Added: Mar 28, 2008
From: yameyameyame
Duration: 5:29
This video consists of two bellydance clips I recorded last night.I apologize for the horrible quality of the cam. Not only is the picture terrible, the sound quality is also pretty bad (though on Raks Africa I overlayed the song) and even the framerate gets weird at times, so that parts of the video are synced and other parts are unsynced.On Warda I tried doing a veil entrance and playing zills, but clearly failed at both endevours. This was my first attempt at using the veil at all, and I'm totally out of practice with the zills. I was going to put in clips of myself goofing off with the veil, but I got lazy. Maybe I'll do that next time.But surely, I will try not to use the webcam again. I have much better cameras I can use and nobody deserves to sit through horrible quality videos like this. And I'll practice my props so I can have a decent video with them soon enough.
Channel: Entertainment
Tags: africa belly dance raks veil warda zills
Rating: 4.38 (8 ratings) Views: 1167' favoriteCount='4 Comments: 10
TommyTabla2 Says:
Mar 29, 2008 - you're right about the picture quality...but your dancing is A+:)
navelfan Says:
Mar 29, 2008 - Your great dancing makes up for the poor video. I can't wait to see how you look in a good video! :)
xamordax Says:
Mar 29, 2008 - You are such an inspiration Yame! <3Wow. Those spins are impressive. Everything flows so well. Nice!
Galaxybane Says:
Mar 29, 2008 - Wow nice great A+ impressive.Ok, now, Raks Africa reminds me of some Disney stuff like Lion King, lmao.And I couldn't avoid laghter after comparing your "zilled-fingers" to those of a wood slave (lagartixa).Webcams are fun, cuz B&W videos tend to get more boring, dunno why. And next time you should try and put the just the goofs right after some credits in the end, that would be fun. =DOh, and embrace your not-having any space to practise at home and try new backgrounds, perhaps.
yameyameyame Says:
Mar 30, 2008 - hahaha lagartixa...and I know what you mean about raks africa, it's kind of an odd song.my video and picture cam record in color, I just BW them myself when I think something about the colors is detracting from the "feel." not that there's much feel in a bellydance video recorded in front of bicycles and toys (lol), but whatev and yea I was gonna do just that, put the goofs after some "credits," but then I got lazy hahabut seriously I need to do that one day, many are priceless
sweetberry07 Says:
Apr 2, 2008 - Teach me the secret of the spin! I really enjoyed it, especially the slow parts, you have a fantastic serpent like quality to your movement.
Zeirus Says:
Apr 2, 2008 - what's the name of this song
yameyameyame Says:
Apr 2, 2008 - All my videos are titled with the name of the song being used. The first song of the video is called Raks Africa and the second one is called Warda.
yameyameyame Says:
Apr 2, 2008 - Thanks! The "secret of the spin" depends on what kind of spin you are doing! I still haven't perfected the spin myself (sometimes it comes out good, other times it's sloppy). For the spins I do the most, the technique is basically to keep one foot at the same spot while you use the other to turn. To stay positioned and not get dizzy you should spot. I still suck at spotting, but I find that esp. for longer spins the quality of my spotting is directly proportional to the quality of the spin
sweetberry07 Says:
Apr 7, 2008 - Thanks! Yeah, the feet I've never had a problem with (besides spinning too quickly according to my friend who I sometimes go two-step with lol). It's the spotting, I can never remember to, and when I do remember, I don't think I'm doing it properly because I still end up really dizzy (which would suggest I'm not spotting at all or doing it completely wrong... hmmm)! Long after I've stopped spinning the room still is lol. If you have any tips for spotting that would be great:)
yameyameyame Says:
Apr 7, 2008 - I don't have any tips for spotting because I don't think I always do it properly myself.One thing that helps though is to practice doing the turn slowly while spotting. Turn as slowly as you need to and keep spotting (if you need do two spots: one to the back and one to the front). You will see that with time you will be able to do it faster and faster while still spotting.
gayi12 Says:
Apr 29, 2008 - for the first one during the shimmies i don;t think you should have had your arms to your sides always keep your arms up
yameyameyame Says:
Apr 29, 2008 - yes yes you are so right
terezulakenken Says:
Jun 5, 2008 - cool,i dnt really care about the quality of the vid,u are awesome.
dethengine Says:
Mar 29, 2008 - With each video, I can't imagine you being a better dancer, but then I see the next video! It is widly apparent that you love this form of art.I don't know much about this dance, and certainly nothing of the technical aspects, but you are amazing. You seem much more fluid now than before and your arms so sinuous they seem like the movements of snakes.You have a perfect body for it and your dedication is inspiring!