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[alonewiththemoon]

The fact that Suhaila is claiming to have invented a new form of belly dance called Folkloric Fusion rather irks this dancer who has been doing gothic raqs assaya for a while now. I'm sure I'm not the only one doing that sort of thing. She's just riding trends, a prettier Miles Copeland. Hmmph.

(for that matter, what really was American Tribal Style in the very beginning if not folkoric fusion?)

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[tisana.livejournal.com]

Eh? Wait, she's claiming to have invented the kind of dance all the belly dancers did at ManRay on a regular basis?

Er...okaaaay. But no. Maybe she's just developed her own style. I can accept that.

Hey, do you remember the name of the belly dancer who was on the Ed Sullivan show doing the quarters trick? I'd love to see that video collection, now.

[alonewiththemoon]

I'm just having a hard time seeing how different it is from old school Bal Anat or FatChanceBellyDance, just with some Suhaila trademark moves thrown in and a more sparkly costume on top. Not really ManRay type stuff, but still, it doesn't seem that original.

That dancer was Helena Vlahos--it seems like she's still out there performing and teaching! Her second photo gallery has some still photos of the coin trick.

[meddevi.livejournal.com]

is there actually any REAL info? I don't see anything on the site besides the title...and what was announced on tribe...

She's good at "appropriation" that's for sure...

[alonewiththemoon]

That's all I've seen, the limited info at her site and tribe. Maybe there's more to this than the initial impression, I don't know...

She dressed her troupe in corset belts once, didn't she.