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Zorba · 10-16-2006, 10:23 PM

Uh...

Tarik - I think you need to re-interpret what I was saying - OBVIOUSLY I put my foot in my mouth and didn't communicate well enough!

For instance: "Stupid Male Tricks" - I'm not saying YOU do them, I'm saying a lot of (other) male dancers do. Not you, hopefully not me, not DaVid, and not Aziz.

I've always found that you and I either agree 100% or agree 99.5% on just about everything about this dance. I don't think that's changed...

Sometimes I get so *frustrated* with the limitations of the written word on message boards!

It is, and always has been my position that Belly Dance is neither "Masculine" nor "Feminine", just "Human", BUT that
it (currently) resides in a "Feminine" context. A subtle, but important difference and is my interpretation of what you've been saying as well... (?)

10-16-2006, 10:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Zorba Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 884	Uh... Tarik - I think you need to re-interpret what I was saying - OBVIOUSLY I put my foot in my mouth and didn't communicate well enough! For instance: "Stupid Male Tricks" - I'm not saying YOU do them, I'm saying a lot of (other) male dancers do. Not you, hopefully not me, not DaVid, and not Aziz. I've always found that you and I either agree 100% or agree 99.5% on just about everything about this dance. I don't think that's changed... Sometimes I get so frustrated with the limitations of the written word on message boards! It is, and always has been my position that Belly Dance is neither "Masculine" nor "Feminine", just "Human", BUT that it (currently) resides in a "Feminine" context. A subtle, but important difference and is my interpretation of what you've been saying as well... (?) __________________ -Zorba "The Veiled Male" http://www.doubleveil.net "There is nothing sadder than a veil, that is for sale."