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Originally Posted by yonisha
It is very difficult to define what is or not "gypsy",
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It's actually NOT difficult to define or recognize true "Gypsy" dance, no matter what ethnic form it takes if one just spends the time to actually study it.
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So the choice of the "latin" song on the video clip was probably done in reference to the Gitanos or Ciganos or Roma in Spain.
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I seriously doubt any heavy THOUGHT was put into the choice of music for this dance, based on her movements and her choice of costume. IF, in fact, this dancer IS a scholar of any particular "Gypsy" dance form, I would be interested in hearing about her motivation about her music/movment/costume choices for this piece.
This dancer may not have called or labeled her piece a "Gypsy" dance -- the videographer may have done that. So I'm not advocating sending her to bellydance hell. But it WOULD be nice if the people involved in historical recreation would at least make an ATTEMPT at displaying something that even just remotely resembles something that MIGHT be mistaken for the real thing.
And fusion smusion. You want to see REALLY good Middle Eastern and Medieval period dance fusion, check out Fatin in Louisville who danced at the Kentucky Renaissance Faire last year. That was some really well-researched and well-thought-out fusion.