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I didn't get to see Ava's piece since I was backstage, but I think I recall the masculine portion was based on Persian "Baba Karam", which is the name of a Persian character, a baker who is going out at night to carouse after a hard day's work. It's common for the Baba Karam character to be played by a female dancer. She mentioned backstage that she did some Baba Karam, and then went into a more feminine dance, which I thought sounded like a lot of fun. I have all 3 DVDs but haven't gotten a chance to watch them all yet.
IAMED shows are concert stage productions, and are meant to be opportunities for the dancers to show some artistic innovation and create slightly more theatrical pieces than one might see in an Arabic nightclub or more traditional venue. It's not meant to be limited to nightclub style or folkloric style, etc. The shows are meant to deliver a whole range of "the best of the best" of what is being done in the world of Middle Eastern dance, or at least those performers accessible to come to L.A. be in the shows.
: ) Lilla
(Who did a group piece with some traditional elements and some "creative license" in Belly Dance O'rama #1 )
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