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Originally Posted by Khaira
This is true. Similar thing has happened in Russia. Yesterday I watched videos of Russian contests, almost all the dancers are copy-paste versions of each other, the Egyptian essence is totally lost.
One should fin balance in between the styles but make the Egyptian technique and attitude dominate.
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Dear Khaira,
I think this is not even really a matter of training in the end. It is something that the dancer has inside themselves or does not. After teaching for so many years (32), I have concluded that the dance comes off the way it does on individual people because they are who they are. One can train with the very best ballerinas and still not become a great ballerina if it is not inside them and if they do not have the right feeling for the dance. I have never studied anything but Middle Eastern dance, no ballet at all, jazz or modern or any other forms. I am a very good Egyptian dancer because it is in me, but I can not dance in the Lebanese style with any great skill. It is not in me. I think quite often that a few physical techniques get mistaken for the dance, and the soul and heart of it gets pushed aside. I see this even with a few of the dancers who are Egyptian from Egypt.
Regards,
A'isha