Violeetsidhe

Does shakira a certain style of belly dance or is she a mixture of styles?

Ariella

Shakira doesn't purely bellydance. She fuses oriental dance with salsa, hip hop, and other types of latin dance.

Aisha Azar

Dear Violetsidhe,
I am assuming we are talking about Shakira the singer and not Shikara from Ohio. Shakira the singer is not a belly dancer. She is a singer who has occasonally used some of the same movements in her choreographies that belly dancers and other kinds of dancers use.
Belly dance is only in part bout theose movements. it has its own feeling and spirit and has other elements that make it berlly dance that Shakira does not include in her artistic offerings. Please do not confuse what s
Shakira does with belly dance. I know its easy to do this, but I swear to you that she is not a belly dancer, no matter what movements she is using, because the dance is much more than movement.
Regards,
A'isha

Violeetsidhe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIHBRsy1lI

thank u for u help i realise she is not a belly dancer i was just wondering what style she does when she does do the movements.. i know one of she has worked with bozenka from bellydance superstars is all and when she went bollywood she worked with farah khan(i know not bellydancing)

Outi

Working or taking classes from someone doesn't make style. If student takes classes from one teacher (or teachers with same style) for a long time she propably is influenced so much and will dance with that style, too.

For example I have taken some classes from teachers from Europe and America with different styles, but I'm Egyptian style dancer. I take what I want from their teaching and make them look Egyptian.

Yousry Sharif takes movements and things from jazz, but no-one is saying he does jazz dance.

Just like Aisha said, there is so much more in dancing than just the movements.

By the way if Shakira is not a belly dancer how, can she have a certain oriental dance style.

Don't take offence by my harshness, it's not you. I just have had this Shakira stuff too much lately.

Aisha Azar

Dear Violeetsidhe,
I watched the video. l did not see any belly dance on it. I saw some undulations, some hip movements in a posture that was nothing like the postures for belly dance, and some other movements that in themselves, slightly resembled some of the movements of belly dance. We have to keep in mind that many dance forms also incorporate these same movements. The postures, attitude and every other thing about the video was not belly dance... more jazz or modern in their feel, possibly.
My point was and still is that Shakira does not do a style of belly dance.
She incorporates some movement that might be found in belly dance when performed with the right posture,music, spirit, cultural essence, etc.
Regards,
A'isha

Moon

I agree I did not see bellydance in this clip, but I think bellydance could have influenced Shakira's dance style. I would refer to her style as Shakira-dance though.

Hm, I hope she won't take over that "I'm being electrocuted"-style Beyonce does..

nicknack

So does everyone on the official forum. We were thrown into a frenzy of confusion when the duet was announced (we only really like duets with Alejandro Sanz )

Strange that nobody used Ojos Asi as a dancing example that'd be a little more relevant

Yasmine Bint Al Nubia

"Electrocuted style".....by that are you referrring to the fast, vibrational(read shimmy) move that involves her torso and pelvis? That style belongs to urban dance scene popularized by music videos but originated by African-American social dance. It's roots can still be found in many West African Dance styles.
Yasmine

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Mouse

about the only thing I could think of while watching the very end of the first video link was "How bad would that be for your back!!"