Thread: Differentiating dance styles

I've been hard at work lately on *finally* getting enough of these style articles together to be useful to a serious student.

What I'm building is the resource I *wish* I'd had as a student.

So far, I have Egyptian Raqs Sharqi and Baladi, and just moments ago finished Turkish Oriental. I also have Saidi/Assaya and Khaleegy under folkloric styles.

More to come, and I hope to make it prettier, too -- but here it is for those who are interested.

Belly Dance Styles - Egyptian, Turkish, Romani, Tribal, American Cabaret, Fokloric

You site is always a treasure trove to read. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you! I wish I had this type of resource a long time ago!

Your the Best!!!! Thank you!

Yay, so glad it's helpful to someone!

I can't get my own students to pay any attention. LOL

I love your articles Lauren<3

You made a great thing to get an overview over the styles!
Good you keep it short, too. A lot of people, especially beginners, zone out as soon as there's too much text.

Yes, great concise approach!

Oooooooh, I know what I'm spending my evening on!!
Thank you Lauren!!!

You guys are making my day. I put the same link on my students yahoo group and crickets chirp. It's just more than they want, I understand. But I'm so happy to have people to share it with!

When I was just a young whippersnapper, with fusionista teachers who mostly didn't know anything about styles, I would read about these things on Bhuz. And the only way to catch a glimpse of each style was to spend $60 on a ratty VHS tape, usually of a single dancer, not an overview of the style.

It took years and a lot of $$$ for me to get any sense of Raqs Sharqi vs. baladi and how either one might be different from what I was seeing locally. And no Turkish videos were available to me at all!

Now, you can spend an afternoon cruising youtube clips for free and get familiar with famous dancers in a whole genre. I think it's AMAZING!!

Thanks so much for posting all the information! I'm always looking for more information, you are making it easier for me! =D

Originally Posted by Lauren_

I've been hard at work lately on *finally* getting enough of these style articles together to be useful to a serious student.

What I'm building is the resource I *wish* I'd had as a student.

So far, I have Egyptian Raqs Sharqi and Baladi, and just moments ago finished Turkish Oriental. I also have Saidi/Assaya and Khaleegy under folkloric styles.

More to come, and I hope to make it prettier, too -- but here it is for those who are interested.

Belly Dance Styles - Egyptian, Turkish, Romani, Tribal, American Cabaret, Fokloric

Thank you Lauren, I have found this most helpful. I will score highly on the next quiz my teacher gives our class after every block.

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Thank you so much!!! Your site is awesome!

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