The Belly Dance Chronicles October/November/December 2015 Volume 13, Issue 4 | Page 11

invited to perform original pieces after auditions. When I met the person in charge of the program, he asked me if my piece was Martha Graham’s style, or Merce Cunningham style; I was totally lost, as I didn’t know anything about Contemporary dance and so with total innocence, I said: “I want to perform danse orientale style”. The dance program manager looked