Authentic belly dance
Dear Gang,
As I have stated dozens of times, "authentic" has nothing to do with traditional or what props are being used. Authentic is about the feeling and spirit and cultural essence of the dance. Whether or not so and so uses a veil sometimes, or how or how long or whatever does not make it authentic or not so. I have video of Suheir Zaki walking onto the stage, carrying her veil in one hand, never doing a thing with it and dropping it in say, 30 seconds. I also have video of Mouna Said dancing with her's for a longer period of time. Both women are authentic ethnic dancers. Egyptians tend to enter with the veil open most of the time and use it to add a bit of interest in the entrance of their dance and drop it rather quickly..... as opposed to unwinding themselves from it and doing incredibly intricate things with it in the second part of a five part routine, as is common in the west.
Regards,
A'isha
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