Originally Posted by Tarik Sultan

I guess it depends on the venue. I think part of it may be because none of the places in the city have real dance floors. Its hard to engage the audience/get their attention when you can't really be the visual focus of attention. The cymbals gets everyone to focus on you. They deffinately allert people that the show is starting and they clear the way for me so I can dance.

With some of the other venues, I think it may be what the crowd/owner was use to back home. If they were use to seeing the Mohamed Ali Street Dancers, who did play them much more than the night club dancers, then that's what they expect. I know the crowd where I live are not the kind who would have been able to freqent nightclubs back home. It could be a combination of things, but here it really does seem to be what the Egyptian owners like. Go figure.