Talk:Tribal Fusion/Archive 1

History
Whoever has been making the dramatic (unsigned) changes to the History section; please refer to the Wikipedia guidelines regarding verifiability, original research, and consensus. 64.122.192.37 (talk) 20:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Definition
I don't know who wrote it, but this sentence defining TF from the Improv Tribal Style entry seems like a much clearer and more accurate start: "A dancer or a group of dancers with predominantly tribal style belly dance traits using other dance disciplines along with world and contemporary dance styles to enhance the core style of Tribal Style belly dance." Sharon Moore is the only person I can find in print who defines TF as being a combination of Tribal and Cabaret (she probably wrote this article, the prolific lady); everyone else seems fairly comfortable with 'a combination of Tribal and other dance forms' kind of a thing. I think the intro should be rewritten as I don't think it represents the larger view. So here it is now: "Tribal Fusion Belly Dance is a form of modern belly dance generally referring to a combination (fusion) of American Tribal Style Belly Dance (ATS) and Cabaret or Egyptian style belly dance. It frequently incorporates elements of Popping, Hip Hop, and modern, but often drawing from many traditional forms such as Flamenco, Kathak, Bhangra, Balinese, and other folkloric dance styles. In tribal fusion, dancers expand on the elements previously fused to form ATS, to make their style unique and more relevant to their contemporary experience" So how about: "Tribal Fusion Belly Dance is a form of modern belly dance generally referring to a combination (fusion) of American Tribal Style Belly dance and other dance forms. It frequently incorporates elements of Popping, Hip Hop, Breakdance, and modern, but often draws from many traditional forms such as Flamenco, Kathak, Bhangra, Balinese, and other folkloric dance styles. In tribal fusion, dancers expand on the elements previously fused to form ATS, to make their style unique and more relevant to their contemporary experience."

I'm going to go ahead and change it now; please feel free to comment and edit. Always trying to make it better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.112 (talk) 19:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Costume
I added the word 'contemporary' to the sentence describing Mardi Love as having invented cowrie falls....(so it now reads "contemporary cowrie falls"), as cowrie tassels, falls and ropes have been around for a long time.

Tribal Fusion Music
"The only form of music that a tribal fusion dancer will not perform to is classical Middle Eastern music (as is the same with ATS dancers)." I don't like this sentence. I feel it's too strong a statement for something as fluid as fusion; the very definition dictates that one can use whatever music they choose to. What about drum pieces and tsiftitelli and 'traditional' music; couldn't any of that be defined as 'Classical ME music'? Anyone want to defend/define/source this statement?
 * OK, I'm erasing it. If anyone sees this and wants it back up put anote, or add it or whatever, let's talk about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.73 (talk) 23:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Images
I haven't made any change yet, but it strikes me as strange that there are no images on this page. I assume this is because we have no permission from someone like Mardi Love for use of their picture? I've noticed that on the regular bellydance Wikipedia page the solution seems to have been to upload pictures of relatively unknown dancers. In that vein, and in the interests of improving this article, I'm offering my picture at the url below. If anyone has a better image or idea then please suggest it - I just think that tribal fusion is a very visual art form and there should be photos. Suggested picture at: http://tamsynbellydance.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/tribal_fusion1.jpg. If it's just the picture that doesn't seem quite right, any of the other pictures at http://tamsynbellydance.com also available (goes without saying, I guess). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yodacat2000 (talk • contribs) 11:23, 2 September 2010 (UTC)