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Originally Posted by Lauren_
Thank you for sharing! I was familiar with those, EXCEPT for the mayas with heels down. (some of it I learned from Hadia in the first place!) Interesting about the mayas.
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Originally Posted by ssipes
Are you saying that weighted down hips in general are bad? As in Souhair Zaki's signature movement? Because that takes out a huge chunk of the modern Egyptian movement vocabulary.
Sedonia
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The one thing I truly love about Hadia is that she admits that she's still learning and changing things. I took Level 1 with her in Victoria BC in Aug.07 and Level 2 in Calgary in Oct/Nov07. She told us that there were things she used to teach and now she does not anymore and always explains why. I will try to dig up some of my notes and add more to this ;)
Also, regarding the vocab...The point Hadia made was that so many times, there is a language barrier between the instructor and the student. Specifically if the instructor is from Egypt or wherever, was brought up dancing, and does not speak english; the movement is in their body and they can't always convert that to words. So, what has happened, is that we see with our EYES and emulate what is happening without feeling it in our body instead. Hence, this awful owie tick tock movement. Because the instructor can't explain what she is doing in a way that we will explain, we are shown and we do the best we can...even if it HURTS!
Once again, I do have the explanation on how to do that somewhere, I just have to find it ;)
Hope that helps!