Belly dance
Posted 6 years ago in DANCE STYLE.Belly dance also called as Arabic dance. This dance mainly focuses on torso and hips.
HISTORY
Belly dance was first introduced in America in 1893 by a dance called " Little Egypt". Americans after seeing this dance performance became fascinated and very interested.
One special form of dance mainly meant for women where women gain confidence in herself. It mainly focuses on the torso and hip movements. Belly dance also includes vibrations and shimmies.
PURPOSE OF BELLY DANCE
- Blood circulation increases,
- Flexible joints,
- Stress relief,
- Sleep better,
- Increases metabolism,
- Less back pain,
- Decreases cellulite, etc.
Recent research has shown that women believe that belly dance helps them to express their feminity with their body movements, looking beautiful and great with the attire and gaining confidence.
Belly dance is performed in countries such as,
- Egypt,
- Turkey,
- Iran,
- Spain,
- Saudi and
- India.
COSTUMES
Costumes are an important part of belly dance. The audience gets attracted only if a belly dancer wears a proper good costume. It not only depends upon the audience even the dancer feels like a strat if she is comfortable with great beautiful costumes.
TOP PROFESSIONAL BELLY DANCERS
- Amar Gamal,
- Amera Eid,
- Dalilah,
- Didem Kınalı,
- Dina Talaat,
- Fifi Abdou,
- Mayte Garcia and
- Nadia Gamal, etc.
FACTS ABOUT BELLY DANCE
HARD WORK
Yes, practice is very important and necessary to perform belly dance. A lot of practice is required. It requires regular and intense practice since the workouts are for the hips and torso. Carefully practice must be followed so that one does not injures/ harm themselves.
CREATIVITY
The creativity starts with the costumes and matching the dance steps with the costumes. Each and every step performed is creatively identified.
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
A belly dancer can make an audience feel the music in their dance. They give perfect body movement to each and every beat of the music.
IN LOVE WITH BELLY DANCE
One must be very fascinated by their profession. Best dancer will come out only if they fall in love with their dance. When one start having a relationship with the dance then the combination arises between dance and the dancer to give the best out of all.
CULTURE
Each tradition shows a different form of belly dance such as Egyptian, Turkish etc with different properties and different traditions.
