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Originally Posted by ZohraMostafa
The first time I saw a Melaya Leff performance was in the 90's when Amina Goodyear sponsored Nadia Hamdi in a series of workshops in San Francisco.The first time the audience at the show saw Nadia dance with a melaya, many were horrified. They'd never seen such a thing! (Although I must admit that I think they found her gum-chewing the most upsetting.)
Now it seems like lots of people are doing melaya dances. Was it a specific workshop? Performances on YouTube? That the costumes got a lot cuter?
Just curious...
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Hehe, I saw Nadia Hamdi's performance of the Melaya and Shamadan on Amina's video "Nadia in America" . . . I thought she was so cute and fresh that I went to the next workshop in SF that Amina sponsored then on to MPLS when Cassandra sponsored her. I adored her presentations of the dances and sometimes it is hard to see all the imitators.
After that I saw Beata do a darn cute Melaya too when she was in Austin, then Khadeja in Gainesville, FLA . . . and on and on and on . . .
