sedoniaraqs

I was watching this DVD again this evening and decided to revisit this thread. Freya asked to here more comments about Fifi and her style so I'll start the ball rolling again.

I never tire of watching Fifi because she does so many different variations of movements and steps. On this DVD we've been discussing, she dances in a purple dress and she does I don't know how many variations of a 3/4 shimmy, and what I call the Egyptian figure 8. Even something that looked like these two layered together. If you watch her performance with an eye for trying to break down what she's doing so you could copy it, you see very quickly that its pretty difficult.

A'isha mentioned her different posture. I think that Fifi has a posture that is very lifted in the upper body. I think this is a general feature in the Egyptian dancers (that's often lacking in non-native dancers), but in Fifi it is especially exaggerated or strong. Part of this may be that she has a really long torso, so movements look different and especially good with her body. Also, Fifi bounces alot in the upper body; she actually carries the beat of the music in her chest -- always up on the downbeat. Even when she's standing still shimmying the chest is going up up up up with the tempo. Again, this is a general trend in Egyptian dancers but much exaggerated in Fifi.

Also what Fifi's feet are doing is different than the footwork used by most Egyptian dancers. She uses some kind of rapid little step ball change when she's doing travelling steps usually.

I love Fifi! So what does everyone else love about Fifi? Are there particular moves that she does that you have picked up, or wish you could do?

Sedonia