Kashmir-
Exactly!!!! My shimmies are like that too! I often feared that dancers thought I was amateur...believe me, I am not, I have worked hard at this for nine long years. However, I dance Jordanian folkloric apparently...and no matter how many times I asked 'why does this look different? am I not as good of a dancer? I don't understand why my teacher taught me something so unique', etc. I never got a satisfactory answer from anyone. I actually never wore bedleh until a friend of mine encouraged me to because she said I'd have to wear it if I wanted to be professional.
I am so relieved that someone has told me that I am not a bad dancer, just someone who dances a different kind of dance than most. It's a hard thing to dance in a certain way for nine years and never have a slot to fit into (I'm not Egyptian cabaret or American or Turkish or whatever, though I have some training in these disciplines). So it is grand to know the answers to all this finally...and to know that she, at least, thinks I am talented.
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