she is classy...love her

whoever this is, another beautiful Turkish dancer who looks nothing like Didem or Asena:
www.youtube.com/watch
Maybe semi-professional (panties that do not start to show are the sign of a professional, my teacher says ; ) )

that is the thing, why some ppl dont enjoy just the dance and the beauty instead of saying is this r that , halas....at the end of the day is bellydancing for us westeners, u can learn from one or the other, a good dancer is a good dancer. She is an exquisite belly dancer, no matter if was a man, a woman, a blonde girl, a black girl, etc etc etc

I know that is what I am reacting to. It bothers me when all the many other styles of belly dance seem to fall short in the eyes of dancers if they don't mesh with thier idea of what the dance should be. Usually it is being compared to "Eygptian style"
But recently going through UTube one person critiqued a Lebanese dancer writing she needs to rent a Racheal Brice video. Two diffrent styles, like comparing apples and oranges. They both might be fruit, but one should not expect a apple to taste like an orange.

And don't feel bad for posting the video. That is what tribe is for. To have open discussions and be able to post our opinions.
Sometimes the problem is that something can come out wrong, and be misunderstood. It is hard when you can't see a persons face or hear the inflection in thier voice to tell if what they are saying is meant to be a put down or comes from a bad place. The person might not mean it that way, but it comes off poorly.

Wow, Nuria, your sense of humour is finally starting show. Good one! ; )

Looks like I'm joining this discussion late. I'd like to point out however that the original clip and some of the other clips of "Turkish" dancers were from the 80's when there wasn't this big distinction between styles as there is today. Just because a dancer is Turkish doesn't mean that her style is Turkish. What is Turkish style? Generally it means faster larger movements, veil, cymbals, floorwork, full skirts, typically what you would see in the US or what is known now as Vintage Oriental Style. I danced it myself in the 80's when I worked in Greek restaurants. Music was a combination of Greek, Turkish, some Arabic, etc. But predominately the music had a Greek or Turkish sound and feel. There would always be a chiftitelli. Because the music was fast, so was the dancing.

But I also danced in Arabic restaurants where the music was strictly Arabic and the dance style changed to reflect the music. When I danced to the Greek/Turkish music I felt like I was flying. When I danced to Egyptian music I felt more grounded.

The 80's were heavily influenced by Egyptian music and Egyptian style dancers. Egyptian music was considered to be superior for belly dancing than music from other Arabic countries. That was the opinion at the time and many people still think so. Egyptians in general were considered by other Arabs to be gifted in music and the arts. Skirts became slimmer because dancers tended to stand in one place longer rather than do lots of spins and such as you did with the Turkish or Greek music so you didn't need swirls of fabric around you. The rythms were more complicated so many dancers ditched the cymbals. You might get a taxim but the long slow chiftis started to disappear and so you couldn't do floorwork or veil. Slowly the Greek style clubs closed down and in my area at least the Turkish style of dancing is all but a dying art.

If you notice, the majority of famous "Turkish" dancers are dancing to Egyptian music and wearing Egyptian style costumes. Yes they may throw in some elements of Turkish style dancing but that doesn't make them Turkish style belly dancers. I have a video of Prenses Banu in which she does some shows that are 100% Egyptian style. Then she'll throw in some sexy floor work to confuse us all.

By the way, the dancer in the original clip was dancing to Spectacular Rhythms of the Middle East. My teacher, who was Arabic called that the Graduation Album. Once a student could dance to all the rhythms on that album she was ready to become professional.