One of my favorite Amy Sigil quotes " You'll love me once you get over it." Ha!!!

there full of energy i had the opportunity to see them last year at the cairo carnaval and they were awsome

This why I like that it is called "tribal". Every tribe has thier own feel, thier own style and they are each so unique. They bring thier own take on belly dance. It is all belly dance, it is all beautiful and it is all powerful. These ladies are OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Rosereddoll, it's fine if you don't like them but I' know for a fact they do more than "watch one DVD" to perform. They work their asses off, and put their hearts and souls into every performance.

I love this group! They always look like they're having fun every time they're on stage. Such high energy and innovation! They rock.

just wonderfull. i am deeply impressed! wow wow wow. the first video since quite a time, which i looked twice after each other... here in berlin we have no big real, professionell and with love working tribal-group. u guys look so happy - r u friends?!?! think, we have none at all...no, actually there is one only with 5 members i think, and they just start, they are still kids. what a pity - a city full of egomaniens! wished i could learn this style and have a group like this. sad now!

The energy and passion of this group is inspiring. Amy looks like a beautiful Angel on her video performances. Their workshops are high energy and full of good information take them when you are rested and ready to absorb lots of instruction. The group looks energized both individually and as a working group.

This performance never gets old! Still love watching it years later!

These girls completely blow my mind!

thank you for rocking my first tribal fest UnMata -- love you guys!

It´s a hard style, but finally, you love it.

I took a seminar with them here in Puerto Rico and they are insanely great. They're really really good.

luuuuurve your troupe :) can't wait til you come to vancouver in november!! so in for that workshop :)

WOW.....Fusion in Bestform!!!

Brilliant job girls I love your dances they are always so lively and so well done lots of brilliant moves which inspire me ,,, thank you for your lovely dances you have my total respect

i love this group! great coreographys always!

MIA and Unmata -- perfect mix!!

There's more bellydance in this piece than there is ballet in your example.

Such power and great energy - it's just awesome :D

This is just so amazing!

Yaaaaaaaa... Amy rules!

I spot the hula in that :) lovely!

your a sweetie.. glad u like my UNMATZ

they are soooo dreamy

i loved it! you girls are beautiful! i've recently been interested in getting a little more hip hop into my style of bellydance. you all are great performers with a beautiful style! :D

They like it.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

@DarkSilverAngelMoon the first song is xr2 by M.I.A.

Take a class with them.

That's some ass-kicking improv, there, gals.

Shelly has awesome shimmies!

You know that it's not the same choreo with different costumes, right? The same combo was cued at the beginning of both improv tribal songs. Also doesn't it makes sense that they would be more synchronized a year later. These grrls work hard and it shows.

Always My Favorite Routine!

I like to know that too!!

@TribalFaerie I don't know the artists, but the second song is "See How It Sounds"

if they don't wanna shave thats their problem, but they have to accept criticism as well as praise.

UNMATA is the shit..!

I just found the last 2 minutes on another tape. I'll post it when I get back from road-trippen!

Hum... if some ppl would really know what Tribal is.. and what Tribal FUSION is they wouldn't be saying nasty stuff about this awesome performance.. you can clearly see the girls doing tribal improv.. with cues,transitions and everything here!! but adding the unique UNMATA twist!

XR2, by M.I.A. :)

It looks like a high school dance routine.

I don't know the name of the song, but the singer is MIA.

ummm, ok. i guess that's a good enough answer. i've seen them dance before and i had always wondered. was kind of weird when i first saw it because the video had bad clarity so you didn't know what it was but i can see much better in this one. thanks tho.

goodness.

@teodio07 Yes.... yes she does.

xr2 girl!!!!

you may not like it, but it is tribal... really. Hop into one of Amy's workshops or if you don't want to pay, watch for a moment. Sometimes the untrained eye can't catch the technicalities, but when you watch it broken down and hear the terminology used to describe it you can see where it's origins lie.

It's just two who don't shave. It's just a personal preffrence for them.

@Shaudh some part of it is called "improvisation" That´s what ATS is about. They fuse a lot of "things" together and one of it is ATS and its group improvisations. One is leader, the others follow. You have some signs agreed which all of the dancers follow. In ATS and in any improvisation, you´ll NEVER come to a full sync!

i DIDN'T mean to post the same thing twice my computer froze and said the comment didn't post so i reposted it. And "tribal" as i "tribal fusion" and look its just my opinion i have a right to state whether or not i like them. everyone has a rite to an opinion. please respect that.

MIA XR-2

Kari Unmata Do you know the artist's name for the second song?? The "See how it sounds" one... been looking like a crazy woman for that song... or anybody else?

the music is M.I.A xr2

Ha! That's funny!

@razorinyourapple "for the record"... What excuse do you use do you use for being rude and inappropriate?

hey could u pleeeeease send me the songs??? pleeeeease! i would be soooo happy

@ravenselene - The two in question are Shelly and Amy. I understand Amy is gay; don't know about Shelly.

FUCKING RAD

well, darnit that doesn't help me. Are they all about the empowerment of the natural woman figure?

As apposed to you who looks like a glorified UNMATA savior! Praise the fan girl!!!! m( _ _ )m Criticism is apart of being an artist. You get positive and negative feed back. That is JUST how it IS. You can't go attacking every single person who decides to be the giver of the "negative" feed back. Just deal with it :).

Are you kidding?

i wasnt saying anything like that! why are you being so defensive? I was asking why they didnt because i know a lot of people do it because they embrace the natural beauty of the woman figure. plz read before you post!

@electricslipper good for the strippers, what's your point?

Who cares if they shave or not? They're beautiful and fantastic dancers regardless if they want to conform to the stupid western standards worshiped by the ignorant?

And dance does have rules. One can't just put on ballet shoes, get on a stage, break dance, then add a pirouette at the end and call it ballet, and then expect to be taken seriously by ballet dancers. Call it modern dance inspired by ballet.

@electricslipper Aw, you never fail to amuse me. I sincerely hope you never stop trawling the web in an attempt to satisfy your fetishes whilst seeking an audience of strangers and forcing them to have an encounter with your personality. It's been good, but I think I've seen the best and I won't be reading anymore.

do they? well that is a shame then. poor things.

ok i dont want to sound like an asshole, but i was just wondering what is the reasons behind them not shaving their armpits? i know hippies use to do it, but why do these women do it? :D

if theyre not taking their clothes off and u see no pole, guess what ITS NOT STRIPPING!!! if u want that go to some sleezy strip joint and stop lumping these ladies and all bellydancers in with those girls. bellydancing is not stripping it is an art form.

what? I didn't care for their "performance". so? just because I like belly dance doesn't mean I have to like this. If you post in a public forum, be prepared for criticism, not everyone will like it.

@electricslipper Lmao. Someone has serious emotional difficulties. I'm not going to entertain your surpressed anger kid.

no.

wha wha whaaaaat? Not in sync? That's funny...

Then why call it tribal fusion belly dance? They should just call it fusion dance. I don't see a solid belly dance foundation, with extra added for spice and interest. I see some cheerleader-esque group dancing, with some belly dance moves thrown in for fun. I know it's not supposed to be traditional raks, but when I watch other fusion dancers I usually see a belly dance foundation. If you want to dance, dance, but don't try and redefine something popular to suit your needs.

This is not tribal belly dance. Great job on the dance but again not tribal. The music is not tribal either. Would love to see you do tribal to belly dance music.

Hahaha... art is there to watch dude! or whatever you are.. maybe you dont have a clue of how bad anyone looks when you decide to critisize something you don't know about..artists take real critic not BS

wow. so i guess all i need is to watch one dvd and then i can perform at tribal fest by the looks of it. I understand that this is fusion but why fuse stripper moves? that raising your butt to the audience thing? not good. doesn't send the right image. it was a lot of jumping around with some jiggling and hip drops here and there. does tribal fest let amateurs perform now? my god! i saw no real passion, just them trying to remember the moves and then running across the stage for no reason.

Well, they did make me laugh I'll give them that. Fusion in small amounts is fine, but when one takes from so many places and the dance becomes unrecognizable, and at times vulgar, and other times confusing and painful to watch, we have a problem. I now understand what middle easterners have been saying about too much fusion in belly dance. tribal is more than dressing alike on the same stage. I guess if you do something in front of enough people you can call yourself a professional. huh.