alonewiththemoon | (no subject)

I don't know why I'm feeling so nervous about presenting a piece I'm working on in tonight's dance class, but I'm jumpier than a sack of cats on speed. I'm dancing to it on Sunday as well, but that doesn't seem to bother me as much somehow. I guess it's because I've been struggling with it a bit over the last week, but I chose the music on purpose because I knew it would challenge me (Sami Nassair's Enter the Rakkasa, from Beyond the Desert, for those to whom that means anything). The music requires a lot of travelling steps, and I tend to stay relatively rooted if I don't push myself. Last night I worked on it and felt like I was just being too loopy and turning too much, but then I watched footage of Tahiya Carioca dancing to a similar piece of music, and she was pretty loopy and turny too. I think the difference is I just look loopy when I'm loopy, and she looks elegant. Sigh.

I think I know what my next major costume purchase will be though--a recreation of the costume Tahyia's wearing in that clip (I forget the name of the movie it's from, but it's on the Legends of Bellydance DVD, her second clip, Tableau 2). It's a black and white film, so I get to make up the colors; I'm thinking copper and silver combined. Local costumer Shadia can definitely do this kind of work; it won't be cheap, but it won't be more expensive than a quality off-the-rack costume (which to me means between $500 and $700 for a full costume) and it will be made to fit and in exactly the colors I want.

I'd really like this week to be over.