Tonight I was
reading up on the one of the many belly dance
yahoo groups and came across a very interesting
topic. The topic was“ when is it ok for a belly
dancer to use the word Superstar to advertise
their shows.” A group of dancers used this title
in one of their flyers and a couple dancers
nailed their butts for using this term. I was
reading the remarks and was totally amazed at
the judgmental attitudes of some of the women
“offended” by the group of dancers audacity to
use the term “Superstars”.
So I thought I would write about my thoughts on
the subject. First of all “Leave the dancers
Alone!!!!!!!!” Who is anyone to judge another!!!
Who are any of us to judge when a dancer has
made it or not made it. What’s making it? And
when you’ve made it even though you may not know
you’ve made it, how would you know that you can
use the word “Superstar”. Have I made? Hell if I
know. I guess you’ve made it when you get a lot
of workshops and everyone bows down to you. Or
you’ve made it when you use the word “Superstar”
and nobody says anything. To add to my chagrin
this one dancer commented that she doesn’t dance
from “ego” therefore she doesn’t use the term
“Superstar” for herself. Give me a break!!!!
The fact she had a
cow over the girls using the term “Superstar”
tells all of us right there that her ego got
bruised or as she put it “offended”. Than the
comment was made that the “community” wouldn’t
appreciate the girls advertising falsely and
that how could they expect the “community” to
support them. What community?????!!!! Whose
community????!!! The community that is blasting
the girls for using an eye catching term? Who
the Hell would want to be apart of that
community? I wouldn’t and I would tell the gals
offended to get a grip. This dance is about the
self and the self has ego in it. What does this
mean? It means that no matter how you explain
your dance, ego is there because ego is the one
that gets offended, ego is the one that is
competitive, ego is the one that wants to be the
star and ego is the one that doesn’t want to
share the glory.
Everyone wants to make it in this business and
be a success. And if someone else is doing
something that might make them successful, than
you better believe that there are women out
there who will be jealous of others success.
Let’s look at the community aspect of our dance
world. There are so many different communities
and if you don’t belong to a specific one than
you are an outsider. And than the little clicks
get created and that’s the dance world we live
in. So lets be realistic, we all want to be a
“Superstar”. If I’m working my butt off on my
dance and I am the one getting on stage and I’m
the one entertaining the people than you better
believe I’m a “Superstar” at least to myself.
Because if you don’t have the attitude of a
“Superstar” in this dance than you won’t make
it. A “Superstar” is someone who believes in
herself, her dancing and her talent. So my question to those of you reading this, is
how can any of us get ahead when we are so busy
judging each other. Dance is an interpretation
of the soul. And the soul is beyond definition.
So live and let live. Many Blessings 
Dance From Within and Create a Style of Your Own
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