I agree with Elusis, there is less emphasis at “waggling” at strangers with Tribal…and it also emphasizes the beauty of each individual member (and, that’s ALWAYS a plus)!

And, mizerychik….there’s an annual event in NJ (I can’t remember exactly what the name of it is…go figure) that you’d prolly love AND there’s an event at World Cafe Live in Philly this weekend featuring a group called Animus (drumming and bellydancers) you might want to check out!

Can I just say that I’m often crippled with anxiety about posting here because everyone else has such awesome insightful things to say that whatever I write will be wrong or misinterpreted or whatever and I’ll go shut up now in the lurking corner.

Bellydancing sounds awesome, though. Now I want to find a place in Jersey that teaches it.

I have a touch of the perfectionist as well. Mostly just being freakishly afraid of doing something”wrong” (partially because some things really are easy for me to get so when I run into something I can’t get immediately I feel extra bad). When I first started dancing, my friends and I got together and did private classes as a group so that helped ease me into taking normal classes with more experienced dancers.

And that’s how public performing started. We were having so much fun in our private classes we decided to choreograph something and perform it which eased us into performing with our teachers troupe when she formed it.

And it’s low-impact, too. That’s not to say you won’t get a good workout, but you’re doing fluid movements that don’t put a lot of stress on your joints.

Oh, and in my classes we always wear tight tops and yoga pants, because it’s easier for the instructor to see what we’re doing right and wrong if she can actually see our forms.

And yes to everyone – why on earth would you go do exercise in front of people if you can’t do it just right? :) I’m the same way. Ye gods, could you see us all in a beginner’s class together? It would be a hurricane of neuroses.

Hi My name is Lilith and I am a paralyzed perfectionist. !!!

Oh I am sitting here crying because I had never admitted to anyone that I ever felt that way. Typing that earlier was as good as sending in a postcard to Post Secret.

To find that I am not the only one who does this, makes me feel less crazy. Even if it is a sign that I am crazy.

As soon as I have the extra money ( which should be next month) I am getting the swimsuit and going swimming and maybe trying the Yoga as well.