Fusion belly dance - how many are there??? - Page 10

Auntie Crazy · 07-11-2007, 12:27 AM

How 'bout a lovely "Cowgirl" fusion?

YouTube - CowGirl Bellydance Rakassah 2006

Check out the moves at 1:57. LOL!

TribalDancer · 07-13-2007, 07:44 PM

Cute, but definitely using schtick to cover up lack of technique and synchronicity. I would have liked it more had it been executed with a bit more skill. Cute though.

Aniseteph · 07-13-2007, 09:59 PM

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Now that I think about it, a Goth version of Giselle might be interesting... zombies instead of willies.

Wilis, not willies! I just got a VERY weird mental image, thank you Shanazel

. Perhaps willies doesn't have the same connotations in the US as in the UK. (Oh grow up...)

Giselle is very goth IMO, all those ghostly wraiths. I once saw a modern version set in an asylum that was amazing - hooked to the telly way past bedtime then boring husband stupid about it type amazing. As for Swan Lake I thought the Matthew Bourne version with the male swans was awesome, much more compelling than yet another pained-looking enchanted ballerina with swansdown on her head. Those swans were scary...

Enuf pontificating about ballet, back to bellydance. Just went YouTubing and found a bit of Giselle that I'm bellydancing in my chair to. It's so wrong, but....

Sara · 07-13-2007, 10:22 PM

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Wilis, not willies! I just got a VERY weird mental image, thank you Shanazel

. Perhaps willies doesn't have the same connotations in the US as in the UK. (Oh grow up...)

No- I thought it too!

I was like...

Minst yas, they say 'fanny' a lot n all.

Moon · 07-14-2007, 08:56 AM

LOL! Me too! But I decided not to comment on it because I don't know Giselle.

Aniseteph · 07-14-2007, 06:26 PM

The Wilis are ghosts of jilted brides who died before their wedding night, and any poor bloke who they get hold of is made to dance till he dies. (Get over yourselves girls...

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If they are Willies it brings some very peculiar symbolism to the whole thing which quite frankly I don't want to think about too deeply. Not to mention doing the general romantic/poetic ambience no favours whatsoever.

Shanazel · 07-14-2007, 06:41 PM

I am shocked, simply SHOCKED

by the way your minds work.

Tsk. When one gets the willies in the southern US it simply means a shivery eery feeling, aka : a goose stepped over my grave.

Back a hundred years ago,The Nutcracker with Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland was aired on TV. Though my mother didn't care for ballet, she watched it without a word until it got to the part where the nutcracker is riding his stick horse and doing magnificent leaps into the air. Then she murmured, "Oh. That's why they call it The Nutcracker Suite."

Aniseteph · 07-15-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Shanazel

I am shocked, simply SHOCKED

by the way your minds work.

Tsk. When one gets the willies in the southern US it simply means a shivery eery feeling, aka : a goose stepped over my grave.

You can say something gives you the willies over here too, just the same meaning. There's just the risk that some immature types start making silly double entendres...

Anyone got any fusion to get this thread back on track again?

teela · 07-15-2007, 05:38 AM

I danced tonight at a hafla and there was a new type of fusion there. One i'd never seen before. It was a fusion of the charleston and belly dance although to me it looked very 20's without any real belly dance. It was cute and interesting and definitely fusion.

Aniseteph · 08-03-2007, 07:25 PM

OK got another one for ya - it was either this thread or the shik shak shok one.

07-11-2007, 12:27 AM	#91 (permalink)
Auntie Crazy Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 116	How 'bout a lovely "Cowgirl" fusion? YouTube - CowGirl Bellydance Rakassah 2006 Check out the moves at 1:57. LOL! __________________ "I have the talent of single-minded determination and focu…hey look, a cat!” Last edited by Auntie Crazy; 07-11-2007 at 12:40 AM. Reason: Trying to embed the video...

07-14-2007, 06:26 PM	#96 (permalink)
Aniseteph V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 1,712	The Wilis are ghosts of jilted brides who died before their wedding night, and any poor bloke who they get hold of is made to dance till he dies. (Get over yourselves girls...) If they are Willies it brings some very peculiar symbolism to the whole thing which quite frankly I don't want to think about too deeply. Not to mention doing the general romantic/poetic ambience no favours whatsoever.

07-13-2007, 07:44 PM	#92 (permalink)
TribalDancer Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 313	Cute, but definitely using schtick to cover up lack of technique and synchronicity. I would have liked it more had it been executed with a bit more skill. Cute though.

07-14-2007, 08:56 AM	#95 (permalink)
Moon V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 3,642	LOL! Me too! But I decided not to comment on it because I don't know Giselle.

07-14-2007, 06:41 PM	#97 (permalink)
Shanazel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rocky Mountains USA Posts: 4,679	I am shocked, simply SHOCKED by the way your minds work. Tsk. When one gets the willies in the southern US it simply means a shivery eery feeling, aka : a goose stepped over my grave. Back a hundred years ago,The Nutcracker with Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland was aired on TV. Though my mother didn't care for ballet, she watched it without a word until it got to the part where the nutcracker is riding his stick horse and doing magnificent leaps into the air. Then she murmured, "Oh. That's why they call it The Nutcracker Suite."

07-15-2007, 05:38 AM	#99 (permalink)
teela Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alaska Posts: 300	I danced tonight at a hafla and there was a new type of fusion there. One i'd never seen before. It was a fusion of the charleston and belly dance although to me it looked very 20's without any real belly dance. It was cute and interesting and definitely fusion.

08-03-2007, 07:25 PM	#100 (permalink)
Aniseteph V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 1,712	OK got another one for ya - it was either this thread or the shik shak shok one.