jenc

Ok sorry that this is another post from me - but this is priceless.

apologies for the Italian translation as I've never learnt it

mi sono ispirato agli anni trenta, nei costumi,... (more)
Added: June 20, 2007
mi sono ispirato agli anni trenta, nei costumi, nei movimenti am soprattutto nello spirito, il tutto condizionato dalle danze orientali che tanto in quegli anni avevano influito nel cinema e nella musica del tempo (vedi Casablanca ecc...)
I am inspired by the 30s, the costumes, the movements, above all their spirit. .......oriental dance .....as much influenced by the cinema and the music of the times (eg Casablanca)

Casablanca was made in 1942, 2 years after the Second World War started, which was a pretty sharp division from the 30s. And then why the tribal BDers at the start and then Oh JUST WHY OH WHY!!!
I recommend watching in full screen as although you lose detail you get to see some of the pointless wandering around etc.

jenc

Sorry forgot wher I got to and posted twice

Aniseteph

Riiiiight. I suppose if you could be inspired by the '30s to do something that has no discernable '30s vibe whatsoever... somehow... I dunno, comes of being a scientist I guess, what would I know?

On the positive side, at least the tribal fusion girls got their bit over with quick and could have been first down the pub.

Egyptian Ella is a genuine 20's (?early 30s) song. IMO you need to get the "this is a novelty fusion" message across pretty quickly, with costume/ choreography/ facial expressions. This clip misses the first verse of the song which sets the scene in the lyrics, and there might well have been more Charleston moves earlier to balance the fusion out. So as a novelty fusion number in the right time and place I think it works.

The only link the second one had to belly dance was the word shimmy....

jenc

I didn't realise it was a real song but I found the lyrics -
an inspiration to us all
Ella was a dancing girl who started getting fat
Every day saw three more pounds on Ella
Until one day she found she'd lost her job because of that
And to make it worse, she'd lost her fella
She took a trip to Egypt to forget
And she made such a hit that she's there yet ...

So if you hear of a gal who can quake and shake
'Till it makes you think of a nervous snake
They're speakin' ... of Egyptian Ella
She weighs two-twenty but that's O.K.
They like 'em plenty down there that way
She has the love ... of every fella
And when she shakes and when she starts
Down by the River Nile
The boys all take their old sweet-hearts
And throw them to the crocodiles
And every sheik in the audience
Jumps up and yells that "she's immense!"
They're cheering for Egyptian Ella.

All the other dancers from the desert to the Nile
One by one admit that they are jealous
For although they dance each night and wear the sweetest smile
Ella's is the tent that draws the fellas
For Ella has a dance that they can't steal
'Cause nothing else could do it but an eel
So if you hear of a gal who can quake and shake
'Till it makes you think of a nervous snake
They're speakin' ... of Egyptian Ella
She weighs two-twenty but that's O.K.
They like 'em plenty down there that way
She has the love ... of every fella
And when she shakes and when she starts
Down by the River Nile
The boys all take their old sweet-hearts
And throw them to the crocodiles
And every sheik in the audience
Jumps up and yells that "she's immense!"
They're cheering ... for Egyptian Ella

jenc

And I said it couldn't be done - Actually I still think it can't be.
do you think her moves in the second piece ar supposed to be Japanese -or are they just ODD .........or both?




What else is there out there.... Make it Stop................. NOW!!

jenc

I'm getting really overexcited now. I have been inspired by all these great examples. I'm going to announce a new style. DiscoBelly. No not your average over 50 bloke after more than a few bevvies, but me in a white suit and flars, or possibly one flare (see above), cut away to show me coin bra and belt (no skirt), then I'm going to perform to Saturday Night Fever

Suheir

That's a real Eurotrash special!

Moon

Posted it before but I have to post it again.
This fusion made me laugh the most:

jenc

I enjoyed that too. That's because they are obviously very good dancers having fun and not being deathly serious about creating new dance forms and artisitc expression. At least I hope so. In a similar vein.

Aisha Azar

Dear Jen,
Er.... sorry.... you are a bout 25 years too late. There is actually a tape or album out there from that long ago called "Disco belly dance"!!
Regards,
A'isha