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Hairography Gone Wrong - Dancing with Hazardous Hair

9/30/2014

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As a belly dancer, I have learned to work with my long hair so that it becomes a part of my performance.  (Hairography anyone??)  Some of the traditional Middle Eastern styles of dance I perform even require hair tossing and shaking.  Luscious layers of hair have played a positive role in my belly dance shows and Middle Eastern dance performances, but more recently have given me some trouble.

Since my move to Southern California I’ve gained another reason to whip my hair around. Salsa Dancing in Orange and Los Angeles Counties has twirled me round and round, spinning my flying hair into… Someone’s eyes?! Participating in partner dance has definitely made me reexamine how to tame my tresses.   Read on before your hairography goes wrong and even gets a little hazardous.
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Hazardous Hair!  A Dancing Danger…
By Ziva Emtiyaz

            I never considered my long hair to be hazardous until I started partner dancing.  As a solo artist, doing head flips and tight turns with loose hair is a fun way to create dramatic movement accents.   In a worse case scenario, hair might end up in my face to which dance movement can be adjusted or the stragglers can be easily swept back into place.  When dancing in close proximity of a partner, the game changes... FULL ARTICLE HERE
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