Tsiftitelli: Pogonometric Revue '06

Rachel Brice, Elizabeth Strong, and Mardi Love belly dancing. Music performed by the Toids: Tobias Roberson, Dan Cantrell, Lila Sklar and Ryan Francesconi. Music composed by Ryan Francesconi. Performance in San Francisco, March, 2006 as part of the Pogonometric Revue Tour.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• belly
• dance
• Greek
• music
• Toids
• Indigo
• Rachel
• Brice
• Mardi
• Love
• Elizabeth
• Strong

[JadedRuby]

Your dance teacher is right...she is also probably a cabaret teacher. Lifting at the elbows is part of proper form. That said....these girls have dropped elbows on purpose...it is part of the tribal styling...and is intended to give a relaxed and snakey look to the movements. You can move however you like as long as there is purpose behind those movements.

[builtlikebettie]

yes, JadedRuby is also right...especially in tribal bd styles the elbows should be held up and back, but the indigo's low arm posture was influenced by Mardi and that's just how they have adapted their interpretation of the dance!

[xplastilinaverdex]

@sheikah321 the song is actually called tsiftetelli, and is performed by The Toids ^-^

[sheikah321]

Please, could anybody telle me the name os the son? I would like to dance this Tsifteteli. Thanks!!!

[molarmama5]

@BelaZaphyre

The strange thing is to cabaret dancers, that is how we refer to tribal fusion dancers----------the T. REX dancers.

Just our littlte joke!

[molarmama5]

@Lehmann108 Chifetelli is a variation on 4/4. 9/8 is Karislama. Unless I have been drumming incorrectly. since 1987.

[BelaZaphyre]

Yes, they often have their elbows down low on purpose but be careful with this arm position! It's easy to end up looking like a T. Rex, with their goofy looking useless extra short arms that stick out at a weird angle. I would say that it is an "artistic styling." If you don't have a specific reason (such as the subtext of the music) to hold your arms that way, please put them either all the way up, or all the way down, and gracefully curved.

[Lehmann108]

But it's not a Tsiftiteli rhythm which is a 9/8. This is a 4/4

[bruxasuka]

the name is tsiftetelli, the band is the toids. i love this song too!

[murphyclm]

I saw your videos, you look great in your costumes, Hilde! I'm no dancer at all but enjoy watching the dancing and listening to the music. I kind of stumbled on Rachel Brice when looking for some different music on you tube. I doubt any of these ladies will ever come to my town (Dayton, OH) but I enjoy being able to see all of you here.

[hilde1982dance]

oh my god!!! I thought that was Kami until I read your post, they look quite similar actually until you have a better look.

great performance

[AmarisGrey]

They likes teh jinglies!! Who am i kidding, I likes teh jinglies. I love these girls.