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Originally Posted by jenc
I don't like the music. I started out thinking that tribal was what I liked when I had a very fairylike teacher, but I have moved over to egyptian because I like the fluidity and the interpretation of the music. For me you can't really interpret the industrial style music of tribal. I also don't fid tribal to be earthy. i find egyptian to be far more sexy as I like to use the whole body, and not isolate everything. however, I do like to drill tribal style movements, as starting late in life, I find that tribal teachers and dvds really give me the muscle strength to dance any way i want to
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This is exactly how Im starting to feel as of late.
When I first got into Belly dance the people around me were leading me to believe that "tribal" style BD was the "true" belly dance and that the oriental styles (egyptian, turkish, lebonese etc) were all somehow "fake". LOL.
It couldnt be further from the truth.
Did I also mention that these are the kind of folks who still believe belly dancers are some kind of magical fairy princess/strip tease/orientalist fantasy etc etc...
Now that Im starting to learn the real significance behind the dance... and Im beginning to learn that theres more to it than crowie shells and snake arms.... Im finding myself more and more drawn to Egyptian style.