Video: Middle Eastern Belly Dance History

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Belly dancing originates from a variety of Middle Eastern countries. Learn more about Middle Eastern belly dancing history with tips from a professional dancer in this free dance lesson video.

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- Middle Eastern Belly Dance History

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In this clip, we're going to talk about Middle Eastern Dance. There are many different forms and styles of Middle Eastern Dance, from many different countries of the Middle East. And many of them are folkloric dances and traditional dances of each country. There's also what we call Belly Dance, which is, has become one of the most popular forms of Middle Eastern Dance. And in the following clips, I'll be showing you some Belly Dance moves. Belly dance is an ancient art form, steeped in antiquity. There are many different types of belly dance. There's Egyptian Belly Dance and Turkish Style Belly Dance and many other styles of Belly Dance. Middle Eastern Dance also encompasses the social and folkloric dances of the countries of the Middle East. The thing that makes Belly Dance different from many different types of dances that we might be more familiar with are the isolations of the body. For instance, we isolate our head, we isolate the shoulders, the rib cage and of course the pelvis. And then we add these altogether, moving back and forth between different parts of the body; head, shoulders, chest, hips, and the hips move in many different planes. We have circular movements. And then we have sharp movements and then vibration type movements, such as the shimmy. So we put all those together to make the beautiful art form that is the Belly Dance.

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Middle Eastern Belly Dance History

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