Vengeance

Performed for Raks Spooki II. This is a dance piece, informed by my Middle Eastern dance background, but intended to evoke Norse folklore. Raks Spooki is a series of Gothic Bellydance shows produced by Badriya Al Badia.
In this piece, without getting into all of the background, I am portraying a woman who was unjustly slain and comes back as undead to get vengeance. The music is by the band Garmarna, and the song is called "Klevabergselden".

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• gothic
• dance
• viking
• garmarna
• undead
• sword
• veil
• klevabergselden
• vengeance
• Norse
• folklore
• performance
• art

[JaqueDark]

Am curious to know where you got the outfit from, especially the lower half of the outfit because I have a similar shape to you and wouldn't mind a pair.

Awesome video, heard the song before I saw the vid. Did a search for it and found your vid. It's kinda inspired me to take up bellydancing

[Nypintha]

Glad to inspire!

Outfit - the top/arms were made by L. Rose Designs - they make custom dance clothes. The pants are Melo-Phoenixes from Melodia Designs. The belt was my own design - I constructed it with strips of fabric, inspired loosely by Tempest's "corset belt" design, but also tracing the shape from a well-fitting bellydance costume belt.

[pervlo]

Beautiful performance, awesome Garmarna song, but i think the other version fits more with the kind of dance, beautiful women, awesome tattoo.

Regards from México :)

[Nypintha]

Neat - I'll have to look for the other version of the song. <3 Garmarna.

[SvitjodsKrigare]

whats whit the arab sword?

[Nypintha]

That's the only swords that are made for balancing...(it is after all derived from bellydance).

[queenlindseyvp843]

thats fucking hot! very creative, I loved it..Who did you learn gbd from? you really captured the art of gothic..always tells a story with the dance..

[SanyaGothenburg]

POWERFUL! And interesting use of the sword. I'm glad more and more dancers have realized that a sword is... a sword, not a mere balancing act prop. You really know how to use the sword. Thank you for this wonderful and inspiring dance.

[pervlo]

@Nypintha It is on their self named album i guess.

[GenreConspiracyRock]

its not an arab sword... its a scimitar...

[Nypintha]

Oh, mispelling - I'll update the comments to give the proper spelling.

Thanks for the 5/5!

[Naige11]

5/5!

But the song is Klevabergselden ;)