tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077115285336820690.post6491738872524431609..comments2023-09-10T03:49:30.455-07:00Comments on the pinkcoinbelt chronicles: improv tribal style workshopfamousfelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01667698661053883432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077115285336820690.post-76039492785385124582011-08-01T01:25:59.898-07:002011-08-01T01:25:59.898-07:00During FCBD Teacher Training 2, I asked if it was ...During FCBD Teacher Training 2, I asked if it was mandatory for ATS troupes to use zills. Ms. Nericcio answered yes for one reason: because it added texture to the performance. <br /><br />Even if we're dancing to canned music, the zilling makes it sound like a live music. Also, it makes the performance more exciting. Personally, when I'm dancing ATS, I feel naked without my zills (or 'zils' as FCBD spells it). <br /><br />This may sound dangerous, but I practiced zilling while driving. It doesn't have to be to Mid-East songs, I practiced to Michael Jackson's Black or White - the song is not too fast, not too slow. <br /><br />The key to zilling is practicing (like everything else). Practicing in the car is good because it muffles the sound of the zills. One of my FCBD teachers, Ms. Kristine Adams, suggested going to the beach and just walk while playing the zills. <br /><br />During my ATS workshop, I introduced the zills to the participants, most of whom had never touched finger cymbals before, let alone danced with them. By the time the workshop ended, many of them could dance and zill at the same time. Some were even better than when I started out zilling three years ago. <br /><br />I hope it helps and congratulations on your hafla!famousfelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667698661053883432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077115285336820690.post-89936539554807129682011-07-31T12:19:34.449-07:002011-07-31T12:19:34.449-07:00Zills! I start learning zills at BDJ these weeks. ...Zills! I start learning zills at BDJ these weeks. It was extremely hard to move while I have to clap the zills in rhymes. My mind and body are not synchronized. any tips?<br /><br />anw, why it's a must for ATS dancers to use zills while dancing? could u tell me a bit abt the history? :)<br /><br />salute for you, Kak!Febi Purnamasarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06259928185065477794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077115285336820690.post-54646971928552271722011-07-23T06:51:45.492-07:002011-07-23T06:51:45.492-07:00American Tribal Style (ATS) is a dance form devise...American Tribal Style (ATS) is a dance form devised by Ms. Carolena Nericcio of FatChanceBellyDance (FCBD). It is an improvisational (improv) type of dancing done in a duet, trio, or quartet (sometimes backed by a chorus). <br /><br />Improv Tribal Style (ITS) takes the improv, cues and transition elements from ATS but does not necessarily do it FCBD style. BlackSheepBellyDance, Gypsy Caravan, and Unmata are fine forms of ITS. BSBD has leaders both on the front left (a la FCBD) and front right while Unmata performs group improv without zils (a must for ATS groups). <br /><br />I hope it helps!famousfelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667698661053883432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077115285336820690.post-40317067416855130942011-07-23T06:47:22.941-07:002011-07-23T06:47:22.941-07:00So what is the dieffernce between ATS and ITS... P...So what is the dieffernce between ATS and ITS... Pray tell... :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com