Thread: -BALADI-

My performance - Baladi by Loretta(16years)

Well done. You looked very confident and at home up there on the stage.

You have lots of talent and good musicality and stage presence, I'd say based on the first clip (am low on broadband and cannot watch the second). What I would like to see is a little more attention to your posture, specifically engaging the lower abs and working on a straighter spine and stronger core. It might not hurt now but I fear dancing constantly with such a dropped pelvis will cause you trouble later in life. (Incidentally, I had a student years ago who had a lot of curve in her back; she could still engage in front and used to be very handy as a "model" to show people with way more curved out backs than me that it *could* be done. So it is not just how your back is.)

Bravo!

You clearly love to dance and work hard at it! Way to go!

I do agree with Zumarrad, though. If you engage more with your lower abs, your posture will be better and you'll add more control and gooeyness to your hipwork.