Athenian Corner

[alonewiththemoon]

I had lots of fun at the Athenian Corner last night.  I did have video that I liked of my drum solo, but something happened in the transfer from the camera to the computer and now the file won't open, and of course I had deleted it from the camera before I realized this, so nobody who wasn't there will ever know how fabulous I was ;-)  The camera's battery had died about two beats before the end of the drum solo anyway, so it wasn't complete.  I did watch it last night on the tv though, so I did get to use the footage for what I wanted it for, feedback.  I was pretty happy with it; the parts that felt eh in performance were eh on film, but the parts that felt good looked good.   My lower back posture still needs work, but my shoulders and upper back are pretty solid.   A local drummer who had never seen me dance before told me how much he liked my dancing and was shocked that he had never seen me before, which I took as a compliment.  Live music is so much fun; sometimes I wonder if I should just grit my teeth and do AmCab style routines so that I can have more live band experience.  I don't know.



Photos by Albert Ma.  Wow my hair is orange. 







In the realm of things I never thought would come out of my brain, while doing my makeup before the show I thought to myself, "I really need some pink glitter..."
 

Comments

[bintblue.livejournal.com]

Awesome photos!! Very expressive.

I totally know what you mean about being shocked about a desire for pink glitter and the like. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Fantastic photos!!! That blue is SOOOOO heavenly

I hear ya on the "things I never thought I would say, do, want" category when for the last time I was going out for a show I said to Walter

Wouldn't it be great if I could make this pink wig hair into a coat and have a coat of hair to match these feathers - they just wouldn't understand at work ;-)

- Edrie

[akashablue.livejournal.com]

"I wonder if I should just grit my teeth and do AmCab style routines so that I can have more live band experience. I don't know."

I debate about that constantly for me as a dancer because I am a Raks Sharqi/Egyptian/Arabic/Pan Arabic style of dancer. So I know what you're going through. It's a harsd call for em at least.

Great pics...you look like you're having fun! :)

[akashablue.livejournal.com]

It's a hard call for me at least. Can't spell today :(

[alonewiththemoon]

half the time I can't spell either :)

It's hard--I want to dance to live music, and thanks to Amira Jamal's training I *can* do AmCab style, but I want to stay focused on the kind of music and movement I love.

I wonder how horribly expensive it is to get an Arabic band together for a hafli...

[akashablue.livejournal.com]

I've also got the I *can* do AmCab style but if given the choice....I don't know. With Amira Jamal training, I can dance to anything ;) But like you, I want to stay focus on the music that truly moves me.

And I've also been wondering how expensive it is to get an Arabic band together for a hafli too. We need more live music in our dance scene!

[alonewiththemoon]

I chatted about this with Najmat last night--a band costs about $800. Which is rather a lot, but it might be possible to break even on a live band hafli if the space it were held in were cheap enough and with enough vendors.

[fieryredhead.livejournal.com]

You look gorgeous! Thanks for sharing the pics!