i love belly dance... i know, it has only been one lesson, but it is so much fun!!!! and i am not as sore as i thought i would be... it is really hard, lots more so than i expected, but soooooo much fun... i can't wait till i am good... g-fresh and i are going to practice every night...
i only wish i was as good as this girl is...
Is there a male equivalent to belly dancing?
ReplyDeleteit is traditionally and primarily a female dance ... at least the performance aspect of it, though it developed out of raks baladi, which just means country dance, and was for everyone, male and female...
ReplyDeletehowever, there are men who do essentially the same thing as the female performance version... search youtube - "male belly dancing"...
... I could stand to see a little more...
ReplyDelete1. Yes, males belly dance (even in performance) though many countries frown on the males dancing because apparently it fosters homosexuality. But recently Egypt (I think) just rescinded their ban on male dancers.
ReplyDelete2. You should get a hold of a Belly Dance AllStars video. Fantastic! It's a show put together by 5-7 troupes across the country. Various styles and looks and music. Great!
3. Do you like cabaret or tribal/fusion styles more?
Oh! and I forgot to ask who's teaching the class?
ReplyDeleteMale bellydancing can be found, even on the front range. There were a couple guys in the SCA with me back in the day who used to bellydance. They were based in Boulder, I think...
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