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This should get some funny responses!

topic posted Wed, January 16, 2008 - 11:49 PM by  Caleena
What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while dancing?

For me.....I let a lady tip me in the side of my belt, the belt busts completely, with the skirt attached!!! Thank gawd I wore underwear! Still, my entire lower body was revealed! EEEEEK! I had to hold the belt together for the rest of the show! Ive also slipped a couple of times on skirts!
AND Ive had boobs trying to sneak out a couple of times. I dont know how many times I had to keep yanking my bra back down. LOL! It was sliding up and the boobs slide down! No bueno!!!!! Need to make sure costumes FIT first!
Now its your turn........
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  • April
    April
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    Re: This should get some funny responses!

    Fri, January 18, 2008 - 4:30 PM
    My hip scarf kept wanting to fall off. In the video of the performance you can see me trying to pull it up occasionally. Also, my headpiece almost fell off during a layback and I had to catch it before it came off of my head as I was leaning! ;-p Now, I have learned from this lesson and both pieces of dance wear are firmly in place; not even a vulture could rip it off!
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  • Seichi
    Seichi
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    Re: This should get some funny responses!

    Thu, February 14, 2008 - 4:01 PM
    Lost a belt, narrowly saved the skirt with a double fisted grab in one show.

    KICKED A SHOE ACROSS THE ROOM in a Melaya Luff, that was already a 'parody' bit so to speak, I did 'Melaya Lost' since I was at the time notorious for leaving a trail of belongings behind me, and coordinators were forever calling me mentioning that they had my accessories. so I was taking off my shoes, as I always do when I get somewhere. They were supposed to slide casually across the stage and land by the wall (as practiced)

    Instead in a moment of too much force, I kicked it ACROSS THE ROOM... over the audiences head, and it hit the back wall. Thank the gawds above and below that everyone was seated, and the standers were not in that direction.

    It was caught on video, and I managed to grin and bear it, adding to the moment, since on the tape I take both hands a la bettie boop and cover my face for a second...
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    • Rom ...
      Rom Deussen
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      Re: This should get some funny responses!

      Fri, February 15, 2008 - 9:23 AM
      Was at a restaurant with a dancer last weekend.
      She was doing a cane dance.
      "Wow...I would have that flying across the room," I said.
      Like clockwork, it flew out of her hand, brushed someone's head, and took out an empty table.
      My table looks at me, like I did it.
      "Blame the Romani. Everyone else does," I said, sheepishly into my napkin.
      Afterwards, she was overhead saying, "It was like I was jinxed!!! I have NEVER had that happen!"
      Oops. :)
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  • Leah
    Leah
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    Re: This should get some funny responses!

    Mon, June 16, 2008 - 9:34 PM
    Caught on video:

    The one and only appearance of "The Disappearing Skirt" featuring a velour bodysuit (thank goodness) that literally attracted the silk sarong I had tied around my hips. It was gorgeous. I made the mistake of not trying out this particular costume before performing in it. Had I done that I would have known that the velour attracts the silk and with every move, the silk inches it's way up my body. So there I am, dancing in the restaurant and my silk skirt keeps inching up...and up...and up...and UNDER my coin belt. All the while I have absolutely NO idea this is happening. I finish my dance and exit. It wasn't until I was in the restroom changing that I looked down and realized MY SKIRT WAS MISSING!!! Didn't have a clue where it went. I didn't see a skirt on the stage floor? Then I took off my coin belt and lo and behold, there was my silk sarong, all bunched up under the coin belt, making my already bodacious backside even bigger.

    And yes, I actually have a video of this!
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  • casey
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    Re: This should get some funny responses!

    Tue, June 17, 2008 - 9:56 AM
    I got my cane hooked to a veil that was draped as a backdrop. It was funny....didn't realize it until I simultaneously couldn't walk forward along with a collective gasp from the audience!

    Since I'm not a stranger to messing up in a performance, I turned around, unhooked my cane, and had a sh!t eating grin for the rest of that dance :-)
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    • Rhonda
      Rhonda
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      Re: This should get some funny responses!

      Mon, June 30, 2008 - 8:41 AM
      Ok, it finally happened and in the worst possible venue... Last Tuesday, I'm dancing at a Hafla put on by a local grande dame of belly dance (perfectly nice lady, but she believes there is only one kind of belly dance... and that Tribal Fusion, ATS, etc... are not that type. What am I doing... Goth).

      She gives me a HUGE introduction... I'm a holdover from the '70's and she believes that gives me legitimacy even if I have been seduced by the dark side. I make my grand entrance and all goes well until... my first lay back about 1/2 way thru the piece. I feel my head band lovingly decorated with red and black roses begin to slip. It always stayed put before... why tonight of all nights.

      Anyway, it slides off my head and I utter an explitive, rise gracefully out of the layback, pick up the offending article and slap the crap out of it... "Bad, bad, bad!" Then, I put it on some mousey little guy's head where it remains for the rest of my performance when I reclaimed it. I'm not sure what the producer lady thought but the audience laughed along with me!

      I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Tempest who teaches never let a prop or an article of clothing get the best of you.
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