Hi Mariagreek,
I am sorry that my heart breaks once more to here that this beautiful art form is pushed and manipulated. There are so many excercises and machines available in gyms to achieve what you are trying to achieve and gym memberships are reasonable and accessible to many people. Why can't raqsharqi be the ART the way it should be and left alone. IMO dance is art and it is a true expression music, culture and the dancer. Teaching it as aerobics is a BIG NOOOOOOOOOO. I don't like to mix ART with EXERCISE. If you get benifits of excercise through dancing ( obviously we do) it is already a good thing.
If you don't mind me asking, if you are into researching for 12 years, what propmted you to do this? I woudl have thought that you would become more intense and authentic than otherwise.
I used to do immature stuff when I was starting out. The more I learned, the more respect I have for this dance and I am lot more careful with the "DONTS" now a days. I have arabian heritage but I am not born into this culture. It is very important for me that I pay that much more attention and respect to the culture I adopted myself into.
Sorry, I can't support this idea.
Rgds
Janaki
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