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[alonewiththemoon]

I put my Ideas into action today at the Dance Complex, and I think I'm on to something! I wasn't sure if the music would work but it works very, very well. I have also discovered that I can do floorwork with my wings, hooray once again for yoga because my quads aren't sore at all. Funny, I really wouldn't dream of doing floorwork for my traditional stuff but I like it integrated into the goth stuff. My arms are very achy from swirling them wings though.

This was the first time in a couple of months that I've danced somewhere with mirrors. And it was a good experience. I kept being struck by how darn goth I was looking, which is good since I'm working on gothic music--meddevi, I thought of you and the "you know it when you see it" definition of gothic belly dance. I'm coming to think it really is more about attitude than fusing in separate movement per se, although I definitely do bring in some club moves or execute some regular movements differently. I'm still thinking it all through, but I'm coming to think of gothic bellydance as less of a fusion and more of a subgenre born of a specific time and social space. That would certainly help explain the judges' reaction to what I did at the Belly Dance Awards. Anyway, something to ponder.

Seti threw up several times this morning, which is a matter for some concern. He seemed to be ok afterwards, but I'm keeping an eye on him. Ferrets don't really throw up that often, unlike dogs and cats. It's somewhat possible that he ate a clove stolen from an empty baklava wrapper--it's not poisonous to ferrets, but I would imagine the equivalent weight of cloves would make a person feel a bit upset in the tummy. Poor noodle.

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[firefly124.livejournal.com]

I have also discovered that I can do floorwork with my wings

Wow. I'm seriously impressed. My teacher goes into sort of a genuflect with her wings, but I can't imagine going any lower with them.

Where did you buy yours again? I thought I had it bookmarked, but apparently not.

[alonewiththemoon]

I bought my wings from Ayshe, who may not have invented them but certainly did a lot towards popularizing them. Her prices are among the higher you'll see for wings but the quality is very good and I found her a joy to work with. Her site is wingsofayshe.com.

Today my quads ache :)

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks. I've just sent her an email to see if she would be able to find fabric for the (per usual: weird) idea that I had. Assuming I should even be spending the money.

I bet that's a good quad ache, though!

yeah :)

[meddevi.livejournal.com]

"I'm coming to think of gothic bellydance as less of a fusion and more of a subgenre born of a specific time and social space."

That's definitely a thought...I think it is its own animal, but in belly dance terms, people are more comfortable at the moment in the concept of fusion, despite how much they hate fusion *grin*

And yeap, I love floorwork with wings :)

[mashuta.livejournal.com]

are you by chance performing anywhere in the next week or so? i'd love to watch me some goffic bellydance! :D

[alonewiththemoon]

Sadly, I'm not--I'm performing at the Middle East on Jan. 8, but that's regular traditional stuff.