Thread: Maria's Shashkova's performance-

The one at about 3:18....I wanted to call her a chiropractor...

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Wow. Spectacular Turkish drop (the first one) in that green dress.

I've seen the first part before and still love the patented "hair shimmy" best, though the part where she has to double check the boobage after that big shoulder shimmy is now a close second.

Great shimmies. Fun to watch in an 'omg what is she gonna do next' sort of way. lol!

I love how after the last turkish drop she just gets up like it was no big deal. Hehe

Shes definitely over the top! I always like to watch over the top. I keep thinking somethings gonna break...either her costume or her neck, snapping it about! I do even the slightest of khaleegy or ayoub and Im off to the "bone cracker" as my husband says.

Shanna- I really enjoyed your performance in the BD4D video. Great work!

I loved that - especially Sheek Shak Shok...so much energy!!

Her turkish drops are unbelievable!

The one from the backbend was my favorite, too!

I love other videos I've seen of her, but this one somehow seems a little frenetic to me and she seems to have taken on a pseudo Dina personality. I prefer her previous self.

OMG, where have I been to not have seen her before!
Thanks for posting the clip. She is fantabulous.
Is she one of the wonderful Russian dancers that are on the scene?

Forgive me, I really dont know (or didnt know) who she is.

Yeah, she lives in Moscow, Russia. She is gypsy or romano or whatever you call it. Maria is her second name. When she was born her parents named her Kleopatra. She's been dancing for so many years, I really don't know when she started. She is from a dancing family. I know there are some her bellydancing on youtube whe she is like 13 or something.

Maria is soooo flexible and that Turkish drop is nothing for her. They have a lot of drops in Gypsy dances so she 's used to it. Here is a pic. http://rq.foto.radikal.ru/0708/da/718e30a62b98.jpg


I believe she had a web-site but I can not find it right now.

Hi Laziza, thanks for the info.
I am Turkish style, very non Egyptian and I thought she had some other than Egyptian influences in her dance.
Fun stuff!

Hi Patrisha!

Yeah, you're right. She has a huge influence from her native culture. We used to call her Maria Gypsy.

First she started dancing Gypsy in her father's group whe she was 2. They live in music and dancing in Gypsy families. Then she started dancing Indian dances. When she was 11 she started dancing bellydance in arab restaurants.
She worked in Egypt for 3 years.

I like that video. Not so much dancing just beauty.

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She is my shimmy idol!

love that green dress!! I want it, I really enjoyed her energy, sometimes over the top yes,but she is very entertaining and commands the stage!