Thread: Sharing Time - Post one of you & one of your inspirations

I've been jonesin' to see some new and interesting belly dance clips and just randomly searching tends to be less than fruitful.

So I thought, time for a fun new thread - pick you current favorite video of yourself and a favorite inspiration video of another dancer (not yourself) that you really like.

I'll start. hmmmm... actually... this afternoon I will post my picks. I'm having a hard time choosing just now. But feel free to post your picks. I'm excited to see what everyone chooses.

:-)

One of my really big inspirations has been Leila of Cairo. She's also a tall, lanky dancer and it's so nice to see that the Egyptian style can work with this body type.




Here is my most recent video and one that I'm quite pleased with. I've come a long way from bounding all over the stage with helicopter hands.

What a great thread! I love it when you Bhuzzers post videos of yourselves, I've found a lot of great new dancers to watch.

OK <gulp> I'll go ....

Fifi Abdo is one of my all-time favorite dancers, idol and inspiration. Here she is in one of my favorite clips:



And me trying to channel her spirit -- looking nothing like her but having a lot of fun!

cool! these are great! Thanks for sharing your clips. Okay, so I finally picked mine out, but I'm waiting for one of them to upload so I'll be posting shortly.

:-)

This is one of my latest discoveries: Anna Borisova. I've been watching this video A LOT: I love her interpretation and the orchestra is just fabulous!



And here is my current favorite video of myself:



Looking forward to see what everyone else will post. What a great idea!

okay! Yay! another one joined the fun. Okay, here are my picks for today.

A dancer who inspires me dancing in a way only she can pull off to one of my favorite pieces of music.

Mona Said dancing to Lessa Faker:

http://youtu.be/_SvM5HX00BQ

and not directly inspired by Mona in any way, but my most recent performance, so therefore the most currently interesting to me,

Me dancing to Andah Aleik:

http://youtu.be/M6viHHwHn6o

okay, post more. I'm loving this so far. :-)

hmm, why aren't mine embedding like everyone else's?

trying again...

http://youtu.be/M6viHHwHn6o


http://youtu.be/_SvM5HX00BQ

bah, still not working....ah well...you can click on the links.

I totally love Sa'Diyya from Texas, she's an awesome dancer and person! Here's her latest video:

http://youtu.be/eL0FzzzvEhc

And here's one of me dancing to live music recently:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jewelsda.../2/rfBvOEdKlfQ

Great thread idea^^ I love a lot of dancers, maybe my favorites are the classical; Samia Gamal, Taheya Karioka, Soheir Zaki, Naima Akef, Nagwa Foad...all!! all of them have something I want for me...I love dancers like Dina or Soraia Zaied too...
One day one egyptian man in the local I work said (in arabic, my lessons are useful!!!!) that I look as Nagwa Foad (maybe one of the most beautiful compliments I´ve heard *_*)
Well, here one of my inspirations (only one of them all, I love this video)



And here my last video in youtube

yay! Thanks for sharing. I've been really enjoying all the videos.

OK please go easy on me for I am not a seasoned pro like so many of you! I've danced on stage in full costume at various events over the years, but somehow or other I've never managed to get a decent video out of any of those performances. A couple of years ago some of my non-BD friends asked to see a clip of me dancing so I recorded this video in my living room (feeling totally dorky performing for a camera with no one else around). It remains the only video I have available to share at this time. I hope to change that before long, though.

Kozmique dancing - YouTube

It was about a year after I recorded the video that I ran into this video of Hayatem and recognized the exact sense of style and natural ease that I hold as an ideal. I know I am nowhere near as good a dancer (that would be a goal), but I think I'm capable of radiating a similar energy - and hey, we share the same taste in dresses (give or take a few paillettes)!

Bellydancer Hayatem Part 3 ( full vers.) - YouTube

No need to worry, this isn't a judging thread, this is an enjoyment thread and your piece was totally enjoyable. You are such a nice relaxed dancer. <3

Originally Posted by kozmique

OK please go easy on me for I am not a seasoned pro like so many of you! I've danced on stage in full costume at various events over the years, but somehow or other I've never managed to get a decent video out of any of those performances. A couple of years ago some of my non-BD friends asked to see a clip of me dancing so I recorded this video in my living room (feeling totally dorky performing for a camera with no one else around). It remains the only video I have available to share at this time. I hope to change that before long, though.

Kozmique dancing - YouTube

It was about a year after I recorded the video that I ran into this video of Hayatem and recognized the exact sense of style and natural ease that I hold as an ideal. I know I am nowhere near as good a dancer (that would be a goal), but I think I'm capable of radiating a similar energy - and hey, we share the same taste in dresses (give or take a few paillettes)!

Bellydancer Hayatem Part 3 ( full vers.) - YouTube

Originally Posted by shems

No need to worry, this isn't a judging thread, this is an enjoyment thread and your piece was totally enjoyable. You are such a nice relaxed dancer. <3

Thank you Shems, that means a lot coming from you!