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Old 04-25-2008, 05:34 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Marya View Post
I wanted to add that I have studied with Dalia Carella (who is referenced in Amara's website) in workshops a few times and she is the one who coined the term Dunyavi Gypsy Dance. She is very good about explaining that her dance style is Fusion and how she arrived at it and I don't think I ever heard her call it Belly Dance, or Turkish, or Spanish, or Indian, although all of those styles enter into her Dunyavi or Mundo styles.
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Yes, I agree. I took one of Dalia Carella's Dunyavi workshops too, and she is very clear about it being her own invented fusion style.

Where could the religious idea about Kas. have come from? Maybe a misprint or a misstranslation? I'd like to give Amara the benifit of the doubt if possible.

Last edited by Jane; 04-25-2008 at 05:36 PM. Reason: clarity btwn Dalia & Amara instead of "her"
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