Belly Dance about ghawazee dancing en>fr fr>en By roseotto Comments: 4, member since Tue May 26, 2009On Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:37 AM
Hello everyone.
I have a question for you about ghawazee dancing.
Is it use a zill and stick? only zill?
Ghawazee shimmy is variation of 3/4 shimmy???
down out up??? up down out??? 3 Replies to about ghawazee dancing |
re: about ghawazee dancing en>fr fr>en By alanbstardmp Comments: 22, member since Sun Mar 15, 2009On Fri Jul 31, 2009 06:16 AM
belly dancing has gained some popularity in western nations |
re: about ghawazee dancing en>fr fr>en By HulaMan Comments: 13, member since Mon Sep 07, 2009On Mon Sep 21, 2009 01:25 PM
Ghawazee dancing comes from the Ghawazees who were the Gypsies who travelled around providing entertainment. It is believed that they originated from India I think. It is not possible to know exactly how they danced but the following quote may give an idea "H de Vaujany, 1883:
[Of the Ghawazee] Their song is monotonous, slow, singularly primitive and absolutely foreign to musical ideas in our countries, yet it has an indefinable charm. Indeed, its monotony is its strength; in the course of time it submerges the soul in a kind of ecstasy and lulls it into a deep reverie...Egyptian dance has no resemblance at all to dance as we know it in Europe; it consists of a succession of poses, contortions, gestures, which have only one aim - to express or provoke voluptuous feelings..." |
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re: about ghawazee dancing en>fr fr>en By LadybugDancer Comments: 161, member since Thu Jul 09, 2009On Mon Sep 21, 2009 01:36 PM
Not sure if I can be of any help, but I'll give it a go
You can do Zills or Cane - I have never done Zills and Cane, but I know it has been done before.
The type of shimmy it sounds like your describing is what I know as a Hagala shimmy which is Out, Up, Down and then shift across to the other side Out, Up, Down - it was done as a loose 3/4ths shimmy. Most other 3/4ths shimmies I know of start with a Down, Up, Down, Pause. The pause is important since its what helps take place of the 4th beat in the 3/4th time. |