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Originally Posted by TribalDancer
Wow, I would never classify Tina as "American Cabaret". I always think of Ansuya when I think Am Cab. I agree witha previous posted, in that I think of Am Cab as Turkish based.
Tina is most definitely Modern Egyptian to my eyes (note I have not looked at hte clip referenced earlier, but I have seen Tina perform more times than I can say, and hey style is definitely rooted most strongly in Classical Egyptian, but I would say she herself is Modern Egyptian because she does fuse with her jazz background, especially in her troupe choreographies.)
I love Cassandra, and I would call her Modern Egyptian or Modern Oriental as well, in her primary style, but she does a lot of fusing herself, and is kind of beyond definition sometimes. She is a stunning dancer and a rock awesome teacher and person to boot!
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Dear Sharon,
I have also seen Tina dance often and studied with Cassandra. I would suggest that they need to be compared to the "modern" Egyptian dancers like Randa and Dandash in order to judge whether or not they are Egyptian style dancers. I am an Egyptian style dancer and can give you the reasons why they are not. I really don't care for Tina's dancing. She is too unattached emotionally from what she is doing. She also appears to me to be exhibiting movement as opposed to dancing. It's walk, walk, walk, do a movement.... walk to the other side of the stage, do a movement. On the other hand I LOVE Cassandra, with that cool burn of her's. so very there in what she is doing!!
Regards,
A'isha