Old School Jillina!
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11-01-2007, 10:28 PM
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Old School Jillina!
It's so amazing to watch dancers grow...
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11-01-2007, 10:47 PM
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i *think* that was BDUC, egyptian catagory & she came in second. tina
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11-02-2007, 08:12 AM
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I could get used to this!
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Opening music
Hi,
Wow, what a difference!
Do you know the music that she uses for her opening number?
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11-02-2007, 08:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by akashablue
Hi,
Wow, what a difference!
Do you know the music that she uses for her opening number?
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That's called Darb el Habaib. It is on one of Sahra Saeeda's CDs. You can get it from her website or from Dahlal I think.
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11-02-2007, 08:53 AM
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Very cute and bouncy!
And I love the music selection too.
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11-02-2007, 11:39 AM
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I know a lot of people think Jillina's style is quite jazzy, and it's very apparent to me in this early clip. As she's grown, she's definately gotten softer and more internal. This is a great clip!
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11-02-2007, 11:47 AM
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The dancer who won first place, can't remember her name at the moment, performed to the same exact song and did what looked to be the same routine. I'm assuming that was part of the competition? I'm personally not into comps but I kinda like the idea of everyone performing the same routine with their own flavor added to it. It's nice to see the differences.
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11-02-2007, 11:52 AM
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Shaunte, do you have the clip of the winner?
In my experience, performing the same routine is not normal for a comp. And if this is BDOU, it's definitely not the norm today. (I don't know but it could have been at that time, though.)
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11-02-2007, 12:05 PM
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Found it Tabitha! Oops my bad, it is not the same routine just a few similarities, I just watched it again. Sorry, the last time I saw it was a couple of months ago . Her name is Farnush.
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11-02-2007, 12:12 PM
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Thank you! I enjoyed her dancing!
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11-02-2007, 12:17 PM
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the irony is from what i gather nobody ever heard or saw winner again. tina
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11-02-2007, 12:35 PM
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Farah was in Ya Amar for a long time. Very popular with the middle eastern audiences. although not much of a promoter in the worlds of Bhuz, Tribe, etc. She was also one of Angelika's dancers. Last I heard about her, she was working at the Seaside palace...but it has been several years since I lived in LA.
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11-02-2007, 12:56 PM
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I thought I saw a little Sahra Saeeda in her.
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11-02-2007, 07:09 PM
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I've known Farah since we started classes together many years ago and we danced together a lot back then. We're still good friends. It has been a long time since she danced at Seaside. She elected not to continue dancing - lost interest in the "scene". She's an incredibly natural dancer, but she wasn't into a lot of the other aspects of the bellydance world. I can't say I blame her. I asked her just the other day if she would ever consider dancing again, and she says she just has no interest in pursuing it.
When she won that contest, she had been bellydancing for only 2 years. I was there for the preliminaries (and weirdly, I do not remember Farnoosh and Jillina using the same music...I don't think they did in the prelims). Jillina's performance was strong too, but I think the difference was that Farnoosh/Farah had a lot more natural feeling and emotion, and it was the Egyptian category after all. From what I understand, this inspired Jillina to go to Egypt and study Egyptian style more intensively. Sometimes coming in second can really pay off!
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11-02-2007, 07:14 PM
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Wait - and that's not the costume Jillina wore in the prelims the year Farnoosh won either - it was white with jewels all over. Aren't they supposed to use the same music and the same costume for the finals? I'm wondering if this performance by Jillina was a different year....
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11-02-2007, 09:15 PM
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to my knowledge jillina only did bduc once.
yeeeears ago yes they used the same music but not anymore.tina
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11-02-2007, 09:19 PM
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I really enjoyed Farnoosh's dance. :)
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11-02-2007, 11:53 PM
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It's really too bad these are so hard to see - maybe it's because of the transfer from VHS, and the VHS that these came off of had deteriorated? It wasn't that long ago, but the color seems very faded and the picture is fuzzy....
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11-03-2007, 06:31 PM
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Farah is in the Ya Amar "Al Dunia" vid I have. She sticks out in every number she's in. She was by far the best dancer in that show! I used to practice to that vid every day in 2000. I looked for her online a few years ago and only could find her on Sahra's site in the alumni section of Ya Amar.
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11-03-2007, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by melania
Farah is in the Ya Amar "Al Dunia" vid I have. She sticks out in every number she's in. She was by far the best dancer in that show! I used to practice to that vid every day in 2000. I looked for her online a few years ago and only could find her on Sahra's site in the alumni section of Ya Amar.
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Oh yeah, the bandari number in that show was soooo much fun! She would be the one who stuck out in it....  (She is Persian, actually!)
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11-03-2007, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by melania
Farah is in the Ya Amar "Al Dunia" vid I have. She sticks out in every number she's in. She was by far the best dancer in that show! I used to practice to that vid every day in 2000. I looked for her online a few years ago and only could find her on Sahra's site in the alumni section of Ya Amar.
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I liked Sahra the best, but I agree that Farah has TREMENDOUS star quality. |
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11-03-2007, 10:07 PM
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i love jillina too but wow that farnush is so natural. it's really a shame she doesn't dance anymore.
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11-03-2007, 10:26 PM
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Who could not love Sahra? (Of course I'm biased... I was in Ya Amar too... ) I never, ever get tired of seeing her dance.
I'm also a big Jillina fan. 
In case anyone's totally confused, Farnoosh (that's the way she spelled it) was her name at the time of the contest (birthname) but she now goes by Farah. Yeah, believe me, we've all been trying to talk her into going back to dancing again for years. I've given up. I'm just gonna accept her as she is, as a beautiful dancer and person, who doesn't want to dance. Of course, she's still young and has plenty of time to change her mind.... (Now I can't tell her about this thread, because then she'd read this! Are you lurking, Farah??? LOL) |
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11-03-2007, 10:45 PM
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i was in angelika's class with farnoosh/farah during that time as well and farnoosh/farah is tremendously talented.
lilla, please tell her i said hello.
that year i believe the finals were done to music pre-determined by the organizers, as it was the following year when i competed.
i remember when hallah was making that gold costume for jillina [in video]. there must have been millions of pieces and jewels. wish the video quality was better so you could see it. it was fantastic.
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