Power Of Softness - Oriental Dance

Received an email from Hadia and knowing that she is back in Canada now. She return to Budapest, Hungary after a 3 year absence and she was in a truly inspiring week with her very talented student - Mercedes Nieto.

Mercedes Nieto is one of Hadia’s student and if you ask her she will tell you that Hadia is her #1 teacher and mentor even though she takes classes with other people all the time to keep growing.

Hey! despite the belly dance superstar, the world is full of fabulous Stars ! I watched Mercedes Nieto's video when Hadia told me about her in March earlier. Since then, Mercedes became one of my favorite dancers now! She is adorable! Her interpretation of the legendary Oum Kalthoum song is absolutely stunning and lovely!!!!I Her expression, movement, emotions, flow is an incredible honor to watch it all day long.

To be honest, I began to see the differences in the dance styles. Earlier years, I began dancing in American Belly Dance style. The “Belly Dance” in local is usually the American Belly Dance comprised of various components taken form different areas of dance. The result is not a traditional or culturally of Middle East culture or dance ethnography. And some do-it-yourself dancers are skipping lessons and turning to YouTube learned by observing and imitating. Of course, it’s impossible to stop people from imitating. It’s also unreasonable to blame the YouTube. I am here to say dancers would continue to hurt themselves while trying to copy what they see. It remind me Hadia’s made the elegant statement for her fabulous warm-up and cool down, and a section on body alignment. She really stresses posture and where the movement comes from, muscle-wise. Dancer need to take a good honest look at your dance talent. Don’t make the leap to professional dancer if your skills aren’t up to the level necessary to be successful. Keep Taking Class and Learn – Sure you could have danced for 20 years at your home but if you’ve never taken a class with the train instructor, your picture and resume are going in the trash.

Enjoy the video! If you say Mercedes Nieto it isn't enough good, please show that you can do it better.