Gypsy Dances from Rajasthan to the Nile

Last night I saw Leila Haddad perform in Gypsy Dances from Rajasthan to the Nile. I found a video on YouTube which was taken from a New York performance of this same show:



I enjoyed the show quite a bit. In the middle of the performance I was wondering if I missed my calling in life* and should have become a professional belly dancer. I was enrolled in ballet classes as a child but gave it up after my teacher, Flower, retired. Perhaps if I had stayed with it I would have moved on to other forms of dance... perhaps I would have studied among the gypsies and have traveled from village to village learning new dance techniques, as Leila Haddad did...

My roommate attended a Wedding in Turkey last summer and a male belly dancer performed for the occasion. She said he was amazing. I hadn't heard of male belly dancers before but apparently they exist and are just as skilled as female belly dancers.


* I'm always having these thoughts. My "true calling in life" could really be anything, depending on the day of the week or my current mood.