I do agree about fusion - not that some of it isn't beautiful. But as someone who is currently doing some "instructor shopping", its hard to find someone who actually teaches BELLY DANCE as opposed to one kind of fusion or another. As an aside, the ones who *do* teach Belly Dance often teach Tribal or Folkloric - and I'm looking for Cabaret teachers!
The other "deadly sin" as far as I'm concerned is the increasing amounts of SLEAZE that is being promulgated as "Belly Dance" - a lot of it from the SF bay area, then it trickles down from there. Having pole dancers or "coffee table" dancing at Belly Dance events, and other flirtations with sleaze causes teachers to LOSE STUDENTS and the dance in general is hurt as the enthusiast base, as well as the audience base, shrinks drastically. We all have enough problems with perceptions of Belly Dance without "help" like this...
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