Dancing with a ball...

topic posted Wed, July 1, 2009 - 5:28 AM by  Isa
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I've had this idea for a dance to a particular song stuck in my head for ages now, and while normally I haven't ventured too much into using props, this idea involves using a glowing ball. This brings me to ask two questions.

Where could I aquire a glowing white ball?

Would belly dancing with such an orb be viable one or would it be too tricky to really be worth trying?

Any thoughts/suggestions/ect. would be much apriciated.
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Isa
offline Isa
Pittsburgh
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  • Re: Dancing with a ball...

    Wed, July 1, 2009 - 11:28 AM
    Glowing orbs:

    www.houseofrave.com/big-rain...ball.html

    www.houseofrave.com/led_jugg...alls.html

    I think it would be possible, but it will take a LOT of practice. For ideas, look up any websites that talk about contact juggling (also for additional suppliers of glowing orbs).

    For some reason, I have an image in my head of one of the famous bellydance video queens (Suhaila? Princess Farhana? Other????) dancing or at least posting with a ball while in costume. But I can't seem to find anything at the moment. Perhaps someone else will have ideas.

    If you follow through and dance with it, please be sure to video it and share it with the rest of us.
  • Re: Dancing with a ball...

    Thu, July 2, 2009 - 8:37 AM
    I'm reminded of Rhythmic Dancing, that Olympian sport where gymnast/dancers have props. One of them is a ball. It would be interesting to see bellydance incorporate this prop - there's so much you could extend from it such as circular, roundish movements, spins, etc.

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