Tribe.net. Local Connections Lady http://bellydancenation.tribe.net/thread/54395d08-fd0c-419e-b6fb-78602b78d227#eac56e78-79dc-40c3-8c8e-7cc038f1ac0c 2006-06-16T17:00:39Z 2006-06-16T17:00:39Z

That's great! Thanks for posting the link.

Lady 2006-06-16T17:00:39Z Laura http://bellydancenation.tribe.net/thread/54395d08-fd0c-419e-b6fb-78602b78d227#3852bd1a-8b66-431b-9e38-8f89191af2ae 2006-06-16T09:28:43Z 2006-06-16T09:28:43Z

There was a thread on this recently on The Indigo tribe.... http://yogaandtheindigo.tribe.net/thread/92163165-dab5-489e-acf6-87c141968901 If you look about 5 posts down, there's a post from Alicia which includes an article from Heather Stants of Urban Tribal Dance Company, with her take on a tribal fusion definition. Hope this helps!

Laura 2006-06-16T09:28:43Z Amulya http://bellydancenation.tribe.net/thread/54395d08-fd0c-419e-b6fb-78602b78d227#7cb90e31-109d-40de-9696-babe96e2a1bd 2006-06-16T08:22:23Z 2006-06-16T08:22:23Z

Good question, as I understand tribal fusion is all sorts of tribal that is not ATS. But some people use it specifically to describe the style The Indigo does. Tribaret is more for cabaret-tribal fusion.

Amulya 2006-06-16T08:22:23Z Lady http://bellydancenation.tribe.net/thread/54395d08-fd0c-419e-b6fb-78602b78d227#8d5b0f1e-52ba-41ae-8c99-f2e17351d9cc 2006-06-09T16:33:57Z 2006-06-09T16:33:57Z

Salutations dahlin To be "tribal" (according to the webster dictionary) means: to pertain to tribe in one or more aspects... whether it's costuming, music, cues, etc. as long as it links in some way, it can be tagged "tribal". A tribal fusion dancer takes some element of tribal and fuses it with an outside element. I'll use Tri-baret as an example. It can be Cabaret costuming and music... with tribal cues. Or it could be Tribal costuming... and Cabaret music. ya'mean? The trick is fusing them appropriately so that the fusion doesn't seem out-of-place or silly. I think tribal costuming with modern mid-east music looks a little confusing (but that's mearly a personal opinion)... However "tribal-fusion costuming" (with a touch of past and future) can look good with modern mid-e tunes... (in my opinion the visual should fit the audio in some way). I don't own the tribal bible, so I'm sure others may have a different definition than me. Some say you can only be tribal if there is more than one of you. I disagree, and so does the english language. To be a "tribe", there must be more than one of you. To be tribal, you mearly need to have aspects pertaining to... It's not surprising that you are unsure about what tribal fusion is. It's really a big bucket of open possiblities. peace and lalove

Lady 2006-06-09T16:33:57Z Kassandra http://bellydancenation.tribe.net/thread/54395d08-fd0c-419e-b6fb-78602b78d227#c3399071-1066-43bd-9244-bdc0f0e9fa23 2006-06-08T21:12:34Z 2006-06-08T21:12:34Z

Or, better yet, what do you understand when you hear the words "Tribal fusion", referring to a dancer, performance...? I mean, after all I have read about this, I'm still confused about what is tribal fusion. I understand "fusion" as taking 2 different things and putting them together, and the mix is something absolutely different of what the things were at the beginning. But I don't understand what are fusioning tribal dancers. I see the belly dance, yes, but apart from the gothic clothes and jewelery, were is/ are the other/s element/s of the fusion?

Kassandra 2006-06-08T21:12:34Z