Jalilah’s Balady | Belly Dance Improvisation at Ahmed Hussien’s Summer Camp Hafla скачать в хорошем качестве

Jalilah’s Balady | Belly Dance Improvisation at Ahmed Hussien’s Summer Camp Hafla

July 20, 2024 “Who is she?” ~Every meme on the internet Have you ever heard a song and immediately written a back story for it? I do it quite often with the music I dance to; this one was no different. I feel like it helps set the tone for how I want to interpret and improvise my dance. If you’ve never done it, I highly recommend it. If nothing else, it’s really fun! We had just had a masterclass workshop with the Queen of Beledi herself, Lubna Emam, on Beledi. She explained that Beledi is the people’s dance; it comes from the country, and is not elegant per se, but is very feminine. That you don’t follow the drums, but you follow the melody. It’s earthy, and lower to the ground, vs Oriental, where you make yourself long. Of course it was difficult for me to pick a song, and it was a toss up between a Beledi and a Mejance. I couldn’t choose, so the day of the hafla, I had my mentor, Ahmed Hussien, pick the genre. He picked Beledi. Thus the backstory to Jalilah’s Balady was born. Jalilah was a regular woman. Lived in town and didn’t get up to much. But every man swooned over her, and they couldn’t put their finger on why. “There’s just something about Jalilah…” And every woman was green with envy. They couldn’t understand why every man in town drooled over her. “There’s nothing special about Jalilah…” However. Any time there was a social gathering, it never failed that Jalilah was requested to dance. And she would happily oblige. This was where the magic would happen. You see, it was at the very moment that her Beledi would start, that she suddenly changed. She didn’t dress different, or wear different makeup. Sometimes she didn’t even have makeup on. It was something about the music that lit a spark in her eye, and turned the corner of her lip up in just the right way. You couldn’t really see it. It was miniscule, but it made a fantastic difference in how she was suddenly perceived. Maybe it was the way she looked at you; maybe it was the way she smiled. Maybe it was the way she confidently walked to the rhythm of the music, or the way her arms snaked so gracefully. Maybe it was something different for each person who was watching. But one thing was clear: “There’s just something about Jalilah…” Song: Jalilah’s Balady by Mokhtar Al Said and El Farka el Mesaya ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I want to thank Ahmed Hussien and ‪@AnoushBellyDance‬ for putting on this fantastic Summer Camp, filled with amazing classes by such masters in their craft. I’m extremely grateful to have had such an opportunity! Also please don’t forget to visit my website, subscribe to my mailing list, and leave me a review at adaperforms.com