"Who's Coming!?"..."ASENA!"...This was the catch-phrase entrance of ASENA, Turkey's most well known and MODERNISING BELLY DANCER from singer host İBRAHİM TATLISES on his variety program 'The İbo Show'... Like TURKISH FOLK star, SABAHAT AKKIRAZ, and Egypt's BELLY DANCER, DINA, ASENA lived ABROAD a lot as a child. Both SABAHAT and ASENA were Turks who lived in Germany and brought their own FOREIGN ideas, education and romantic 'oriental art' ideals to Turkey, unlike Turkey-born stars who wished to 'Americanise' everything. Egypt's dancer DINA lived extensively in Italy as a child and also brought a similar ideal to Egyptian BELLY DANCE, unlike the 'conservative' women of 1980s Egypt who would not consider Dance as a career or Cultural Area for MODERNISATION. BELLY DANCE is a somewhat difficult topic in The Turkish Republic. The political reforms of The Republic from 1923 were in place to make Turkey: "Turn to the West" in terms of Culture and Politics. A serious argument in both Turkey and Egypt, particularly in these times of Piousness and Religious Fundamentalism: "Is Belly Dance Egyptian or Turkish?" This is the big question as neither country in the Pious Times seems to want 'responsibility' for the dance. Turks will often say: "Belly Dance never existed in Turkey until The Ottomans colonised Egypt and it came from there". Egyptians will often say: "Belly Dance is an 'oriental' style brought from India by The Ottomans and never existed in Egypt before The Ottoman Empire ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
ASENA - TURKEY'S MODERNISING BELLY DANCER - Live on The İbo Show 2000 -
ASENA - TURKEY'S MODERNISING BELLY DANCER - Live on The İbo Show 2000 - Tube. Duration : 6.52 Mins.
"Who's Coming!?"..."ASENA!"...This was the catch-phrase entrance of ASENA, Turkey's most well known and MODERNISING BELLY DANCER from singer host İBRAHİM TATLISES on his variety program 'The İbo Show'... Like TURKISH FOLK star, SABAHAT AKKIRAZ, and Egypt's BELLY DANCER, DINA, ASENA lived ABROAD a lot as a child. Both SABAHAT and ASENA were Turks who lived in Germany and brought their own FOREIGN ideas, education and romantic 'oriental art' ideals to Turkey, unlike Turkey-born stars who wished to 'Americanise' everything. Egypt's dancer DINA lived extensively in Italy as a child and also brought a similar ideal to Egyptian BELLY DANCE, unlike the 'conservative' women of 1980s Egypt who would not consider Dance as a career or Cultural Area for MODERNISATION. BELLY DANCE is a somewhat difficult topic in The Turkish Republic. The political reforms of The Republic from 1923 were in place to make Turkey: "Turn to the West" in terms of Culture and Politics. A serious argument in both Turkey and Egypt, particularly in these times of Piousness and Religious Fundamentalism: "Is Belly Dance Egyptian or Turkish?" This is the big question as neither country in the Pious Times seems to want 'responsibility' for the dance. Turks will often say: "Belly Dance never existed in Turkey until The Ottomans colonised Egypt and it came from there". Egyptians will often say: "Belly Dance is an 'oriental' style brought from India by The Ottomans and never existed in Egypt before The Ottoman Empire ...
"Who's Coming!?"..."ASENA!"...This was the catch-phrase entrance of ASENA, Turkey's most well known and MODERNISING BELLY DANCER from singer host İBRAHİM TATLISES on his variety program 'The İbo Show'... Like TURKISH FOLK star, SABAHAT AKKIRAZ, and Egypt's BELLY DANCER, DINA, ASENA lived ABROAD a lot as a child. Both SABAHAT and ASENA were Turks who lived in Germany and brought their own FOREIGN ideas, education and romantic 'oriental art' ideals to Turkey, unlike Turkey-born stars who wished to 'Americanise' everything. Egypt's dancer DINA lived extensively in Italy as a child and also brought a similar ideal to Egyptian BELLY DANCE, unlike the 'conservative' women of 1980s Egypt who would not consider Dance as a career or Cultural Area for MODERNISATION. BELLY DANCE is a somewhat difficult topic in The Turkish Republic. The political reforms of The Republic from 1923 were in place to make Turkey: "Turn to the West" in terms of Culture and Politics. A serious argument in both Turkey and Egypt, particularly in these times of Piousness and Religious Fundamentalism: "Is Belly Dance Egyptian or Turkish?" This is the big question as neither country in the Pious Times seems to want 'responsibility' for the dance. Turks will often say: "Belly Dance never existed in Turkey until The Ottomans colonised Egypt and it came from there". Egyptians will often say: "Belly Dance is an 'oriental' style brought from India by The Ottomans and never existed in Egypt before The Ottoman Empire ...
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