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3. Rachel Brice no longer calls herself "tribal"; she calls herself "dark cabaret" which I find even more (for want of a better word) annoying.

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No offense but I'm curious...What annoys you about that term? Or are you annoyed by her redefining what she does?

I actually had the good fortune to attend Rachel Brice's Dark Cabaret Workshop in Chicago. I believe the name described well the content of the workshop which focused on a choreography to a funky song by the group Man Man. Other than sidewinders, I don't recall any of the steps or combos in the choreography seeming at all based on ATS. She described the moves using American Cabaret terms. (An aside: I understand that "American Cabaret" is a term not favored by many here on Bhuz but it is a useful way of describing a style of belly dance to a wide majority of belly dance students.)

I believe there were also some moves that she described as more "Egyptian" in style along with the many "fusion" moves which I recognized from studying jazz and ballet. The music and "attitude" we tried to convey through our movements and facial expressions qualified it as "Dark" (i.e. sassy, macabre and tongue-in-cheek).

So since what she taught really wasn't Tribal, Tribal Fusion or anything resembling ATS at all, I thought it wise of her to avoid using that term. I had a pretty clear expectation of what I would learn in the workshop and I was not disappointed.