Arabic dance #4
- Is a translation of the French term
- Is also sometimes danced by men
- Is very popular in Western dance schools because it helps counteract negative sexual stereotyping
- Theory is that belly dance may have roots in the ancient Arab tribal religions as a dance to the goddess of fertility
- Belly dance was always danced as entertainment
- The first recorded Western encounter with belly dance is during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798
- Is the style more familiar to Westerners
- Performed in restaurants and cabarets around the world
- It is more commonly performed by female dancers
- It is a solo improvisational dance, although students often perform choreographed dances in a group.
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