Argentina Beauty Saida

The Argentina beauty Saida

This dancer is one of my personal favorites. I adore her technique. As a dancer, Saida is vibrant, charming, graceful, and has a wonderful precision. Every movement she creates looks so natural.



In this particular dance piece she has a fantastic grand entrance where she appears from the ground. At first she is seen wearing a over sized purple furry coat. She uses the coat as both a part of her costume and as a dance prop. She reminds me of large glittery peacock showcasing her wings. Even inside that large coat she dances smoothly to the rhythm of the music. And I absolutely love the way she removes her coat. She simply allows the coat to drop slowly off her body as she walks across the stage, so simple yet so beautiful and powerful. Saida knows how to make a show interesting!

I love watching her movements, they are always so flawless and in tune with the music. She's flirty and very sexy, the look works well with her dance character. She can be a great tease.

I want to note that her spins are wild, clean and fiery...oh how they remind me of someone ;)
I also dig her vivacious hair and charismatic smile. Every movement she executes is done with so much power! I love it, love it , love it!

Sometimes she seems to take dancing a little over the top with sexy appeal but I wouldn't note that as a terrible thing. Saida is sexy but keeps it classy which is very important to do in the dance, this especially true with all the nonsense stereotypes history of bellydancers.

This dancer has the talent, skill, energy, and character to rock the stage. This is why I love Saida (;0D)

Favorite 4 year old

My favorite 4 year old.



This is one wild 4 year old and I'm going to have to call myself a fan ;-)

Now I know this video isn't super clear and the distance of video shot is very far, but much can been seen from this video pick. I wish the camera focus was closer but at least viewers can really see this little performer do her thing.

Now one of the first things I couldn't help but notice about this little girl is how shapely she is. I kept looking at her and wondered if they altered her costume and added padding in some places because her body is so curvy, it's almost unbelievable.

She caught my eye when she began to shake her hips with so much confidence and enthusiasm. Her personality is so lively and energetic. The girl know hers talent and isn't worried about showing it off. I couldn't help admire her relaxed professional demeanor. If that girl was at all nervous, that imagine was completely invisible. She is very sassy and coy.

Some technique notes that I must mention:
*She has great hip movements and drop kicks
*Has a clean cane dance skills
*Great energy and stays in character

This peanut even does stomach undulations, how funny is that.
She honestly had me almost tearing, she was so cute and amazing.

I dig the trick she performed to lift the other cane off the floor without making it obvious to the audience that she was trying to seek her other prop. Two canes appeared a little more challenging even for her, but she still young and still great at what she can do with two canes!

This is one small dancer who knows how to shake her stuff with attitude.
Future belly dance diva in the making ;-D

Mr. Mack Daddy of Turkish Isolations

This is the most intense rubber band man I've seen who dances wonderful Turkish style bellydance. When watching him you can't help but this OMG, this is unbelievable! The way he can twist and turn his body makes your head spin.

At times this dancer has completely left me speechless. He has a wonderful way to execute each movement. Very strong dancer indeed. Take a look at the way he can isolate. His isolation's are so well done it's almost freckish!

He also has beautiful turning and spinning skills, his body remains long and flawless each time he spins. His back bends are whole other story within itself. Aside from being one of the best back-bend dancers I've seen, he also has this unusual way of performing belly rolls and body undulations in one. How twisted--- I really dig this performer!

You have to check this out:

The Sarah Skinner Experience

Every so often when I have the opportunity, I like to check out other bellydance performers throughout the city. I love watching other dancers. I also use each visit to meet other dancers with whom I haven't had the pleasure of meeting in person. Due to hectic schedules its hard to stay connected with other dancers, we have to rely on the power of the world wide web to keep us connected. Often enough you can find yourself meeting many dancers online than you do in person and for me that was my situation with the beautiful Sarah Skinner.

Sarah Skinner is very much a familiar face you see at dance venues throughout the city. She has a strong presence online because of her wonderful website , her popular dancing and because she is a talented photographer.

My girlfriend and I finally had the opportunity to witness a live belly dance performance by Sarah Skinner. Ironically that day also happened to be on Sarah's birthday. Her dancing was wonderful. Her dance technique is so much more pleasurable to watch than I even imagined. She was so great I couldn't stop smiling =)

Sarah has lively spirit that emerges when she performs. Something about her energy and presence makes her magnetic. I seen her photo millions of times. She is often photographed between moving veils other times there are photo's of her engulfed in the wind. Many lively photo's that are great to admire. I wondered how her dancing was contrasted with her self portraits. Naturally, I had interest to see her in action...

And I was very much pleased to see her dance:
She was a lot of fun. I admire her dancing spirit which is so full of live. She is a prime example of what I talk about when I mention that dancers need a presence. Emotional is so important as a performer. It's not enough to be a technical dancer who knows all the movements, but being a master at your craft means that you feel the movements. Make the dance your own and have your own voice. Allow your emotions through dance speak for themselves and most importantly connect with your audience.

Sarah does all of this and more. She is the artistic performer.

I seen her not afraid to dance with her hair and giggle in the middle of a performance. You have to admire a dancer who can use creativity to enhance their movements. So much personality and energy from such a sweet little dancer... WOW! I'm so happy I had a chance to see her in action, finally =D

Her dancing inspired me to add her to my video blog as one of my personal favorites.

Here is a dance clip of Sarah in action, this is not the live performance I had the opportunity but to witness but this is still a great dance piece:

Flamenco Bellydance Novela: Isodore Bushkovski

Sahajzha emailed me this clip of wonderfully skilled flamenco belly dance artist named Isodore Bushkovski. Her movements are truly captivating, and her dance piece is a story within itself. She is highly skilled in her art form. She can transcend one style of dance to another without a flaw. She has great dance posture and powerful presence on stage. Wonderful way to blend two different styles!

I like to call this little video number "The Flamenco Belly dance Novela"



This choreography tells a story and this is some of the story that I interpreted from this performance. The story seems to be about a woman becoming her own. The woman is linked to the past and is torn between two worlds. She dances between two worlds to create a place where she can dwell and claim own identity. My favorite part of the performance is when the older dancer who seems to play the mother role appears on the stage to hand over her veil to her daughter.

It's a powerful part of the dance passing the traditional art from mother to daughter. Giving her the veil is the mothers way of passing her wisdom and experience to her daughter. The mother then proceed to help the daughter dress as a dancer which I think is referring to the way the mother helps the daughter dress up on her wedding day. The dancer is then off by herself with two veils as her mother steps to the side and watch her daughter dance.

The mother never loses her presence within the dance piece because she remains sitting on a chair at distance within the room, like a shadow or a found memory for the daughter to look back upon for inspiration and support.

As the dancer is alone with her two veils, I had the impression the symbol was suppose to suggest that she performing her mothers dance. She is dancing and living the way she was taught by her mother. The performs beautiful energy between her two veils and finally realises one that symbolizes her past.

The Dancer is then alone with her one dark veil, the veil is a reflection of herself. She is alone now dancing with the method of her spirit. Very strong performance. I love it!