Thread: Tribal Eye for the Cabaret Dancer

Originally Posted by Kash13

Ok, I will start with one: Stance/posture. The tribal posture is soft in the knee with flat feet, a strongly lifted ribcage and high arm carriage. I really feel tribal in the upper back, even though I do lots of tall oriental stuff.

Can I quote you on the other thread? I don't want this to go OT to the original post.

I'm really looking forward to reading the other thread... Thanks so much for starting it. :-)

Originally Posted by aziyade

Can I quote you on the other thread? I don't want this to go OT to the original post.

Go for it

Originally Posted by Rya_of_Indiana

I think the problem here is the definition of beginning that every one is using. I doubt that I would learn one single thing about Egyptian Dancing by taking a beginner's class that broke down a hip drop, chest lift, hip bumps, and snake arms(What I just so happen to have taught today.) I'd leave knowing what I already know. However, jumping into and Intermidiate class might not work out either. The problem here is that different people teach differently, call their classes different names, and add styling at different times. ...

I think this is an excellent point. After taking Yousry Sharif-style Egyptian technique classes for a few years, I decided I wanted to try out the classes of a local AmCab teacher, because she had a (well-deserved) reputation for turning out polished performers. I went to her beginners class not because I didn't already know a hip drop from a hip twist or because I *wanted* to learn yet another beginner choreography but because I was a beginner to her style of teaching, her methodology, her technique, her terms, her use of zills, etc. One semester of her beginners class was enough to bring me up to speed on her as a teacher for me to move ahead to her more advanced classes, but I really would have been pretty lost in the advanced classes without that initial semester.