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What are the general do's and dont's of dancing with a cane?
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Re: Raks Assaya
Sun, August 10, 2008 - 8:08 AMoops, that's supposed to be "Asaya" -
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Re: Raks Assaya
Mon, August 11, 2008 - 11:26 AMI've always been told to control the urge to excessively twirl and spin the cane, it makes you look more like a drum majorette then a dancer when you twirl too much. -
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Re: Raks Assaya
Tue, August 12, 2008 - 7:47 AMI thought there was also something about pointing it directly at someone but I coulda just made that one up... I dunno. -
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Re: Raks Assaya
Tue, August 12, 2008 - 7:47 AMuh..
about NOT pointing it directly at someone -
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Re: Raks Assaya
Wed, August 13, 2008 - 8:09 PMI've always heard that raks asaya is a spoof of staff fighting. Essentially, you're poking fun at macho fighters by doing exaggerated strikes and blocks overlaid on playful hip and shoulder motions. There's been a move in the States in recent years toward women doing a hybrid of raks asaya and raks tahtiyb--a martial dance using the asa (cane). This new style is less playful and more serious, though uses a lot of the same music and similar motions. -
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Re: Raks Assaya
Sun, August 17, 2008 - 7:44 PMIt is light-hearted, joyous and fun! You are making fun of Raqs Tathib. There was a heated thread many months ago about whether balancing the cane was consider a pure form the of the dance or not. I like balancing it, but then again I am attempting to appeal to an American audience whose attention span may be shorter. I would love to hear how people interpret this dance style around the world.
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Re: Raks Assaya
Tue, August 19, 2008 - 8:19 AMHmmm...maybe someone can tell me where this comes from....
I have Cory Zamora's Power Cane Dancing DVD. In it, she says she was told by her first cane instructor that it is proper twirl it over your heard as like an introduction before you start dancing. But she couldn't remember what it meant or why.
Anyone else heard anything about that?
Also, I've heard that when you spin the cane, if you are rapping it on the floor, you spin it forward, but otherwise, you spin it toward the back.
I'm a terrible cane dancer, so other than these that I've learned on videos, I can't really offer any do's, don'ts or insights. -
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Re: Raks Assaya
Tue, August 19, 2008 - 11:59 AMI have Fifi Abdo's Dallas workshop from last year, and she said when asked that you can twirl the cane any direction you want, and that she tends to spin it backwards because it takes up less room that way but both ways are fine. I'll believe she knows what she's talking about :-)
She also did some balancing, but more as a joke than something serious. -
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Re: Raks Assaya
Tue, August 26, 2008 - 6:36 PMThis dance is originally a folk dance from the saiid (upper egypt), but worked its way north to the clubs long ago. If you're going for a folksy look, you can use your raks balady steps, for a more posh look use your raks sharki steps.
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