War and Seduction - Art Dance Piece 2008 - see description

Shems performed this at Romka's BellyHorror 2008, Washington DC - It is an art dance piece with a political theme. The following was in the program notes at the event:

Looking at Western media interpretations of the Middle East, a two pronged message comes across strongly and repeatedly, on one point eroticism, seduction and belly dance; on the other terrorism, war and violence. It is in part Orientalist stereotype and fear-mongering and in part a simplified reflection of the real and complex cultural struggles found in these regions of political repression. My war dance is a metaphor of this devil's trident, dedicated to the third spike, the people caught in the middle of it all." Shems is a dancer and artist in Baltimore, MD

Audio - Iraq war battles 2008

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Shems
• War
• Belly
• Dancers

[kiaroskuro]

This piece is brilliant. Thank you for creating it and sharing it with us. It brings tears to my eyes every time I see it.

[kaidiudris]

Im intriqued by the concept of this perfromance!