so im teaching a dance class this June-ish belly dance to be specific and it will be so fun.
Belly dance is a Western-coined name for a traditional Middle Eastern dance, especially raqs sharqi. It is sometimes also called Middle Eastern dance or Arabic dance in the West, or by the Greco-Turkish term çiftetelli.
The term "Belly dance" is a misnomer as all parts of the body are involved in the dance; the most featured body part in raqs sharqi are the hips. Belly dance takes many different forms depending on country and region, both in costume and dance style; and new styles have been invented in the West as its popularity has spread globally.
* Raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي; literally "oriental dance" wink is the style more familiar to Westerners, performed in restaurants and cabarets around the world. It is more commonly performed by female dancers but is also sometimes danced by men. It is a solo improvisational dance, although students often perform choreographed dances in a group. (this is what ill be teaching)
* Raqs baladi, (Arabic: رقص بلدي; literally "dance of country", or "folk" dance) is the folkloric style, danced socially by men and women of all ages in some Middle Eastern countries, usually at festive occasions such as weddings.
there's really no real knowledge as to how or when it started because it started in many places in different way all over the middle east.
One theory is that belly dance was originally danced by women for women, to demonstrate or ease childbirth in Iran, the Levant, and North Africa. This theory is very popular in Western dance schools because it helps counteract negative sexual stereotyping, but there is no written evidence to support it. In Middle Eastern society two specific belly dance movements have been used in childbirth for generations, but this is not sufficient evidence to prove that belly dancing arose from birthing rituals - the birthing rituals could equally have arisen from belly dancing.
Another theory is that belly dance may have roots in the ancient Arab tribal religions as a dance to the goddess of fertility.
A third theory is that belly dance was always danced as entertainment. Some belly dance historians believe that the movements of dancing girls depicted in carvings in Pharaonic times are typical of belly dancing.
While these theories may have some foundation, none of them can be proved to be the origin of belly dance. It is more likely that all these factors contributed to the development of belly dance as we know it today.
so if your in Colorado and what to learn to belly dance pm me and i will give you the site to register.
anyway, so look at that. this one isn't nearly as pointless. see im getting better at this. yay!
i cant wait to teach again.
anyway tootles
naru-chan heart
Belly dance is a Western-coined name for a traditional Middle Eastern dance, especially raqs sharqi. It is sometimes also called Middle Eastern dance or Arabic dance in the West, or by the Greco-Turkish term çiftetelli.
The term "Belly dance" is a misnomer as all parts of the body are involved in the dance; the most featured body part in raqs sharqi are the hips. Belly dance takes many different forms depending on country and region, both in costume and dance style; and new styles have been invented in the West as its popularity has spread globally.
* Raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي; literally "oriental dance" wink is the style more familiar to Westerners, performed in restaurants and cabarets around the world. It is more commonly performed by female dancers but is also sometimes danced by men. It is a solo improvisational dance, although students often perform choreographed dances in a group. (this is what ill be teaching)
* Raqs baladi, (Arabic: رقص بلدي; literally "dance of country", or "folk" dance) is the folkloric style, danced socially by men and women of all ages in some Middle Eastern countries, usually at festive occasions such as weddings.
there's really no real knowledge as to how or when it started because it started in many places in different way all over the middle east.
One theory is that belly dance was originally danced by women for women, to demonstrate or ease childbirth in Iran, the Levant, and North Africa. This theory is very popular in Western dance schools because it helps counteract negative sexual stereotyping, but there is no written evidence to support it. In Middle Eastern society two specific belly dance movements have been used in childbirth for generations, but this is not sufficient evidence to prove that belly dancing arose from birthing rituals - the birthing rituals could equally have arisen from belly dancing.
Another theory is that belly dance may have roots in the ancient Arab tribal religions as a dance to the goddess of fertility.
A third theory is that belly dance was always danced as entertainment. Some belly dance historians believe that the movements of dancing girls depicted in carvings in Pharaonic times are typical of belly dancing.
While these theories may have some foundation, none of them can be proved to be the origin of belly dance. It is more likely that all these factors contributed to the development of belly dance as we know it today.
so if your in Colorado and what to learn to belly dance pm me and i will give you the site to register.
anyway, so look at that. this one isn't nearly as pointless. see im getting better at this. yay!
i cant wait to teach again.
anyway tootles
naru-chan heart
