This video is of one of my all-time-favorite dancers in the universe: Aziza! I can still remember the first video I saw of her, a VHS tape of an IAMED show she was featured in. I was breathless. I couldn’t wait to roll it back and see it again. Each year at Rakassah, she was on my list of Must Sees–I would even close my vending booth if I had to in order to catch a glimpse of her incredible dancing.
I wish I could share that first video clip with you, but sadly I cannot find it anyplace on line in its entirety, and the snippets I found are low quality. So the next best thing is this fantastic drum solo from her Ultimate Practice Companion Video (one of my go-to drill practice videos, I HIGHLY recommend), which showcases so much of what I love about Aziza. Enjoy!
Shay Moore is the director and primary instructor at Deep Roots Dance in Seattle, WA. She loves writing, movies, costuming, knitting, cooking, and bellydance to the moon and back again; and loves her amazing husband and doggies even more than that.
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