Bagoas - awesome (male) tribal fusion bellydancer
April 18, 2017 12:09 AM Subscribe
Bagoas dances with sinuous and rhythmic beauty and plenty of playfulness. Not typical bellydance/doumbek music most of the time, either. Art of the Belly solo - wow, I say - and a fab duet, Oriental Job and an early (2011) performance at Rakkasah East, with heavy metal cello. Also, a very playful Ya Halla Y'all , with the songs Mr. Sandman and Sheik of Araby. He has more vids, but these are some of the high spots. His FB fanpage, linked from his website, will give you his real name. Originally from Baltimore, he seems to be located in Seattle now.
Just what I thought! As a beginning belly-dancer, I'm very impressed, as a Mary Renault devotee I am squeeing my ass off and starting a new fanfic
posted by runincircles at 5:06 AM on April 18, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by runincircles at 5:06 AM on April 18, 2017 [2 favorites]
Wow, this is great! I really miss my bellydance classes.
posted by Liesl at 6:38 AM on April 18, 2017
posted by Liesl at 6:38 AM on April 18, 2017
My bellydance teacher emphasizes that the arms are the most important thing in bellydance. The first video really shows that - his arm flow is fantastic.
Kamrah is a trans masculine bellydancer based in Chicago, who is very good, and does a lot of teaching , workshops, and performances all over.
(we should have a mefite hafla meetup!)
posted by Fig at 6:45 AM on April 18, 2017 [3 favorites]
Kamrah is a trans masculine bellydancer based in Chicago, who is very good, and does a lot of teaching , workshops, and performances all over.
(we should have a mefite hafla meetup!)
posted by Fig at 6:45 AM on April 18, 2017 [3 favorites]
I totally read this as "Bagpuss dances" the first time.
posted by w0mbat at 11:37 AM on April 18, 2017
posted by w0mbat at 11:37 AM on April 18, 2017
Awesome post! Thanks!
posted by antiquated at 1:31 PM on April 18, 2017
posted by antiquated at 1:31 PM on April 18, 2017
Here's one at Fells Pt Maryland, starts about 45s in, but 1:40 some bizarre music starts and amazingly he dances to it. Anyone know what kind of music this is? Doesn't say in the vid notes.
posted by Listener at 2:14 PM on April 18, 2017
posted by Listener at 2:14 PM on April 18, 2017
Industrial?
posted by antiquated at 3:52 PM on April 18, 2017
posted by antiquated at 3:52 PM on April 18, 2017
Wow, Industrial. I had to google that and the only group on this list whose music I actually know is #1, but I doubt they are much like the others. Odd history that group has. Having listened to nos. 2 and 3 now, I think you might be right about that category. Thanks. Not something I would have ever listened to, and it still blows my mind someone can dance to it. I feel like a square now, but that's okay.
posted by Listener at 4:02 PM on April 18, 2017
posted by Listener at 4:02 PM on April 18, 2017
This is amazingly awesome timing as I just took my first bellydancing class tonight! :D
posted by firei at 6:14 PM on April 18, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by firei at 6:14 PM on April 18, 2017 [1 favorite]
I took a shimmy workshop taught by Kamrah today. A++++++ would go again, but holy bejeezus did they work the heck out of us. By the end, I was barely able to stand , let alone shimmy.
posted by Fig at 6:49 PM on April 22, 2017
posted by Fig at 6:49 PM on April 22, 2017
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