Sunday, October 29, 2006
I just visited the photo gallery of a California bellydancer, teacher, impresario. She puts on a big show in Hollywood every October.
Leela.
I am aghast!
About half the "bellydancers" in the shows in the gallery are wearing bedlah, but they seem to have forgotten their skirts. Just a mid-thigh length belt. One pair in the 2004 show are wearing nothing but pasties, thong, and a long string of beads.
The bellydance police should make her remove "bellydance" from the show flyers. If she wants to call them exotic dancers, ok. But calling them "exotic bellydancers" is taking the form back to when bellydancers were grouped with strippers. It's been a long hard battle for respect, and The Dance doesn't need stuff like this.
It's spreading. Some eastern seaboard dancers have already caught the "Vegas Wannabe Virus" (VWV - I get credit for naming it!).
1 comment:
Fishnet stockings do not substitute for harem pants. And if you ARE wearing tight pants (thank you for that, at least) you do NOT kneel on the apron with your knees far apart, and then lean back, presenting your crotch to the audience.
Do like Aparecida's costume, though.
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