Belly Dance - baladi

Oriental-Belly Dance Studio Hava, managed by Eva Stramsek Midzic, Ljubljana, Slovenia - www.eva-orient.si

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• Belly
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• Egyptian
• Style
• Sharqi
• Baladi
• Saidi

[RoseGholson]

Oh oh oh....I LOVE the dress! Why must all dancers wear the body armor bra? I wish more dancers would wear this style of caftan. Even totally sheer with beads, the style leaves a little to the imagination, and preserves a little femenine mystique. I agree with all of you about egyptian style dance. LOVE it!

[mzique]

i totally agree i love the dress...magnificent x..

[latanyasdance]

@nensimilia

NONE of my teachers EVER tried to convince me that HIS dance is the REAL dance, and other forms therefore are to be rejected! My teachers were the most humble and dedicated people, real artists and they showed me their soul. Suraya Hilal's reputation is the reputation of a guru and diva and she has to take responsibility for that- NOT ME.

[nensimilia]

@latanyasdance All the people you mention I respect and appreciate their work, however they are all influenced by either classical ballet or cabaret or both, (this is not an offense, it is only a constatation, they will tell you this as well) While RSS and Hilal Dance are more influenced by contemporary dance and some other disciplines. Everyone does what suites them best. It's not a style war or a style competition. I am also reading you talk about "sect" gosh :). Peace

[latanyasdance]

@altheas26

The "real" Baladi you claim this to be is a personal style of Suraya Hilal and what she does is is just creating a monopol for her own invention. She makes people believe that she has the secret of the "real" deal. She makes herself a guru, which comes close to a sect.

[latanyasdance]

@MARAFSH

Enta arif, Marafsh ;-) 

[latanyasdance]

@nensimilia

What I have said is just my experience. What I see is against my own understanding and the students that come to my classes after years of studying Suraya Hilal Style are overwhelmed by the freedom of movement and emotions they may experience by learning the bellydance I teach (I have studied with egyptian teachers in Egypt, was a student of Mahmoud Reda, Raqia Hassan, Aida Nour, Mona El Said etc etc.).

[nensimilia]

@latanyasdance I practice RSS and the RSS it is indeed a different style of Raqs Sharqi developed by Suraya Hilal up until end of the 90's circa and it is again rooted in Egyptian folk dance with a contemporary dance influence (rather than a classical or cabaret influence which we find in the other styles included the ones developed in Egypt). Dance is alive and stays as such only by its ability to transform and adapt to time, people and places.

[nensimilia]

@latanyasdance Hello, I have had the chance to study with Suraya but I have never heard anyone in that circle claim "authentic" or "real" dance. What it is claimed is that the style is rooted in Egyptian rural folk dances (es distunguidhed from folkloristic) Suraya Hilal has now developed her own dance style which is copyrighted under her name and she likes to list it among contemporary dances rather than "sell" it as you say as a different style of Raqs Sharqi.

[KineosSabrina]

@nensimilia I do agree with you: this is RSS style. I love it!

[nicolasheron95]

@mimi24888 i agree w u completely