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Originally Posted by taheya
I definately agree that slow dancing is alot harder to do than the fast stuff- when your adrenaline is going and you are performing it can be harder to do the slow stuff. I think in every oriental peice there is a taqasim section and from an audience point of view I prefer to see a balance of fast and slow. I also think it is more likely to be a western audience who actually prefers the faster work, as they may not understand the lyrics and emotions behind the song so the interpretation can go over there heads.
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Absolutely. There is a tendency for some audiences here to be of the opinion that a dancer "isn't doing anything" unless they're rushing about the stage, arms and legs flailing. I've heard comments from "experienced" teachers and performers here which would indicate that they have no understanding and no appreciation of the subtleties and nuances of Egyptian dance; they are *always* the performers who are, themselves, completely "dead" in the abdominal area when they perform, believing that emotion is expressed onstage through grimacing and mock-anguish. And, of course, their students can be heard expressing the opinion that *their* teacher is a better dancer than Randa or Dandesh or whichever Egyptian has just performed!