A truly captivating subject I took in uni was dance analyzes. It wasn't on oriental dance, but just very wide look into what makes a dance. This is one of the most interesting things for me - to take knowledge from modern and classical dance that I studied in uni and translate the principles to oriental dance.
And to the question, for the thing that captivates is STYLE. I love to see dancer's persona coming through the dance. And then the technical disadvantages there might be don't bother the eye.
Kaidi
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