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Shattered Self · Sep 25, 2006, 07:00 PM // 19:00

I still want this dance.

Fearful Bab3 · Sep 25, 2006, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ole Man Bourbon

Can't believe there's a Michael Jackson dance but no moonwalk.

If you look Closely on Guildwars Factions - Male Assasins Do the MoonWalk

Numa Pompilius · Sep 25, 2006, 10:48 PM // 22:48

This SHOULD be the Dervish dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUs5H8ZLJoc

Fates · Sep 25, 2006, 11:00 PM // 23:00

Female Paragon?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJTD8R5iq4

LadyNilene · Sep 25, 2006, 11:17 PM // 23:17

i havent seen male dervish dance i dont think? female dervish wasnt spectacular...the female paragon dance was really fun lol male paragon was snappy lol

Moiax · Sep 25, 2006, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kha

Christopher Walken makes everything better.

Quoted for truth.

I didn't realize what the dance was, but now that I do, I like the male dervishes a bit more. I still like the female one better though. As for the paragon....yeah.

Khift · Sep 25, 2006, 11:36 PM // 23:36

Having watched the Coming To America dance and comparing it to the female paragon dance... they are nothing alike. The only similarity there is in the level of intensity - both are very active dances. But that's it.

Wansanchez · Sep 26, 2006, 12:12 AM // 00:12

i thought the female dervish dance looked like the ballerina in a music box dance.play love story in the background to add emphasis.

tONYY · Sep 26, 2006, 12:25 AM // 00:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WW8flwpH-Q

btw

Curse You · Sep 26, 2006, 12:25 AM // 00:25

Don't you people ever use GuildWiki?

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Dance#Paragon

So far the only one that noone seems to know is the Female Paragon.

Quid Pro Quo · Sep 26, 2006, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Hope that in the CE the male Dervish dance does the part where he flys around for a long time. :P

My Sweet Revenga · Sep 26, 2006, 03:16 AM // 03:16

I've never saw the fatboy slim video. Was in university at the time and didn't have access to tv. Now that I've watched it, I dunno how I've never seen it before, it is AWSOME.

As for the female paragon dance, 1 dancer on her own is kinda odd to watch. But get a group of them together dancing in a circle, possibly the best group sync dance in the game

Pepsi Jedi · Sep 26, 2006, 03:39 AM // 03:39

What I think is funny.. Is not one but two people went back and CHANGED their posts in this thread to quote mine when they thought it was the Coming to America dance. lol I read though this forum the other day and their replies were different. That makes me laugh.

I still think it's spazzy.

Loralai · Sep 26, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

I still stand by my theory that the Female Paragon is Josephine Baker's "Dance Sauvage."

bigwig · Sep 26, 2006, 05:47 AM // 05:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curse You

Don't you people ever use GuildWiki?

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Dance#Paragon

So far the only one that noone seems to know is the Female Paragon.

other than the fact that both those dervishs and the female dervishs were rotating, i don't think thats the same dance.

Dess Daemona · Sep 26, 2006, 08:32 AM // 08:32

Hi
I believe, that the female dervish dance is heavily influenced by ballet and is actually a mingle between the traditional dervish dance and classical ballet pirouettes. I guess people would have regarded the traditional dervish dance as pretty boring anyway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQLhT_xSak

arcanemacabre · Sep 26, 2006, 08:48 AM // 08:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dess Daemona

Hi
I believe, that the female dervish dance is heavily influenced by ballet and is actually a mingle between the traditional dervish dance and classical ballet pirouettes. I guess people would have regarded the traditional dervish dance as pretty boring anyway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQLhT_xSak

I once thought that, but one of the key differences between the female Dervish and ballet, is that the Dervish never balances on her toes. She is clearly spinning flat on her feet, as a real-life Dervish would.

Not sure how important that is to either dance style (if Dervish spinning could be called a 'dance'), but it definately sets it apart, methinks.

I'll give it this much, there are some influences.

Gli · Sep 26, 2006, 09:30 AM // 09:30

The only similarity I see between the real dervish dance and the female GW dervish dance is the spinning.

The arm movements, the back-arching, the whole dynamic, all of that reminds me of classical ballet and figure skating.

Dess Daemona · Sep 26, 2006, 09:40 AM // 09:40

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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

... one of the key differences between the female Dervish and ballet, is that the Dervish never balances on her toes...

That's what I meant with mingle, mixture - it's not really classical ballet pirouette. But Gli has also a point, the arching back reminds figure skating.

Maybe the dervish dance just isn't one dance you can find, but a truly creative mixture?