Favorite "traditional" piece

topic posted Thu, March 10, 2005 - 10:41 AM by  Miss Red
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Okay, so I notice that other moderaters are leading nice little discussion threads and always being one to follow the crowd (insert a big snort here) I thought I'd do the same. Actually I just know a good idea when I see one.

So what is your favorite piece of "traditional" Middle Eastern music? What's your favorite non-traditional?

My favorite traditional is Bitwannes Beek. Stop laughing, Anajahela! I rave about that song all the time. We're hoping to write a piece for the REG Project's version of it. I also really love the one from 1001 Nights.

My favorite non-traditional? Probably Dead Can Dance and I am a bum because I forget the name but it's the first track from Into the Labyrinth. Der.

Okay, next?
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Miss Red
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  • Re: Favorite "traditional" piece

    Thu, March 10, 2005 - 11:01 AM
    Favorite traditional piece, hm? I really like the one that Anajahela is thinking of using as her next solo. I don't know the name, though. I don't know the name of most of the traditional stuff I like because I only hear it in class or during rehearsals. If someone wanted to make me a mix cd. . . .

    Oh, wait. You gave me the one from your class. Which I forgot about in the midst of Dance From the Heart rehearsals. *roots in cd pile* Yeah. I need to listen to this.

    Non-traditional? There's a lot. I keep coming up with ideas for choreographing Siouxsie songs. Until I actually sit down to choreograph Siousxie songs. Then, I got nothin'. But DCD is a fav, as are Vas and Stellamara, Nine Inch Nails, Cocteau Twins. Basically, the stuff I already dance to.
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    Re: Favorite "traditional" piece

    Thu, March 10, 2005 - 12:02 PM
    Traditional:
    Does Shik Shak Shok count? That's my jam!

    Non-Traditional:
    These 3 equally...
    *Najma-Pukar ...it's about calling out to someone who's far away. I cry when I dance to that song, which is why I never perform it - I cry like Julia Roberts. Not pretty. Makes me think of my brother (he's in Germany, was in Iraq).
    *Dralion - Stella Errans ...this I dance 90% arms to. Never performed this one either. Prolly next hafla I will.
    *Dralion - Miracula AEternitatis ...this is screaming for a prop. Haven't figured out what prop yet.

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