Ultimate Belly Dancing Guide
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Belly Dancing Guide
Belly Dancing is fun first of all. You can also lose weight with belly dancing while enjoying this great form of Art.
Also; Did you know that Belly Dancing is the World's oldest dance?
The whole purpose of this "Ultimate Belly Dancing Guide" is to explain belly dancing and offer resources for beginners who are interested in belly dancing and share some advanced resources for non-beginners. I hope the information I offer will help you in some way.
I will be updating this ultimate guide regularly, so please leave your comments, and let me know if you want me to add any specific information.
Belly Dance History
There are many different versions of stories about when and where belly dancing started. Belly Dancing History might be interesting topic, therefore I have created a list of great resources for belly dance history:
How to Belly Dance
It used to be hard to find an instructor to learn belly dancing from. But nowadays, even in very small towns you might find a belly dance instructor, or a gym that offers belly dancing classes. Definitely, your best option to learn belly dancing is from a knowledable belly dance instructor.
A teacher can work with you and make sure you are executing a move correctly. If you are doing something wrong, you can ask your teacher to show the right form to you. It is always nice to have someone in front of you demonstrating the movement. But let's face it, this is not always feasible. If you don't have a chance to learn belly dancing from an instructor, you might want to check out these options:
How To Do Bellydance Hip Raise
How to Belly Dance Videos
There are few belly dance instructional videos from YouTube at the right column. YouTube.com has a very large selection of instructional videos. These are some nice sites with belly dance instructional videos:
- Cassiopeia's How to Execute a Belly Dance Move Videos (26 videos).
- Basic belly dance instructional videos by Sharia covering basics of belly dancing (20 short videos).
- Atea's Belly Dance Clip.
- Yasmina's How to Belly Dance Page.
More Free Belly Dancing Video Samples From YouTube:
Cassiopeia's Choreography
Learn Egyptian Belly Dance
Asena Performance - Famous Turkish Belly Dancer
Didem Dance Show - Turkish Belly Dance Star
Belly Dance Resource Websites
- Shira - The Art of Middle Eastern Dance
Shira's site is full of resources for belly dancers from beginner to advanced level. You will find many articles, how to guides, and links to belly dance sites. - Joy of Belly Dancing
One of the authority resource websites in belly dancing. - OrientalDancer.net
Oriental Dancer offers a large variety of articles, resources and a community forum for belly dancers. - BellyDance.org
Another resource website for belly dancers. Very helpful information. Site of The International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance. - BellyDance.com
Belly Dancing Articles & Resources - Learn to Belly Dance
Articles and resources teaching belly dancing.
Belly Dance Shopping Resources
- Belly Dance Store
Belly Dance US offers a large variety of belly dancing products ranging from hip scarves to professional costumes. Turkish style harem pants, veils, finger cymbals, instructional dvd's and more. - Belly Dance Hip Scarf
Affordable Belly Dance Hip Scarves. BellyDanceHipScarf.com categorizes affordable belly dance hip scarf auctions from eBay, and also offers unique articles. - MoonDance
MoonDance offers a large selection of tribal belly dancing products.
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Great first hub, Jenn! Welcome to Hubpages :)
I don't have any videos yet.
When I become a pro, I'll post my videos also :)
Thanks for the comment embitca
Great first hub! Welcome to hubpages Jenn :)
Jenn really Knows what people like to see! I love belly dance :D
I'm Not much of a belly dancer but nice start Jenn....
Welcome to the club, very good hub!
I actually practice belly dancing, I love it, I try to do it at least twice a week. I find it better than any other form of excercise (apart from Pilates). As an added bonus you ca pick some of the steps for when you are clubbing!!!
fantastic
i have always been abelly dancing fan
Awesome Hub..
Thanks for the help earlier on the forums as well. (Jewelery Blogger)
-Scott :)
Great hub jen! it looks like so much fun!
Welcome to hubpages :)
Good hub and very interesting. Makes me want to learn how to belly dance, but I am not very good at dancing, so I enjoy to watch others do it.
Hi Jenn, love your hub-belly dancing. On the odd occassion in the nightclub I have tried this, often getting a positive response, not sure if it is the dancing they're admiring.
What decided you to venture into belly dancing?
suok3
These videos are brilliant!
Blellydancing....I LOVE it! I was contracting my Glutes by the end of the first video!
Daniel
Great Hub, sorry I hadn't come across it before. Tip - you probably know by now that rather than continually adding to this Hub, it's much better to start a new Hub and link the two together. Happy Hubbing!
Awesome Hub!
Great hub and video sharing, thank you!
Belly dancing is amazing, and some of the videos you've posted up looks really good. I guess shakira brought belly dancing the media attention it needed [in the west] and the rest is history.
Recent Belly Dancing News
- Belly dancing baby Shakira - ABS CBN News
CNN Belly dancing baby Shakira ABS CBN News The "She Wolf" singer is famed for her hip-swivelling abilities and believes it isn't something she ever had to learn, even though she did have lessons as a ... The making of Saint Shakiraguardian.co.uk Shakira thinks 'libido is the engine of the world'India Business Blog (blog) all 51 news articles » - 22 hours ago
- Shakira can belly dance since birth! - Times of India
Hindustan Times Shakira can belly dance since birth! Times of India Colombian pop star Shakira believes she could belly dance since being born and never had to train to learn her dance moves. The "She wolf" singer who is ... Belly dancing baby ShakiraChina Daily Shakira was born with hip-swiveling movesOneindia DANCES WITH WOLF Shakira's latest is full of wild beatsEntertainment Weekly MTV.com -AngryApe -Consequence of Sound all 72 news articles » - 4 days ago
- Belly dancers keep visitors entertained at Momos - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Belly dancers keep visitors entertained at Momos St. Louis Post-Dispatch E: Thinking about the belly dancer before you even see her? J: I hear a repetitive clacking noise. And here she comes! E: She's cute! And she wants to dance ... and more » - 4 days ago
- The international flavor of dance - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
The international flavor of dance University at Buffalo The Spectrum Morgan Denton, a graduate student in the Department of History, has been belly dancing for a little over a year, and joined the dance troupe because she ... - 23 hours ago
- What's Happening - Nov. 23, 2009 - Beckley Register-Herald
What's Happening - Nov. 23, 2009 Beckley Register-Herald Middle-Eastern music, belly dance fall session, 6:30 to 7:30 pm, beginners; followed by troupe and student troupe on third floor dance studio, ... - 26 hours ago
vreccc says:
2 years ago
WOW!!!!!!!
Those videos are great!!! Do we get to see a video of you belly dancing, or were you in one of those????
Oh yeah!!! this is a nice hub
Jonathan