I figured I would do it now since I actually have something interesting to say right now. :D
This weekend I went to Regina for a Tribal Bellydance workshop. It was great. I learned a lot, tried out some East Indian style dancing called Kathak. It is very beautiful, but hard on my feet since it had a lot of hard, barefooted, stomping. Definitely some aspects that could be used by the Tribe I belong to. We are called Octiana (not sure on the spelling at this time), it means "my sisters". I am very excited to add in the new moves we have learned this weekend. We will be getting DVDs of the performances on Saturday night, it was wonderful. The energy in the room had me reeling, it was very magical and exciting. We are hoping we will be good enough next year to perform. My Tribe is very new, we have only been dancing as a group for about a year now, so we have a ways to go. Lots of practicing together and at home is what I am seeing.
I am still enjoying Cabaret style belly dancing but American Tribal has a different energy to it. It can be aggressive, gentle, earthy, confident, energizing, comforting, threatening all at the same time. It depends on the the moves, the music, the arrangement of the dancers and the costuming and makeup. Cabaret is showy and glittery, it can be slow or fast or in between. Tribal can be the same but it is vastly different because of the moves. You would have to see it to understand the differences. I LOVE dancing! Never thought I would since I didn't start dancing until about 3 years ago, which means I was 30 when I started. Wish I had started sooner. LOL
So the weekend was good, 6 hours to Regina on Friday, no sleep that night for unknown reasons, danced all day, went to Red Lobster for supper and had my first lobster and crab legs. Very good, I will get just lobster next time as the one I had was really small. Then the performances were Saturday night. Got a good sleep and up a bit later on Sunday. Went to one more workshop on Sunday, Basket Dancing, very neat, and they worked us hard. We danced non-stop for the whole 2 hours! Then we drove 6 hours back to Medicine Hat after we decided to skip a trip to Chapters. We all spent way too much at the Souk during the workshop. I bought a couple of huge rings, a sari fabric, dvd and a green oriental brocade belt with yarn hanging down.
Here are some pics:
So they aren't the best pics but I think you get a sense of what the items look like. I can't wait to dance with my rings and I might even dance with my new belt too. We shall see what we decide for costuming on Wednesday as our recital is on Sunday.Now on to the activities for this week.
Today, I had surgery to remove a lymph node that was swollen after a wasp sting in August. I have to wait about 2 weeks for results, hopefully all is well. One neat thing today was that I got to pick the area where the incision was placed. It should be in a place that makes it easier to hide or not be noticed, compared to the one on my right side. :D
Due to the surgery I am unsure whether I will be performing this weekend at our recital at Medicine Hat College. The plan is that I will take it easy this week and then dance on Sunday. I have 2 practices this week, Tues and Wed, for Cabaret and Tribal (repsectively). The arm work might have to be left out or toned down but I will do the leg work and such as much as I am able. As long as I don't hurt too much I will be dancing on Sunday. Boy do I hope I will be able to perform. :D
I still have to work this week too, but I am not supposed to do much heavy lifting. I work day shifts so I should be ok. There will be others around to share that task. Yeah I like to do too much sometimes, but I know how to be careful. Too much important stuff to do to risk causing myself problems for later.
Ok, this is long enough for my first post. And now it is officially Tuesday, rather than Monday, which is when I started this post. *sigh*
I will keep you posted as I have the time this week.
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