Belly Dancing
The majority of Americans have only seen belly dancing in movies or, perhaps, in the latest Shakira video. Some of us might have seen a belly dancer in an ethnic restaurant, but other than that it’s unlikely that we would encounter belly dancing as an art form. It isn’t a very popular style of dance in the U.S. In other parts of the world, … Keep Reading → particularly parts of Africa and the Middle East belly dancing is extremely popular. The belly dancing that we are familiar with, the kind with the extreme hip movements and skimpy costumes, is known as the Turkish style. There is another style from Egypt that is much more modest in both dress and movement. Egyptian belly dance is usually done in private and only for family members. In some countries male belly dancers are as common as female dancers.
