A brief story of the Tribal Dance.
About sixty years ago, a unique dance emerged in the United States in which various dance styles from the oriental cultures converged.
With roots in the gypsy tribes of North Africa, Jamilah Salimpur, Masha Archer and Carolena Nericcio created a new style of dance that, later, would became the A.T.S (American Tribal Style).
I was dancing A.T.S for almost four years in Venezuela and I could founded a special connection with my partners, my body, soul and mind. This dance is art, obviously, but also is a femele ritual with another woman's and with yourself.
The American Tribal Style contains a format of specific steps that vary according to the rhythm of the music.
The slow steps are more sinuous, while the fast ones, accompanied by chinchines that the dancers play with their hands, are characterized by the rapid movements of the hips, turns and combinations.
It's a group dance, with trios or duos in the center and a chorus in the back in a crescent formation.
When the dancers in the center perform a combination of steps, those in the choir do different ones and take turns constantly throughout the song.
On this photo, we could see another type to A.T.S: the fusion. This dancer are wearing another style to attire because they were dancing a cabaret style, that is an interesting and amazing Tribal Fusion.
The A.T.S wardrobe is very colorful and overloaded and the makeup alludes to ancient Egyptian faces. It's an art who has an exceptional mixed because is the unique dance in whole world that contains influence of the Bellydance, Flamenco and Indian dances.
