What looks effortless is actually a perfect combination of impressive upper body control, short and very rapid dance steps, and hooped skirts beneath the dancers’ floor-length gowns to help conceal their busy feets.
I’ve been doing a lot of movement studies lately to finally get the “full figures and dynamic poses give me headache” problem out of my way. These are in large part referenced from invaluable motion sequences by Eadweard Muybridge.
Of course I imagine it’s Corvo training, because it makes my life more beautiful.
This dance is called the Dabke if anyone wants to know more! I’m pretty sure the above version is from somewhere in Palestine, but it’s also a huge deal in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. According to legend, it originated in stamping on the dirt roofs in the houses of the region to compact the mixture of clay and straw and became a dance eventually.
More fun things: A Dabke Flashmob from Beirut in 2011
Note: Finding a tutorial is waaay harder than we thought it was going to be. These were some of the better ones that we could find. The links have more information about the specific processes. we hope that these will suffice for you guys until specific, in detail, tutorials are found.
Inspiration Haven 