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Originally Posted by kahaz
I am actually totally speechless. It was like a car wreck-you don't want to look but you have to.
Kitty
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Yes. *eyes glazed*
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Originally Posted by catwomyn
So many of these clueless little Rachel Brice wannabes running around - if you wanna do burlesque, do burlesque. Your mother might be embarrassed but nobody else would care.
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How can you POSSIBLY think this has anything to do with Rachel Brice? The style was purely cabaret (bad cabaret at that).
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Originally Posted by NajlaHalem
I think the costume is offensive. I know that the tribal people like the garter style, but I don't and this is a particularly unattractive (to me) version.!
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The costume was burly-cabaret. And in most cases of garter-pant assassination in tribal, it at least comes to the mid thigh. This is purely a throwback to Delilah AmCab thighs-a-flarin' with an industrial raver fusion thing.
It was in no way tribal, nor even a poor emulation of tribal, in my opinion. Please, let's stop lumping all the WTF categorized dancing and costuming to tribal. And even if it does have an element of something sometimes found in the outer funky reaches of tribal, doesn't make it tribal either.
My thoughts on the costume were beautifully articulated by Ozma above. If she is such a stellar costumer, as is evidenced by this gorgeous BURLESQUE costume, then she should have a better grasp of appropriate context, as well as proper use of the costume as a tool of the dance. The reason costumes have largely evolved as thay have is to best serve the DANCE. It shouldn't detract, but should enhance. And I am sorry to say...this in no way enhanced this performance.
I am not sure where I would begin with constructive criticism of the dancing itself. I think I would start by suggesting she take that video down from public view.
