Thread: What style are you?

Ill start! I was trained originaly in tribal, then over to turkish!

I have never learned egyptian but am on my way! Nov/dec im going to study a bit with yasmine!

My first teacher didn't really talk much about styles, but looking back I think it was turkish and lebanese.

My current teacher does a lot of classical and modern egyptian with us (though she throws in Saiidi, Beladi (how the hell do you spell that?), Andalusian and Ouled Nail to keep everyone on their toes.

I love egyptian...when I go pro, eventually, I hope it's in the Egyptian style, as I love the intricateness and expressiveness of it (though I know those things aren't exclusive to egyptian).

I've never done tribal, and I know next to nothing about it's origins and history. All I know of tribal is FTBD, RB and a few other online clips and sources.

Cool thread Annwyn.

I like Boz's catagory of "Pan Arabic" A little bit of everything.

Originally Posted by Nat242

I've never done tribal, and I know next to nothing about it's origins and history. All I know of tribal is FTBD, RB and a few other online clips and sources.

You would probably like the Tribal Bible book. It has a lot of very interesting information regarding the origins and development of ATS.

http://www.blacksheepbellydance.com/...ibalbible.html

When I started learning, I knew I was learning "Eyptian Style" because that's what my teacher told me. She explained a little about Egyptian and Turkish and the differences between them, and said she felt she was much more of the Egyptian school. And she definitely was!

I went to a lot of funster classes for a while after my original teacher went on hiatus, and I'm not sure that generally fits into a "style" mould. But the vast majority of my subsequent training has been Modern Egyptian style, and it remains my big passion and my stongest influence. I have learned (and continue to do so) traditional folkloric styles like Beledi and Saiidi, I've dabbled a teensy teensy bit in Nubian and flung myself wholeheartedly into Khaleegy. But in the main, that has been background study to flesh out and texturalise my Modern Egyptian.

Maybe I just like being a dedicated geek.

SLightly Egyptianish non-specific bellydance.

that would be me too.. just throw in some am cab veil, as i dont know what to call what i do with that.

for the GP i tend to say that my shows are a mix of "classical egyptian", so i get to put in ana fintezarak or likewise and "modern belleydance", so they are assured i also put in some great entertainment...

Artemisia

for the

Originally Posted by zumarrad

SLightly Egyptianish non-specific bellydance.

Egyptian (classical and modern) and Lebanese. Some folkloric thrown in.

I like the term Pan-Arabic, though I usually call my style "Arabic Nightclub."

pan arabic here, since my style seems to morph with my mood and (I think this is important!) what music I'm dancing to.

American Mongrel Style. I'm trying to become capable of pulling out something purely Egyptian, my brain conceives it but my body's not that firmly under my control yet.

I also do some Turkish Rom, but it's not my primary style.

Egyptian (classical and modern)

Contemporary Cabaret with a frequent dash of Crazy

I generally use AmCab to describe myself, but I think I'm getting more Pan-Arabic. Like Kina mentioned, it really depends on what I'm dancing to. I'm more Egyptian in style if I'm dancing to an Orientale piece, but I also love to break out the George Abdo and do a traditional AmCab number with draped veil and all. My swordwork is very AmCab in style, but I'm getting pretty good at an authentic assaya these days. So I'm kind of schizophrenic, I guess.

I just call my style Arabic style, although I think it doesn't really have a name. The teacher who influenced me the most and who I learned the most from is Lebanese, but she doesn't dance anything at all like the modern Lebanese dancers. She teaches old style Lebanese, which is almost identical to classic Egyptian. That's what I (try to) do.

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Priscilla

i came up with cabaret fusion (!!??). my step vocab is egyptian but i luuuuuv to veil dance & of course there's me pants obssession. to say i'm egyptian compared to some people i know wouldn't be correct. egyptian-lite?? egyptian influenced?? tina

Started out pretty much "ethnic bellydance coin bra/belts" and then got more into what I now call "Vintage American Nightclub Style" because I loved the veil and cymbal work and then expanded into Egyptian cane after a brief foray into Zambramora. I am now learning Meleya leff. It's been a 20 year journey of sorts with 10 years of working professionally in clubs as a belly dancer at least one or two nights a week. Now I feel freer to explore more styles in dance, pursuing my love of classic Raks Sharqi from Egypt's "Golden Age" as well as the theatrical Melaya Leff. Could never have taken on this many different styles in my first five years of belly dance!

I found out after many years that my teacher was considered American Cab. I fell in love with Flamenco somewhere along the line and started taking Zambra classes, so there's a bit of that influence. I learned rhythm and zills from Lebanese and Syrian drummers, so I have a strong connection to the rhythms of those two specific countries, as well as the specific feelings and moods of the differing maqams. I love the look and emotions of Classical and Modern Egyptian, but don't pretend to even get close to what someone like Tamra-Henna does, but I am still learning. I guess like many of you I too am a Pan-Arabic dancer. I like the sound of that, and I guess if we have to label ourselves, that one fits the best.

Hopefully, Egyptian. Or at least doing my best to be...

I've really taken a liking to Tunisian Raks Shaabi and Khaliji lately, too.

Well, I try my best to be classic Egyptian with a dash of modern Cairo seasoning and a delicious topping of Golden Era when it suits the music. (gee, can you tell I'm hungry? ..g.: )

For my gothic/experimental stuff, that's still my movement vocabulary, but the dramatic tone is different. Stuff I've learned from AmCab instructors occasionally creeps in as well. I'd never do floorwork (apart from maybe kneeling in a drum solo) in my raqs sharqi dancing, for example, but it finds its way into my gothic dancing if it fits the mood of the song.

Amcabian = Am. Cab. with Egyptian flavor.

My first teacher laid down strong Egyptian technique without ever labelling it as such ie upright posture, clean isolations, musical interpretation. Although we also did some veil. My next influence was Aisha Ali who introduced the world of folkloric and I was captured - but until I found the Brisbane Winter Warmup I was unable to follow this up as there were no local teachers with real fokloric knowledge.

My preferred performance style would be Egyptian - with strong baladi leanings (think Fifi for styling - not ability!). I also perfrom Egyptian folk - not that there is much opportunity.

I teach a mix of Egyptian, Lebanese and elements of AmCab.

Primarily Modern Egyptian, with dashes of Am Cab style veil work which I learned from an Egyptian (!).

Egyptian all the way. tho I sometimes dance to hip hop or r&b and throw in some movement from those dances. But that's for a smal audience like at a hafla.

Egyptian wannabe.

mostly Egyptian, with a flavoring of AmCab, a dash of Turkish, and a pinch (to taste, and on occasion) of tribal/fusion....but always willing to work on the recipe!

I think I'm transitioning from AmCab to Turkish with Turkish Rom emphasis.

Egyptian, with a bit of ab-cab and a bit of fusion here and there. BUt exact style. I call my style eclectic. I take things from different styles. I know that term is broad but that is how i describe myself anyhow outside belly dance.

Alrana

My drumming technique style is mainly Lebanese/Syrian with a bit of Egyptian and Turkish mixed in.

Well, I consider myself American Cab. Many have called me Egyptian even before I started studying Egyptian......c::

Just checked my instructors website and she defines herself as Athletic technical dancer and emotional performer. So since I'm under her tulage I will go with that.

But be it known I am studying Egyptian but only so I can know the differences in the dance style. Not so I can be an Egyptian style dancer. though many say I am even when I don't try....c::

Weird..

Old style American Cabaret-which means fusion.

Kitty