Anaar's Obake Odori (Ghost Dance)

[skate4life890]

this is scary as hell...

[SolydMistress]

This dance is hauntingly beautiful I love the mystery. What a graceful beauty.

[YummYp00p]

what do japanese folklore have to do with bellydancing? This is a terrible mixture and it makes no sense.

[LucidWhispers]

@YummYp00p I think its a beautiful blend. :)

[alldayeveday]

obake....ahhhhhh hawaii obake

[Ancaferocks4ever]

man she looks like a ghost. its kindof creepy....

[Redravendew]

Aside from the awful camera work, which is blurry and jerks enough to give me motion sickness, this was a very haunting and beautiful dance. Thank you for posting it.

[Oria339]

the average person will pay attention for about 3 minutes before they are bored and ready for something new. I wish this girl would have started captivating the audience prior to 4 minutes into the dance. Other than that.. great job.

[wraithnbr]

inspiring =D

[Ilcantodellanima]

staje for!!!

[HighonBoots]

what's the song?

[kingdomofcomix]

this is cool but a little creepy...

It looks kinda like the thing I saw in a dollar store...boy was it creepy...

[jojoPANDA1122]

She's telling a story, and I think that is beautiful and interesting and takes a lot of talent. Perhaps the movements are just too subtle for some, but I loved it. Great job!

[egypsistigeress]

It didn't really get interesting until she used the fans but overall it was interesting. By the way, anyone know where I can get fans like that? Awesome!!

[929Hunter]

very interesting

[BellyMayra]

Oh, I get it!!! this is the girl from The Ring! Where's the TV?

[soniphoo]

I know your comment is from two months ago, but I had to reply to it to give you tons of credit. Thew Ring! no TV lmfao

[BellyMayra]

LOL what this? someone making fun of bellydance??

[kazduckuk]

i agree.too boring for me.

[oORABISHOo]

its boring

[AnOddPerson]

Great Yuurei influence on the outfit and styling.

[GoodSirGundam]

This is actually very beautiful. What is the music called?

[MiscreantK]

I know the first song is from Arcana, "In Search of the Divine". The people casually talking in the background, blatantly showing disinterest drives me nuts.

[GoodSirGundam]

I have to agree with you. She obviously put a lot of thought into this piece.

[jazzypony]

Although I wonder if their are vendors in the back of the room like a lot of other dance shows. That would account for alteast some of the noise.

[muumann]

anybody has her e mail ?

[halivudestevez]

Slow dancing, and slow bellydancing - it's new to me, now i'm currently watching them all day, gothic, and industrial, and such things.

new word: industribal :D

[thojmoto69]

OH! there are hip movements towards the end!

[KaidtFace123]

Glad I found this! I'm currently working on some "ghost" choreography for a potential solo and this is very inspirational to see a real pro do something not completely unlike what I had in mind!! (only i'm a crap dancer)

[wastobe4me]

You shouldn't call yourself a crap dancer--although, I'm a crap dancer too so no worries! : )

[maimz666]

so ummmm...what is going on?is the girl dancing or just ....ummm ?

[Emotoadandfish]

HOLY COW! That was AMAZING!!!!! I so wanna do something like that for Halloween

[JORYROX]

nice idea but boring moves, i dont see any bellydancing in there !!!

[KayFabianArtist]

As you can see from the title and description this is not a "bellydance" so there wouldn't be any bellydanging..it is more performance art story of a japanese ghost

[paledeerwoman]

I thought that it was a performance from a tribal bellydance festival though, so there should have been at least some tribal bellydance in there somewhere (it was mostly fusion). There was a little of the influence in the second half perhaps.

[Emotoadandfish]

The focas was on her arms not the hips

[Nierika26]

This is gorgeous! Love it! And totally love the DVD!

Blessings from Belgium!

[finsterthecat]

This is well thought out performance art.

[ViziPok79]

Beautiful & different - and those fans are utterly gorgeous!

[PoisonIV]

Wish it had a little more movement, but beautifully spooky. Her outfit is amazing as well.

[nyxnightingale]

Really cool. The fans are fantastigasmic.

[AudibleAura]

Wicked!!

[vistavision2]

Nice! posted VV2 EXPO 09 2K World Class

[Neffertiti86]

niiiiiiiiiiiicee!!

here in Monterrey Mexico one friend do a similar performance, just without the belly dance

[3rifily]

Nice concept!

The last part with the fans is great.

For the middle part thought -the one with the very slow drum- personally I found the movements to be too fast and too many.

[GracefullTiger]

That is one sexy ghost :)

[AliceFrost]

I saw her do this at Tribal Cafe and it was so beautiful and hypnotic.

[DeeRight]

Beautiful, a work of art, I loved it!

[wheresra]

Anaar, were you a Yoshitoshi ghost print in a past life? (Because that performance raqed!!!)

[anaar0]

Hiya! Did you go to the exhibit in the city? Even if you did, they are going to change it in Aug. Also of interest: Strange & Supernatural at the Asian Art Museum, site specific performances based on Yoshitoshi's prints. Aug.2, 5-9 pm. I'm planning on going and checking it out.

[kynoceph]

that was the eerie part, when the arms and part of the face emerged it was almost a shock. Very well done.

[jezebeltw]

I loved the fact that you (well, I) could not see her facial features--eyes, nose; it totally added to the ghost effect.

I love this piece.

[DJGuy]

very cool,,, we liked it!! Kajira and Chuck

:)

[127fascination]

Thanks to Aradia for the camera work.