Comments on: Life as a Bellydancer: http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/02/26/najialife-as-a-bellydancer/ Belly Dance News & Events Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ask Yasmina #12 | Belly Dance News & Events - Gilded Serpent http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/02/26/najialife-as-a-bellydancer/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Ask Yasmina #12 | Belly Dance News & Events - Gilded Serpent Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:26:27 +0000 http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/?p=1267#comment-819 [...] Life as a Bellydancer: A Dancer’s Dilema by Najia Marlyz Next came my surprising reality check. It stung me pitifully when I was introduced [...] [...] Life as a Bellydancer: A Dancer’s Dilema by Najia Marlyz Next came my surprising reality check. It stung me pitifully when I was introduced [...]

]]> By: A Sense of Humor: It Can Help! | Belly Dance News & Events - Gilded Serpent http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/02/26/najialife-as-a-bellydancer/comment-page-1/#comment-800 A Sense of Humor: It Can Help! | Belly Dance News & Events - Gilded Serpent Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:04:15 +0000 http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/?p=1267#comment-800 [...] Life as a Bellydancer: A Dancer’s Dilema by Najia Marlyz Next came my surprising reality check. It stung me pitifully when I was introduced [...] [...] Life as a Bellydancer: A Dancer’s Dilema by Najia Marlyz Next came my surprising reality check. It stung me pitifully when I was introduced [...]

]]> By: Pauline Costianes http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/02/26/najialife-as-a-bellydancer/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Pauline Costianes Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:38:03 +0000 http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/?p=1267#comment-795 Wow! I was thinking the other day what a damned shame it is that finally in my forties I could dance with ease, and now in my fifties less so, but what a wealth of information I had to share. I always told my students that this dance wasn't about "a babe in a bedlah" but it was about the stories that a more mature, lived, seasoned woman had to tell. But yes, our culture wants the beautiful young chickies(the whole BDS thing) and relegates the rest of us off into a corner. I guess that's why I'm glad I've been involved in a group with a more folkloric bent. We can carry on a little longer than the cabaret types.   Wow! I was thinking the other day what a damned shame it is that finally in my forties I could dance with ease, and now in my fifties
less so, but what a wealth of information I had to share. I always told my students that this dance wasn’t about “a babe in a bedlah” but it was about the stories that a more mature, lived, seasoned woman had to tell. But yes, our culture wants the beautiful young chickies(the whole BDS thing) and relegates the rest of us off into a corner.
I guess that’s why I’m glad I’ve been involved in a group with a more folkloric bent. We can carry on a little longer than the cabaret types.
 

]]> By: Barbara Grant http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/02/26/najialife-as-a-bellydancer/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Barbara Grant Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:43:24 +0000 http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/?p=1267#comment-794 "No longer could I treat dance as if I were a dilettante." I love that line...how many of us have come to the same decision point? For me, it was not about dance, but about my other (scientific) career.  I made similar sacrifices and lost financial security and stability while putting my "art" (science) first. And I, too, wonder today whether I made the right choices. Interesting article, Najia, very thought-provoking. “No longer could I treat dance as if I were a dilettante.”

I love that line…how many of us have come to the same decision point? For me, it was not about dance, but about my other (scientific) career.  I made similar sacrifices and lost financial security and stability while putting my “art” (science) first. And I, too, wonder today whether I made the right choices. Interesting article, Najia, very thought-provoking.

]]> By: Vikki C. Tracy http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/02/26/najialife-as-a-bellydancer/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Vikki C. Tracy Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:12:20 +0000 http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/?p=1267#comment-793 Thank you for this article ! I find myself at 40 yrs. old, and wondering if these same things . All the young and upcoming dancers...where do we (or and aging "I") fit in ? Thank you again for bring hidden words out into the open....because you know we are thinking it ! I look forward to reading the rest of your articles as soon as I get done writing this . Love , Light & Dance , Vikki Tracy Springfield, MO Thank you for this article ! I find myself at 40 yrs. old, and wondering if these same things . All the young and upcoming dancers…where do we (or and aging “I”) fit in ?
Thank you again for bring hidden words out into the open….because you know we are thinking it !

I look forward to reading the rest of your articles as soon as I get done writing this .

Love , Light & Dance ,
Vikki Tracy
Springfield, MO

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