BDQ recently stated that if your dance wouldn't thrill without a prop then it is a crutch. Sadie uses not only a regular veil but her costume's arm drapes to accent her dance perfectly. Put that together with the great use of skill and musicality, this is a must watch video.
Showing posts with label choreography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choreography. Show all posts
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Today's Inspiration
I don't like to watch Sadie when she is dancing with her partner. Watch one video of her with her partner and one without and you will see why. In this solo video, I find nothing to fault and a lot to be inspired by.
BDQ recently stated that if your dance wouldn't thrill without a prop then it is a crutch. Sadie uses not only a regular veil but her costume's arm drapes to accent her dance perfectly. Put that together with the great use of skill and musicality, this is a must watch video.
BDQ recently stated that if your dance wouldn't thrill without a prop then it is a crutch. Sadie uses not only a regular veil but her costume's arm drapes to accent her dance perfectly. Put that together with the great use of skill and musicality, this is a must watch video.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Today's Inspiration
I love how she not only shows great skill and musicality but also personality. She gets off the stage so the audience feels more connected to her.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Today's Inspiration
Shushanna is a great individual I have become acquainted with on Bhuz.com. I love the skill and showmanship she shows here. Even though it is a big stage and the audience is not near her she gives enough attention to them that I bet it felt a lot more intimate than it was. Her opening veil work while wearing zills is something I need to work up to.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Today's Inspiration
Beautiful arms and flow. I will definitely want to watch this again when I am working on a drum solo to see the different accents that they used.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Today's Inspiration
Funny at how we baulk at certain costuming that was prevalent so long ago as being scandalous. What would truly make this scandalous now when it wasn't then?
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Today's Inspiration
Besides just great dancing, I love the spunk she shows and her costume. I have some pearls in my costume supplies that have been waiting for a design. I think I have found it here.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Today's Inspiration
Blanca has always been an inspiration of mine. This piece is great to see not only her musicality and dance skill but also how to present a balance number to an audience. She goes around and the audience gets a chance to see it is not an illusion but a real tray with real candles.
Muscles That Hurt and Flying Skirts
I was so tired after troupe practice last night I forgot to post a blog. I'll get this out before my day starts and we'll just forget that it is a few hours late. Okay?
So I did Shape's Bikini Body Countdown workout for only one round. I think I should be up to two rounds starting next week. It is still kicking my behind, and abs, and back. Okay, every muscle hurts right now, but in that delicious after burn sort of way. I also did one round of HIIT during my walk. Once again, I should be able to up that next week to 2 rounds. I'm going to up it one round a week til I reach 4 round of HIIT with each walk. Each round of HIIT I am doing is 14 sets of 10 second sprints and 30 second rests. This happens to correspond with how my GymBoss is programed for BBC so I don't have to sit down and mess with the programing, I just have to get my dog on his leash and go.
Troupe practice was loads of fun and hard work as always. We are working on a new piece of choreography that Ariellah started but never finished. It will be added to our steampunk set for this year. So far it is pretty fun and I love being able to use our gothic moves. Up to this point, we have used a lot of West African and Romani dance moves. As we are a gothic troupe, getting to use our foundation move excites me.
Also last night I bought a skirt from my troupe leader that she no longer wanted. It was a normal 25 yard skirt but she had added satin trim to the bottom hem of it. This addition turned it into a flying skirt! A simple way to do this is to use satin blanket binding at the hem. This is actually what a lot of belly dancers did back in the 60's and 70's for their skirts. Right now my only other 25+ yard skirt is all satin so I don't want to add a heavier weighted fabric to the hem. It is already an arm workout! Any cotton skirts in the future will get this treatment for sure.
Well, off for another day. I have to get my costume together for a preformance tonight as well as my normal Thursday.
Huggs!
So I did Shape's Bikini Body Countdown workout for only one round. I think I should be up to two rounds starting next week. It is still kicking my behind, and abs, and back. Okay, every muscle hurts right now, but in that delicious after burn sort of way. I also did one round of HIIT during my walk. Once again, I should be able to up that next week to 2 rounds. I'm going to up it one round a week til I reach 4 round of HIIT with each walk. Each round of HIIT I am doing is 14 sets of 10 second sprints and 30 second rests. This happens to correspond with how my GymBoss is programed for BBC so I don't have to sit down and mess with the programing, I just have to get my dog on his leash and go.
Troupe practice was loads of fun and hard work as always. We are working on a new piece of choreography that Ariellah started but never finished. It will be added to our steampunk set for this year. So far it is pretty fun and I love being able to use our gothic moves. Up to this point, we have used a lot of West African and Romani dance moves. As we are a gothic troupe, getting to use our foundation move excites me.
Also last night I bought a skirt from my troupe leader that she no longer wanted. It was a normal 25 yard skirt but she had added satin trim to the bottom hem of it. This addition turned it into a flying skirt! A simple way to do this is to use satin blanket binding at the hem. This is actually what a lot of belly dancers did back in the 60's and 70's for their skirts. Right now my only other 25+ yard skirt is all satin so I don't want to add a heavier weighted fabric to the hem. It is already an arm workout! Any cotton skirts in the future will get this treatment for sure.
Well, off for another day. I have to get my costume together for a preformance tonight as well as my normal Thursday.
Huggs!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Today's Inspiration
I love the double veil introduction. I'm sure the costume would be too distracting from close up with that many cutouts in the bra but from the distance filmed I can focus on the dancing. I also liked how she seemed to be using only a few moves.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Today's Inspiration
Today I was picking mostly white costumes for some odd reason. Not only was this a great dance piece showing pauses and musicality but her white costume was not shocking in it's sheerness. I also love how the skirt moved. I found two videos with the same costume. I really love her musicality and that costume!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Today's Inspiration
Fahtiem used simple but effective veil moves. She shows that it does not have to be difficult to be exciting and captivating.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Videos, Choreography, and Perfecting the Art
I have been scouring the internet for new videos to drool over. I don't have the money right now to buy any, but I'm still looking. Today I asked myself why. I have a good number of videos and dvds that I have yet to fully learn from. Choreography that I have yet to learn all the way through. Most choreography that I did know, I don't remember now. I also remembered that Rachel Brice stated once that she first learned by doing the Suhaila Salimpour videos and then taping herself til she looked like Suhaila. That got me thinking.
I have the Suhaila Salimpour videos. They are on VHS they are so old. I have to say though that I never learned the choreography. Part of the reason is that she does the choreography facing you. So if you mirror what you see you are stepping left when she is stepping right. I decided today that I am smart enough to overcome that and that I will learn the choreography. I am gong to start with the beginner.
I plan to do this one section at a time. I can't tell you how many sections there are but she breaks down 4 combinations and then puts them together for the first section. Today I did the breakdown twice through to putting them together and then the together with music and no instruct three more times. It was about 25 minutes with my VCR rewinding between.
How I looked doing it I can't tell you. I am hoping to get the funds up to get a video camera before month's end so that I can see my progress. Once I am have learn this choreography I plan to start alternating between ones I learned but have forgotten and ones I have yet to learn. With taping and then watching myself I should be able to know when there is no energy in my hands or my face gets a weird expression. That way I don't just know the steps but I am polished as well.
I have the Suhaila Salimpour videos. They are on VHS they are so old. I have to say though that I never learned the choreography. Part of the reason is that she does the choreography facing you. So if you mirror what you see you are stepping left when she is stepping right. I decided today that I am smart enough to overcome that and that I will learn the choreography. I am gong to start with the beginner.
I plan to do this one section at a time. I can't tell you how many sections there are but she breaks down 4 combinations and then puts them together for the first section. Today I did the breakdown twice through to putting them together and then the together with music and no instruct three more times. It was about 25 minutes with my VCR rewinding between.
How I looked doing it I can't tell you. I am hoping to get the funds up to get a video camera before month's end so that I can see my progress. Once I am have learn this choreography I plan to start alternating between ones I learned but have forgotten and ones I have yet to learn. With taping and then watching myself I should be able to know when there is no energy in my hands or my face gets a weird expression. That way I don't just know the steps but I am polished as well.
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