When I see them dancing I feel magic and charm in the air...My dream was to become one of them...
At the age of 12, I began dancing alone in front of my mirror after coming back from school...Those moments were a magical transition period from the ugly truth (the school) to the wonderland (the dance) ...
In this land, I was of course the Mega Super Star and the Dancing Queen !!!�....
Days an
d years passed by I was dancing alone with my mirror in my imaginary wonderland. ...
After I graduated from university as a computer engineer in 2004 and after a long struggle with myself, with ideas in my mind and with everything around me (people, society, habits traditions, everything ..even the air I breathed I didn't like it )......
I decided not to give a damn about computers neither about anything! I only wanted to fulfill my childhood dream and be a Great Artist! The first step I did was searching for a teacher who corrects my dance techniques and makes me dance like superstars! I wish I can tell you that I found The One Instructor that taught me everything and that I lived happily ever after...
Between your reality and your dream, there is a big gap called obstacles and hard work and failures.....
Some of those obstacles were due to my society that has a love/hate relationship towards oriental dance. Others were due to the difficulty of finding a good instructor that helps me to show my talent to the surface. In my journey towards my dream, I met a lot of teachers local and international ...
I also went to the dreamland of oriental dancers: Egypt where I met amazing dance instructors, university teachers, famous dancers, and superstars ...
My experience in a nutshell with my teachers:
Some of them were toxic and mean and wasted my time and money . Some of them were very good dancers (superstars)but they didn't explain well their techniques(they hide their secrets or they didn't know how to explain). Some of them were amazing with a very good background in dancing and knowledge, I benefited a lot from working with them.�
And some of them were technically good,,�but they made me emotionally drained �and made me feel that I always lack something and I would never be good enough �. Despite their good technical skills, I wasn't happy and with them; I didn't feel I am The Dancer!......
Adding to the experience I got from all those teachers, my determination and my hard work(about 10 000hours of training during the last 12years). I was able finally to become The Dancer and The Artist I wanted to be ��
But the problem is that this took years of my life(12 years) and money spent to go here and there(a minimum 3000$ per travel) and pay the expenses of hotels and flights and saving money to take private classes here and there etc....
How many oriental dance lovers are willing to do so? or have the time to do so??!!!! It is extremely difficult, time and money consuming!! The good news is that you don't have to pay what I spent neither to practice for 10 000 hours! Because I decided to share with You in my class all my experience, all my dance secrets and tutorials I have learned in less time and less money and less hustle...Just once per week for 8 months with a very very small amount of money in comparison to what I have paid...
I decided to be "The Oriental Instructor " and mentor (whom I wish I had found when I was learning ) who will make Your journey in oriental dance easier, smoother, and who enables you to extract the best version of Yourself and show it to everybody!�
I also like you to feel you are '"The Dancer" through correct techniques and learning. I do not want you to be just an amateur who dances in a mediocre way and who comes to the class once in a blue moon...
That was my journey �
Are You willing to join?�
Sincerely ��
Saloma B. Instructor/ founder of Lebanon Oriental Dance
