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Charlotte

Soroya

At last, I've found a You Tube video of my favourite dancer in Cairo doing a drum solo.

I mentioned in the Warda thread that I loved the Brazilian dancer Soroya who works in the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo. Whenever I go to Egypt I always go to watch her dance - I think she's wonderful at everything she does but she's particularly famous for her drum solos and her fabulous shimmies.

Watch this - it's a 7 minute drum solo! See how she creates drama by starting off quite simply, then going slower and quieter and then building to a crescendo. And of course it's a total improvisation between her and the drummers!


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ucxijmVs8
Jewell

I really enjoyed watching that clip!!!!!  Laughing   I nearly clapped when it finished!!

AMAZING shimmies! (I really need to work on mine!)  Loved her costume too!!
Charlotte

Well, you'll be watching her live in October! From the very top floor of the Cairo Sheraton tower!
Jewell

wooo hooo!! I am counting the weeks already!!   Laughing

Did you see the height of the heels she was dancing in!!!!  Surprised
twink

I was gonna say respect just for being able to dance in those heels!!!
That was wicked how does she know what the drummers are gonna do? Her timing is excellent. I like the little bouncy thing she does to the cymbal sounding instrument near the beginning. x
Samara

Wow!  That is an amazing drum solo, really earthy, she really seems to 'feel' the music!  she's in a league of her own - excellent
Charlotte

twink wrote:
I was gonna say respect just for being able to dance in those heels!!!
That was wicked how does she know what the drummers are gonna do? Her timing is excellent. I like the little bouncy thing she does to the cymbal sounding instrument near the beginning. x


She's the tiniest dancer I've ever seen - she's probably only about 4'10'' So she dances in these enormous platform shoes - it looks really funny with her tiny body and pretty costumes.

As for how she knows what to do, you sort of get an instinct when you dance with a drummer - ask Jewel, she did it the other evening on her birthday and was really surprised at how it worked. And of course Soroya's been dancing with those drummers every single day for years. Plus they get to know what she's likely to do next and will anticipate her next move - so both parties are keyed into each other.

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