Costuming.....ah the thrill of the hunt of finding a new costume. Basha Raks, I have to admit, has OCD, Obsessive Costuming Disorder and we are proud of it! We are always asked where we get our outfits. We are a resourceful bunch and being on budgets we sometimes have to be creative in our shopping.
Some of our stuff comes from ebay, some from the Pickering Markets. We also can get a surprising amount of things from Dollarama, my personal favourite place to shop for embellishments and beads to make my own jewelry. Ardene is also a great place to find jewelry. It's amazing what you'll find in their 2 for $5 surprise bags that is perfect for a costume! Whatever I don't need or use out of the bag goes to my 5 year old daughter so it's always win/win!
We are also lucky to have Arlene, Tabia's Mum, on our side as she can sew! She is working on pirate costumes for us for our upcoming gig at Piratefest in July. She has also made out cover ups and face veils too. She is very talented and we love her!
One thing we try to do when deciding what to wear for a performance is having something in common but also keeping our own individual style. You will never see us dressed exactly the same but you will probably see common elements like the same style pants or top but in different colours or with different embellishments. We all have what we call our "Big Ass Bras" which are covered in coins, jewels, shells and fringe but they are all unique to us and they all suit our own personality.
We are always on the look out for new costumes and I think my belly dance wardrobe is now bigger than my regular clothes and I certainly have way more jewelry than any normal woman should have.....and don't get me started on the makeup......yes, I definitely have OCD!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
New Choreography
We are working on a new choreography for the BFO fundraiser on June 5. We are using a modern song called Sexy Chick and belly dancing to it. It is coming along nicely and we are hoping the crowd likes it.
One thing about new choreography is that we all seem to be hard on ourselves individually while learning. It can be quite hilarious at times! One thing we do while learning is video ourselves dancing then play it back and watch the carnage! It isn't really carnage but like I said we are hard on ourselves. After we've watched ourselves we play it back again so we can watch each other and then we try to watch the troupe as a whole dancing. We find that we are not so bad really and we do need to keep in mind it is still practice. As frustrating as it may be we just cannot be perfect the very first time! And really, who wants to be perfect anyway??
I would love to put one of our practice videos on here but the others wont let me!
One thing about new choreography is that we all seem to be hard on ourselves individually while learning. It can be quite hilarious at times! One thing we do while learning is video ourselves dancing then play it back and watch the carnage! It isn't really carnage but like I said we are hard on ourselves. After we've watched ourselves we play it back again so we can watch each other and then we try to watch the troupe as a whole dancing. We find that we are not so bad really and we do need to keep in mind it is still practice. As frustrating as it may be we just cannot be perfect the very first time! And really, who wants to be perfect anyway??
I would love to put one of our practice videos on here but the others wont let me!
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