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We’re entertaining because each performer knows their role and performs it in performance these patterns of group behavior broaden the audience’s understanding.ġ976 Full dress rehearsal with musicians that’s happy Lou Shelby ( Roxanne‘s dad!) on violin behind us, More importantly we create a world of understanding and functionality: each performer has a function, like parts of the body all there for a reason, even the small roles. We nail down our presentation, of course.
We had dress rehearsals in full hair, make-up and costume accompanied by our orchestra. We brought all these factors to our shows. How were we as a group bold enough to appear in public in these spicy outfits? We achieved this confidence through combinations of sociological perspective that are most probably endemic in your performing troupe as well. In an almost archetypal will to power, Diane encouraged us to utilize our costuming – and our dance – as a way to search out and expand our own unique spirit, fantasy and physique, something I try to continue with my students today: become the object of your own fantasy. Some of us varied the “peek-a-boo” factor by doubling the fabric or building the blouse on a sheer fabric bra. Because our outdoor festivals were so hot, most of us opted to create sleeveless versions.
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The article also touches on paradoxes of our art form: the performance setting creating a artificial boundary within which we feel free to have intimate exposure (and how costuming facilitates that), and the seeming female accommodation of male sexism actually a proclamation of autonomy and a pathway to power.īy 1975 Diane designed a bold new costume element inspired in part by Jerome’s “Woman of Cairo at Her Door”: an “under the bust” vest with a sheer blouse. I was there! Through a selection of our performances in that era we’ll explore dance and costuming as becoming the object of your own fantasy. Diane Webber and the "Perfumes of Araby" in the 1970sįrom Part One: This article will focus on the iconic 1970s “Perfumes of Araby” belly dance troupe, lead by the almost mythical performer/actress/teacher Diane Webber, my teacher.
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