miami and do a workshop. I adore your style, technique and fun attitude. Thank you for your many inspiring videos...I've watched them over and over and am impressed every time. Wish you were teaching at the Miami Bellydance Convention Labor Day weekend. Keep the inspirations coming!

[ShimmyShaykr15]

Ive watch this video atleast 100 and im stillamazed everytime. I want to be a sassy dancer just like her :D

[yolandaparrish]

I find Izzy to be pure and natural.  I also have watched this dance a hundred time and I get mezmorized too. The song is an awesome choice. This cane dance makes me want to get up and move something!!

[cindytaboop]

what a beautiful cane dance!

[goldensara]

Nice! She is beautiful and a real pro!

[manzanitashio]

I love your movements, and your dress is very beautiful, could you told me the colour of your skirt, please??

Thanks!!!! and congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

From Spain

[izzytejedora]

Heee! Thanks! The overskirt is black, the underskirt is sort of a bright lime-ish green. *grin*

[fantaisie24]

so great.... Five stars!

[dancegypsy8]

Great energy Izzy, you rak!!

[atish3542]

I need the name of this music. how can I find this music? I just love that cane dance. please let me know thank you

[SimonDraw]

Once again (and I keep repeating myself), please look through the comments posted and you will find the music info.

[Sugoide]

Isidora rulezzzz! ^_^

[bellyrockin]

Fantastic performance!

[bellydancerada]

the name of the song is called shashkin by Omar Faruk Tekbilek

[FREEDOMOFLIFE1978]

AMAZING! What is the name of this saaidi song?

[shibuyababex]

The name of the song is actually buried in the comments of this video, maybe a few comments back.

[LuluBaraa]

This version of the song is on a CD called Think Global.

[Dorotaborsuk]

Lovely, amazing, well enterterning dancer. I'm suprise I've learn to dance to thesame track on totally different way and found way her dance with cane much better than mine!!!

Where is she from? She might lives in Colorado but is she Polish? Russian? Anyway - great dancer!!

[Dorotaborsuk]

Lovely, amazing, entertaining dancer!!! So strange that I've learnt dance to this track on totally different way and found her energetic dance better than mine!!!!Where is she from? She might lives in Colorado but is Polish? Russian? Great anyway

[bonnieaikins]

I love her skirt. does anyone know where to find a skirt like this one?

[izzytejedora]

Gosh, everybody diggin' on the skirt! Hahaha! It is just a black velvet sheathe skirt, slit up the sides that I got at Ross for very cheap. *grin* Then the underskirt is a satin circle skirt, unsewn at the sides between the 2 halves. I just pull out the underskirt a bit so it shows from under the sheathe skirt. Voila!

[heathermetal666]

wonderful! does anyone know the name of the track? :-)

[SimonDraw]

If you look through the comments you'll find it.

[Anorriia]

She's an absolutely amazing dancer, and what makes it even more enjoyable to watch is the fact that she is having a blast actually doing the dance. The audience feeds off your vibe whether you are actually having fun dancing or not.

[Nimrodelelf36]

uuuuuh... not really cane dance music....

[SimonDraw]

uuuuuh... why does that matter?

[ShriShambhalaTribe]

it's my third time watching this and it's like my first. now don't no one shoot me

but that is the best saiidi/rags al assaya I've ever seen and I thought I had seen some really good ones, I just dethroned a friend. ouch, Tejedora is one awesome performer! sure brightened my sunday morning again. I too wish I lived in Colorado. so when are you coming to South Florida?

[praccca]

waoo! what an amazing performer!!! where is she from?....

[SimonDraw]

Izzy lives in Colorado in the United States. She has her own YouTube channel, too, at izzytejedora.

[extrememarlen]

esta chica baila excelente, me transporta o otro mundo, y se me olvida todo problema alguno es la mejor bailarina que he visto

[barrett258]

Amazing. You should pick up Jeff McBride's REVOLUTION and add a magical dancing cane element to your routine. That would be so cool.

[AminahAli]

She's FABULOUS as usual!

[Datishoo]

Magic video, thanks a lot. I started learning to bellydance a month ago and I hope I will do similar things one day)))

Awesome))

[bdesme]

I would like to knowk the name of the song or where can i get it is really nice can you tell me please

[SimonDraw]

If you simply scroll through the comments you will find the information you are seeking.

[bdesme]

Thanks a lot

[dramaqueenfil]

Ms. Bushkovski you are a wonderful dancer! You can build an amazing rapport with your audience and your technique is impeccable. You are a huge delight to watch. I have been dancing for only 3 years and I hope in time and with lots of practise I can approach how fantastically you perform.

[mariaf3]

brilliant display of skill and brilliant dancing ,i loved watching this again and again

[heretic1965]

I AM SO JEALOUS!This was such a wonderful and fun dance to watch! Now you make me want to go and pick up a cane and dance!

[red158]

that was alot of fun to watch.....great job! i really enjoyed it...:-)....

[xenixa]

So amazing, what energy, congratulations!!!

[saveplanetpluto]

very beautiful. You have such a good ear for the music.

[denisejoao]

I love all your videos, but this one is wonderful! For me, you're the best. You dance with all your soul. Kissesss from Brazil.

[izzytejedora]

Thank y'all so much!!!!!  XXXXOOO ~Izzy

[putasuzia]

Izzy have you ever tried dancing with flags? I know that you dance with veils and fans. These are weighted. I create them and sell them.

[lafemmedancer]

WEEEE! That was fun! Do it again? :-) :-)

[Liannehankin]

truely inspirational!!

[bluecrystle]

i think the dance is absolutly briliant i have watched this video over and over again and never seem to get bored. you really interact with the audience so well and you look like your having fun !!! i was recently in a show that was my first performence ever and i was the youngest only 13 then 14 now and you are a great insparation.

[zullyfa]

First time I watch a cane dance that I like!!! Before this, I thought it was so boring!!!

Congratulations!!! Excelent dancer!!

[perfumedgarden]

iSADORA YOU ARE BRILLIANT I HAVE WATCHED THIS VIDEO ATLEAST A HUNDERED TIMES AND EVERY TIME I WATCH IT I ALWAYS SEEMED AMAZED I AM A BEGINNER BELLYDANCER WE ARE LEARNING THE CANE DANCE AND THIS IS A GREAT DANCE.i HAVE RECENTLY BEEN IN A SHOW BUT WE DID A CABARET STYLE DANCE BUT I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT SHOW WHEN WE WILL GET TO DO SOMTHING LIKE THIS!!!

[ShadowDanzer]

This performance is the epitome (at least to me) of what this dance is all about..... feminine and fun! I love, love, love the wonderful expressions on her face!!!!! I am so uplifted every time I watch this! Thank you!

[cyah1]

This is one of my old time favorite songs by Erkin Baba called "Saskin". Isidora has done a great performance on this muzic by Omer Faruk Tekbilek. Well done to all of them.

[Gagica86]

Love her energy! What is the name of this song?

[EleanoraDiToledo]

Wow, awesome! I've danced to this song--in fact it was the song I first learned cane on. Very nice!

[mandapants02]

do you no out of all the prop that you can use in belly dancing, zills swards etc cane has never really grabed me, but this rockes!!

azsum stuff miss, its amazing :)

[aznbabessz]

it took me a good while to get the song but i did lol. I LOVE this interpetation of the song. It rocks!

[juliavine]

Adorable. She feels it.

[MLM8]

love it

[izzytejedora]

The exact version that I used came from the album Arabesque, but I personally cut it down for time constraints of the show--it's good be married to a musician and have all the toys. *grin* Glad y'all like!!!!! Thanx!

[marsbarmaria]

I LOVE her connection to the audience, the emotions she showed, and the whole playfulness of the dance. For me, the movements and the skills required to creat such a beauty came second to her spirit. This made me glow with happiness.

[crln68]

you can find the exact music by Hossam Ramzy CD called Secret of your eye trail nr 2

[SimonDraw]

This version of "Shashkin" that Izzy used is by Omar Faruk Tekbilek.

[linwuzhay]

question :do you know where i can find a song named "saiidi"?

[muahloveyou]

yay! attach some glowsticks and white gloves and she'd fit right in at a rave! hehe. seriously though, beautiful dancing.

[millaluar]

do you know the name of this exact piece i know is Shaskin de name of the song, but i can't find this exactly version, please help!!!I just loooove it!!!

[orquideadelaselva]

write me in my mail box in you tube and i cant send you the song

[dinavienna]

AWESOME

AIWA ya helwa!! pls share more!

[malaguegna]

it DOES sound like dabke but how do you know the difference besides the wind instrument playing??? saidi is D T DD T, what about dabke?

[millaluar]

ANd By the way this is the best cane dance I have ever seen!!! I am a new FAN!!!!

[shannduran]

Wonderful! Your joy shines through your dance.

[ham0udii]

It isnt a traditional egyptian song, its a traditional lebanee song..3ala 3ain Mowlayiteen was sung by Samira Towfiq, who is LEBANESE. :D this song wasnt even intented for belly dance..it was a popular dabke song that she had sung, and people over the years adopted the tune and people started belly dancing to it..everyone thinks that this is a Saidi dance song because of the Mizmaar.. :D

[YasmeenElQahira]

You are right. My husband is an Egyptian musician (BFA in music from Cairo Conservatory of Music and professional keyboardist for over 20 years). A band once gave me this for cane (I asked for saiidi) my husband told me it was a Lenanese debke song, not saiidi. Not to slight Isidora's performance. She is lovely.

[Oreibasia]

Wonderful! Love the music as well.

[malaknajla]

Wow...you are brilliant! I love your energy!

[shirine]

wow! You blew me away! Your dancing is nothing short of brilliant! Hoping you post more, because youre truly a joy to watch-I couldnt stop smiling! :) Thanks for sharing your clips.

[ProDancer101]

I'm a new fan. She's marvelous and the absolute ESSENCE of this dance!

[orquideadelaselva]

This is a perfect Saidi dance people!!!! excelent for me y for five stars ;)

[sbrooks0178]

Her energy is refreshing. I really wish there was a better version of this clip. So many of her moves are a little hard to see.

[izzytejedora]

Thank y'all for posting your encouraging comments! It really means a lot! Heeeeeeeee...and for appreciating the fact that I'm not "perfect" but that that's not necessarily a bad thing!!!! Dancing...ah, the metaphors for life...*grin* ~~Izzy

[anaguevara]

Ela não tem tooooooda aquela técnica, faz alguns errinhos, mas amei pq ela está no espírito do Said, brincando, se divertindo em dançar... Uma graça a moça!

She´s not "perfect"... a little mistakes... but I loved because she´s in the spirit of "saidi" (raks assaya)!!! She´s enjoying dance and it´s so graceful!!!

[martadancer]

Bravissima!!!

[zafaran]

Beautiful!

[flashcat]

Soooooo entertaining! What is that awesome song? :)

[KittyJK]

Izzy is so cool, I really like her dancing. The song is Shashkin from Omar Faruk Takbilek´s CD Mystical garden. I hope it helps.

[flashcat]

Thank you, Kitty! :D

[Adishakti]

Luxor Baladna

[sedoniaraqs]

It is a traditional Egyptian song Ya Ain Mouleytain (var. spellings). It is not the same song that I have heard as Luxor Baladna but it would not surprise me if it is labeled as such on some CD. Omar Faruk's CD calls it Shashkin - why? Omar's version is also on Golden Oriental CD, where tracks are mislabeled so it is called "Nejma". A different version on Belly dance for Arabian Nights is also mislabeled as something else. Is it any wonder it is so hard to learn about Arabic Music?

[YasmeenElQahira]

This is traditional Lebanese Debke music, not Egyptian.

[shahravar]

Raksat Assaya Habibi.

[betyblue]

I loveed too!!

Bety-Brazil

[stacyoneill]

so so cute!!!! loved it!!!

[solaceddarkness]

Rock on, Izzy! =P