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Originally Posted by Kharmine
The trick, I think, is not to do it in such a way that it sounds like a challenge. Perhaps, sounding both supportive and clueless would give the insecure artist the confidence to talk more freely.
Something like, "That is very interesting! What inspired you to come up with this idea?"
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I've done this and it totally works. I asked this of a girl who did what she said was a Persian-fusion dance and she told me she was inspired by the music of classical Persian dance and the idea that modern Persians are banned from actually performing the dance. She talked about her inspiration at length. While I didn't quite "get it" in her dance, I fully respected that she at least thought about it for a long time.
Contrast that to the fuisionista who did tribal to Alanis Morisette and when asked of her inspiration just said, "Oh I just wanted to do something different." Um, okay.
