I experienced this today in a dance rehearsal. Im currently having rehearsals for an up-coming Iraqi TV-show shooting. There are 10 girls and 10 boys. Most of the girls I had never met before. They were quite cold to me as I was the only foreigner, but warmed up a little once they saw I can dance their folklore. As I tried to get to know them they told me they are not from any dance company. They actually told me "
Ehna min el souq", which is a joking way to say they are from the street. This basically means just cute egyptian girls who have no dance training but "can shake it" ;) I couldn't believe what I was hearing, because we were all getting the same money. I did feel it was not fare, thinking how worlds apart our dance back-grounds and experience is, but here when it comes to work, you take it or leave it, and I took it.
But something did lift my mood!
We had finished learning the saidi, khaligi, iskanderani and iraqi. There was only one dance left to learn, the final. As all the folk dances are quite layed back and easy then the final was 100% opposite - super-fast Broadway style piece, with triple pirouettes, jumps, floor-work etc. I was the only girl who could follow the choreographer and execute it on the first round. I saw approval and respect in the eyes of the fellow-dancers and that meant so much more to me than an average pay-check!
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Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther ...
J.P Morgan
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| Kaidi dancing on the stairs of Tallinn University faculty of choreography |
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