Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance - Characteristics

Characteristics

Three common characteristic pairs to help categorize the sub-types of Tribal Style bellydance can be seen as:

• Ensemble: Group / Solo
• Execution: Improvisational Choreography (or "Improv") / Memorized Choreography (or "Choreo")
• Styling: Traditional Tribal (see: Old School/Classic & ATS costuming ) / Tribal Fusion (see: Tribal Fusion costuming )

Tribal Style can be divided into sub-types depending on which characteristics are combined.

• Improv Tribal Style combines group improv and Traditional Tribal styling
• Tribal Fusion Style combines group, solo, improv, choreo and Tribal Fusion styling
• Combo-Based Tribal Style combines group, solo, choreo, Traditional Tribal and/or Tribal Fusion Styling

Choreography is generally referred to as a set sequence of dance movements, performed the same way every time. Can be done as a solo or as a group.

Group improvisation (a.k.a. Group Improv) refers to a structured and codified repertoire of movements, each with their own distinct cue, performed in a lead and follow format. Group Improv is generally associated with American Tribal Style and Group Improvisational Tribal Style (a.k.a. Improv Tribal Style).

Solo improvisation refers to one dancer spontaneously dancing and being "in the moment" with the music. Solo improvisers will often be intimately familiar with their music or have some sort of a loose framework in mind for their dance presentation.