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Originally Posted by Lauren_
That is a HUGE umi, pushed waaay to the back. I've never seen an actual Middle Eastern dancer do that movement, so I wouldn't call it part of the Middle Eastern dance vocabulary. Yes, it looks unsafe to me. Very.
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Totally agree. Not only over extended in the lower back but jerky as well. This is really likely to damage lumbar discs and ligaments.
And like Lauren I've never seen any dance from over there use this movement (I've seen small fast African circles - but not this big cruncher). However, this was the technique we were taught in jazz dance - along with those over extended lumbar arches with a drop over the toes (hurts just to think about it)