Turkish dance from YouTube - Page 5

Aisha Azar · 07-27-2008, 09:59 PM

Dear Sara,
I LOVE Reyhan. The person that I study Rom with is Jennet, whom I have mentioned on the forum a time or two. She is an ardent follower of Reyhan and has even brought her to the States before, but unfortunately in the East where I was not able to travel at the time. Jennet pretty much spends most of her time in Turkey right now, but that may change soon. She is a wonderful dancer in her own right.
Regards,
A'isha

Sara · 07-27-2008, 10:12 PM

I wish I was so lucky as to learn from her. She reminds me so much of my gram (she's too old to dance now bless her). I think it was Jennet who did the article on her on the home page.

You are lucky to learn from someone who has learned from her, lol. I'm hoping to make it to Turkey sometime to learn from her.

I think one of the great things about her dancing for me is that it reminds me of being little again and all the people in the garden for get togethers.

Aisha Azar · 07-27-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Sara

I wish I was so lucky as to learn from her. She reminds me so much of my gram (she's too old to dance now bless her). I think it was Jennet who did the article on her on the home page.

You are lucky to learn from someone who has learned from her, lol. I'm hoping to make it to Turkey sometime to learn from her.

I think one of the great things about her dancing for me is that it reminds me of being little again and all the people in the garden for get togethers.

Dear Sara,
I love the earthy, blatantly sexy, heavy feeling of the dance in the way that Reyhan and her friends and neighbors do it. Jennet once brought a video over to my house with just her and Reyhan's family and neighbors on it, dancing in Reyhan's living room. There was one old lady from next door or something who looked very much like the Russian grandmothers around here. She wore the headscarf, the sort of barrely skirt, the thick socks and slipper/shoes and a blouse and cardigan sweater. When she got up and danced, she was amazing!! She was pretty darn old and she still had IT!!
Regards,
A'isha

Sara · 07-27-2008, 10:29 PM

They are! Lol. They can go for ages and the women move so freely and relaxed. Especially when they click their fingers and dance with their arms. On them the movements look so natural and earthy, where as with us younger ones it looks more like we're not quite up to their standard, lol, and like we have still to grow into it. I think my great gram (nearly 85

) finds it really hard now to sit and watch cause she gets quite aggitated that she can't dance too anymore. In her day though she led the procession round town when the queen got coronated

.

As far as I know that neighbourhood where Reyhan lived has changed. They got evicted I think.

I think we should all have a holiday to go and see Reyhan lol.

turkishboy · 09-03-2008, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dinavienna

Aisha it is a big misunderstanding to equal Turkish writing with Arabic one!!
Turkey at the foundation of the Turkish Republic, with the amazing social reformer Kemal Atatürk, departed the Arabic spelling from Osman times as it did not "fit" the Turkish language, and was one major cause of outrageous analphabetism in Turkey!

Turkish uses the same alphabet English, French, Spanish, etc are using.
And the "ü" and "ö" appears in languages like German, Hungarian etc too!
The common way of spelling it on a keyboard not knowing these TWO characters is "ue" and "oe".

Now you probably wont have the "n" in "carino" for Spanish as I dont have right? Does that open doors to misspellin Spanish as anyone likes??
I agree with the posters complainin about turnin the beautiful "Birgül" into "Burghul".
Would not havin Spanish "n" on your keyboard allow for turnin "Carina" into "Curuna"????

Really, Turkish spelling cannot be compared to Arabic spelling at all.
Turkish has FOUR characters differing from English spelling, I bet German has more! (They have two different "g", "i", and the "ö" and "ü" mentioned already.)
THat s not that much after all!!!!
Turkey is part of the Latin writing world, and deserves the same respect as languages such as Spanish or French or English..

Sorry for answerin in such detail your answer just drove me very very mad, havin Turks in my family and speakin Turkish.

At the time of Ottoman Empire, arabic alphabet was being used.But rate of people, who can read and write, was very less especially in Anatolia.Because spelling and reading arabic was difficult.So Ataturk and some scientists decided to use latin alphabet due to its spelling and reading easiness.And they added new letters for the voices that are used a lot in Turkish

such as:

ş = sh (reading)

ç = ch

ö = ou

we can write this letters thanks to Turkish keyboards including them

Aisha Azar · 09-03-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by turkishboy

At the time of Ottoman Empire, arabic alphabet was being used.But rate of people, who can read and write, was very less especially in Anatolia.Because spelling and reading arabic was difficult.So Ataturk and some scientists decided to use latin alphabet due to its spelling and reading easiness.And they added new letters for the voices that are used a lot in Turkish

such as:

ş = sh (reading)

ç = ch

ö = ou

we can write this letters thanks to Turkish keyboards including them

Dear TurkishBoy,
Thank you for this information. In English, we do not have any of the symbols above on our keyboards and must struggle by as best we can. The same with Arabic or Chinese!! Sometimes we can not even figure out how to make the sounds, never mind write the words!!
Regards,
A'isha

Amri_ · 09-13-2008, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Gabi

Didem is such a joy to watch - like a young puppy with all the skills in place

and her body is great for seeing the torso movement !

Exactly

She's my inspiration

U feel all the energy that she keeps inside & then spreads when dancing

turkishboy · 10-31-2008, 02:30 PM

New examples of 90's bellydance in Turkey.

Sibel Baris

Zinnur Karaca

Tanyeli

Sibel Gokce

Prenses (Princess) Ahu

07-27-2008, 09:59 PM	#41 (permalink)
Aisha Azar V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest USA Posts: 4,463	Reyhan etc. Dear Sara, I LOVE Reyhan. The person that I study Rom with is Jennet, whom I have mentioned on the forum a time or two. She is an ardent follower of Reyhan and has even brought her to the States before, but unfortunately in the East where I was not able to travel at the time. Jennet pretty much spends most of her time in Turkey right now, but that may change soon. She is a wonderful dancer in her own right. Regards, A'isha Last edited by Aisha Azar; 07-27-2008 at 10:02 PM.

07-27-2008, 10:12 PM	#42 (permalink)
Sara V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wales/Yorkshire Posts: 1,160	I wish I was so lucky as to learn from her. She reminds me so much of my gram (she's too old to dance now bless her). I think it was Jennet who did the article on her on the home page. You are lucky to learn from someone who has learned from her, lol. I'm hoping to make it to Turkey sometime to learn from her. I think one of the great things about her dancing for me is that it reminds me of being little again and all the people in the garden for get togethers. __________________ With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, now shake your bum.... :P

07-27-2008, 10:29 PM	#44 (permalink)
Sara V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wales/Yorkshire Posts: 1,160	They are! Lol. They can go for ages and the women move so freely and relaxed. Especially when they click their fingers and dance with their arms. On them the movements look so natural and earthy, where as with us younger ones it looks more like we're not quite up to their standard, lol, and like we have still to grow into it. I think my great gram (nearly 85 ) finds it really hard now to sit and watch cause she gets quite aggitated that she can't dance too anymore. In her day though she led the procession round town when the queen got coronated . As far as I know that neighbourhood where Reyhan lived has changed. They got evicted I think. I think we should all have a holiday to go and see Reyhan lol. __________________ With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, now shake your bum.... :P

10-31-2008, 02:30 PM	#48 (permalink)
turkishboy Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Posts: 111	New examples of 90's bellydance in Turkey. Sibel Baris Zinnur Karaca Tanyeli Sibel Gokce Prenses (Princess) Ahu __________________ Feel the rhytm