Belly Dancing kakis

[Candy]

Hello everybody, I am new here.
I started my first formal dance training (in chinese and ballet dance) when I was in sec 1. After the O levels, I took 8 yrs break from dancing and finally decided to get my heels n toes moving again last Nov 04
Only 6mths into belly dancing. Looking for kakis here. Hehehe...
I must say the tips for dancing is very useful here. Esp there is a thread about moving the head from side to side like an egyptian. I followed one of the instructions and well, ermmm...some improvement.
I hadnt been able to acheive that in my belly dance class

 

[pygmalion]

kakis? :?

And, btw, welcome.

 

[Candy]

oops....looks like my singlish is not being understood...hehe sorry
I mean, I mean, people who are also like me, into belly dancing

 

[Sabor]

i'm into watching women dance it and cheering them on while hyperventilating..

plus.. i think the side to side head move is more typically Indian.. than it is Egyptian..

 

[Pacion]

plus.. i think the side to side head move is more typically Indian.. than it is Egyptian..

I think the "pop culuture" may have had a hand in this. I have forgotten who the band is, but there is a song called "walk like an egyptian" and the singers/dancers were doing side to side/forward and aback stuff with their heads :roll:

 

[Sabor]

plus.. i think the side to side head move is more typically Indian.. than it is Egyptian..

I think the "pop culuture" may have had a hand in this. I have forgotten who the band is, but there is a song called "walk like an egyptian" and the singers/dancers were doing side to side/forward and aback stuff with their heads :roll:

yeah i know that song and saw the clip.. LOL t'was funny..

there u go .. miscomprehension at its best :lol:

 

[dancersdreamland]

Welcome to the Forum Family, Candy!

I think I was just chatting with you on the other Dance Forums for non-partner dancing. Delighted to see you found your way here as well!

 

[pygmalion]

oops....looks like my singlish is not being understood...hehe sorry
I mean, I mean, people who are also like me, into belly dancing

Oh. Cool. 8)

 

[Lucretia]

I have forgotten who the band is, but there is a song called "walk like an egyptian" and the singers/dancers were doing side to side/forward and aback stuff with their heads :roll:

It was The Bangles. Soundsample at Yahoo. But no video. I want that video ...one of my favs.

/lucretia

 

[HothouseSalsero]

I think some of that "walk like an Egyptian" stuff comes from the way ancient Egyptian painting almost always showed profiles, rather than straight-ahead faces.

I think there might be some movements like that in Arab dancing though. I think I saw a Mauritanian performer do something like that once. (Not purely Arab, no, but a heavily Arab-influenced culture.)

 

[Candy]

Walk like egyptian?
Incidentally, I can never do the pharoah walk properly...I just look like a drunk idiot walking irregularly not in a straight line in my belly dance class

 

[Sabor]

Incidentally, I can never do the pharoah walk properly

:shock: there's a pharoah walk in bellydance class now??

either i'm living in another country than i thought ..or.. they're doing some pretty imaginative stuff in that class :lol:

 

[cocodrilo]

Walk like egyptian?
Incidentally, I can never do the pharoah walk properly...I just look like a drunk idiot walking irregularly not in a straight line in my belly dance class

I can do that sideways and backwards! I can also do the "Indian 'Dancing Mughal' movement" with my head as well. (Always good to break the ice in an anal retentive remedial ELS class!)
As for the musical & presentational selection, give me Steve Martin's "King Tut" any day! :lol:

 

[Candy]

Incidentally, I can never do the pharoah walk properly

:shock: there's a pharoah walk in bellydance class now??

either i'm living in another country than i thought ..or.. they're doing some pretty imaginative stuff in that class :lol:

The thing goes, u roll ur hip from backward to front bringing the leg together as well, and after that, side on the right.
I hope I am describing right...

 

[Pacion]

Incidentally, I can never do the pharoah walk properly

:shock: there's a pharoah walk in bellydance class now??

either i'm living in another country than i thought ..or.. they're doing some pretty imaginative stuff in that class :lol:

The thing goes, u roll ur hip from backward to front bringing the leg together as well, and after that, side on the right.
I hope I am describing right...

:lol: soiunds like Sabor should start giving some lessons :lol: