Belly dancing is an expressive dance which emphasizes complex movements of the torso. Originally a Middle Eastern folk dance, it has evolved to take many various forms depending on the country and region, both in costume and dance style. New styles have evolved in the West as its popularity has spread globally The term “belly dance” is a translation of the French term “danse du ventre”, which was applied for the dance in the Victorian era, and probably originally referred to dancers around the Ouled Nail tribes of Algeria. It is something of a misnomer, his or her dance used more abdominal movements than the dances described today as “belly dance”.
In Arabic, the dance is in order to as Raqs Sharqi (“Eastern Dance”) or Raqs Beledi(“Country Dance” or “Folk Dance”).
Dalilah filming Keyf Ansak in Cairo, 1957.
Belly dance is primarily a torso-driven dance, with a focus on articulations of the hips. Unlike many Western dance forms, the focus belonging to the dance is on isolations of the torso muscles, instead of on movements of the limbs through site. Although some of these isolations appear similar to the isolations used in jazz ballet, they are sometimes driven differently and have a different feeling or concentration.
In common the majority of folk dances, there is not any universal naming scheme for belly dance movements. Some dancers and dance schools have developed their own naming schemes, but none of these is universally recognised.
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