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jenc · 04-23-2008, 07:22 PM

I think that amazingly a whole lot of people (self included) start BD lessons without ever having seen any. They are then led to believe that egyptian is just the basic moves that they learn in beginners and tribal is added value by including moves from india, flamenco etc.
They never get to know that egyptian is multi-layered, deceptively simple. They don't realise that a real egyptian dancer can simultaneoulsy make everything look easy and how the .... did she do that. They never get to know just how much there is to learn...

This is not to do down tribal. most people just don't realise how different tribal and egyptian are, because they are not being taught either with sufficient rigor: or passion.

04-23-2008, 07:22 PM	#35 (permalink)
jenc V.I.P. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Colchester UK Posts: 1,168	I think that amazingly a whole lot of people (self included) start BD lessons without ever having seen any. They are then led to believe that egyptian is just the basic moves that they learn in beginners and tribal is added value by including moves from india, flamenco etc. They never get to know that egyptian is multi-layered, deceptively simple. They don't realise that a real egyptian dancer can simultaneoulsy make everything look easy and how the .... did she do that. They never get to know just how much there is to learn... This is not to do down tribal. most people just don't realise how different tribal and egyptian are, because they are not being taught either with sufficient rigor: or passion.