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Originally Posted by amiraates
I have seen Asmahan live and she is absolute the Bomb. She is like a dancing tiger, wow wow wow. Great body, great dancer.
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Have you seen her tiger routine? She truly is a dancing tiger!
I have about an hour long vcd of all Asmahan, plus a few other random clips (including the flower show--she's been doing that one for a while it seems), and it seems to me there's really two Asmahans, or she performs in two different modes. One is the flashy showgirl, with the flower petals, the dancing boys, the elaborate tableaux, etc. The other is a serious raqs sharqi dancer, without all the window dressing. Sometimes the two overlap a bit, sometimes they don't. Showgirl Asmahan is an entertainer with lots of flash and pizzazz but can in all honesty get a bit dull for a belly dancer viewer after a while. Raqs sharqi Asmahan imo is a total powerhouse dancer, very strong and emotional and really mesmerizing, at least for me.