Her steps, especially in the fast segments, feature elaborate and quick weight shifts, fast plies and hops, and heel-toe combinations. And many of the hip moves start with or accent a hip lift. These steps are drawn from Turkish folk dance. Footwork is generally highly patterned and complex, with tempos that are generally quit fast. For instance, a local rising star I know took what she thought of as a standard Turkish show into a Turkish restaurant.
Accents tend to be down, and the overall feel or tone, is earthly and sensuous.
Hip drops accent the beat. Frequent abrupt changes in tempo and tone within each piece require the dancer to know her music, to be able to hit the accents and stops exactly, and to anticipate and react to changes in style and mood. This places more importance on set choreography. Choreography also helps the dancer provide enough variety in her routine to demonstrate her expertise and range as well as to keep the audience involved in her performance. Long, no-tempo instrumental solos or taxims ask for deep emotional expression and subtle, controlled movement.