fluidhips

i believe she is outstanding.

lizaj

Why? Care to elaborate?

fluidhips

simply because I enjoy watching her
she is beautiful.

lizaj

Why do you think she is a good belly dancer to watch. I find her technically so sharp yet she lacks the emotion of many Egyptian style dancers, a connection to the music and makes me feel tired watching her
Mind you I haven't seen her live and that might be very different. I heard high praise of her from IBDC. Did you go?

fluidhips

her technique is a result of her passion for dance.

lizaj

Not just.... technique is the result of many years of practise practise and dedication.
Well did you go?

LunaXJJ

That's where I saw her too. Turns out she's pretty well known. I think she has great great muscle control, and dancing skill. Is it a style I personally would do? Not really. While I enjoy watching her do it, it's not for me.

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jenc

Whilst I find that she displays way more personality live than in a tiny vid - I still don't care much for her style. I like a dancer to play with the music and build in suspenseful (is that a word) pauses. With Sadie one thing just follows another so that I am impressed by her technical skill, but somehow it would be more impressive if she did way less.

lorna Gow said that when she went to Cairo she found that she had too much technique and not enough musicality.

Farasha Hanem

Not only that, technique doesn't just come naturally for us all, even if we love the dance "passionately." I love bellydance, but klutziness comes all too naturally for me. I have to practice, practice, practice to become even acceptably good on a student level.

fluidhips, what is it about Sadie's performance that you enjoy besides her technique and beauty? Is it her presentation? Personality? Costuming? Her interpretation of the music?

Animallover

I think it's that she can move unlike anyone I've ever seen