fun with Atef and Magda
A little while back I ordered a choreography DVD by Atef and Magda Farag with seven or so different dances on it, primarily for the Nubian choreo as I've been curious about how the mechanics of that style. It turned out the DVD is not an instructional per se but a demonstration of each choreo done by Atef or Magda in teaching clothes in front of a mirror. I'd watched bits of it before but today I had time and mental energy to follow along with the quick and snappy Reda style choreo. I did the shamadan choreo several times and filmed myself following along wearing my shamadan. I'm happy to see that the shamadan stays pretty steady. I don't think they're that difficult to dance with, they just take some neck strength and poise. I'll definitely be able to work something up by that August show in Salem. Anyway the DVD was a lot of fun and will be a good resource for the future. I am only slightly more enlightened about how to do Nubian dance than before, and this being Reda it was very Nubia goes to Broadway, but I have a better feel for the core movements now.
Had a lovely Fourth of July up in Rockport--many thanks to the gracious hosts! Much good food and drink and conversation was had and lovely fire dancing was seen. Everybody seemed to like my tofu poke, as it was all eaten up. But I have to say, I think my favorite part of the day was walking from the house to the parking lot about a half mile up the road and realizing that I was about 20 feet ahead of my group because I was walking more quickly than the rest of them and needed to slow down for them to catch up--the way I always do, the way I walk, the way I walk when I don't have an injured foot! Totally made my weekend :-)
Huge improvement in Ianto since his medication started. It was hard to accept that I needed to bring him in, but I'm very glad that I did.
Had a lovely Fourth of July up in Rockport--many thanks to the gracious hosts! Much good food and drink and conversation was had and lovely fire dancing was seen. Everybody seemed to like my tofu poke, as it was all eaten up. But I have to say, I think my favorite part of the day was walking from the house to the parking lot about a half mile up the road and realizing that I was about 20 feet ahead of my group because I was walking more quickly than the rest of them and needed to slow down for them to catch up--the way I always do, the way I walk, the way I walk when I don't have an injured foot! Totally made my weekend :-)
Huge improvement in Ianto since his medication started. It was hard to accept that I needed to bring him in, but I'm very glad that I did.