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Old 07-03-2008, 09:26 AM   #28 (permalink)
Knitting Jo
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To get back to the article itself though, I don't know if we should take it objectively. Obviously the decline of quality in ME Dance is not a good thing, but the article seems to be written for a certain kind of reader.
"Without an introduction she eases into her routine, gyrating her hips and rolling her stomach in slow, sensual motions, gradually raising the tempo with ever more daring and titillating movements of her thighs and torso." seems to be in introduction to an article about prostitutes or strippers. Yes, in many countries (western ones as well) Bellydancing is thought of as quite raunchy. That is untill most people actually see a performance( I would love to see a titillating hipdrop! ), but the article seems to written in such a way as to fuel these ideas rather than asay them as a lot of western articles that I have read.
Whether it was written in this way because it reflects the views of the average person in UAE or whether it was written in this way because controversy sells is open to debate.
DIna's responses seem to play right into the feeling of the article. Surely she isn't the only dancer left in the whole of Egypt! That is just silly. Someone of a cynical bent could even interpret her answers as a bit of advertising - "Come see Egypt's last bellydancer - she incites young men to rioting!"
As for my personal taste I think a return to more modest costumes (not full cover ups but a bit more covered) could even be a good thing as hot young things would have to rely on more than just cleavage to be famous.
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