Elven Dance by Apsara Afsanesara (based on Persian Dance and Bellydance)

Being an escapist, I love the fact that arts can transport me to another dimension, far from everyday world. Being a dancer, I’m blessed with possibility of turning myself into a fairytale character when entering the stage or creating a dance video. With that said, I’m also a fan of Tolkien works and the beautiful and complexed world he created. For long I fantasized about being an elf in Arda (ok, tops I could do with my 158cm of height would be a Hobbit, but I can always be an elf incarnated in hobbits body :D ) until I decided to try to put these ideas into my main form of expression - dance. I was also surprised that despite popularity of Tolkien’s works, I could find so small amounts of dancers on youtube trying to work with elven themes. This is my old choreo recycled (and extended) for a video project created for Hamsa Dance School’s “Fairy Tales“ gala. It’s a fusi