Belly dancing

[redlight]

Does anyone here belly dance? I saw an opening for a class and am thinking of joining. The class is tribal.

 

[RachelEllen]

I belly danced for many years and loved it. If the class is tribal, it may not be what you typically think of as belly dance, but it might be fun anyhow! There are so many flavors of belly dance and classes (techincal, exercise oriented, "spiritual") that its hard to generalize.

 

[ahutton]

I took it through my local community college, it was great fun and great exercise. I found muscles I never knew existed.

 

[redlight]

I belly danced for many years and loved it. If the class is tribal, it may not be what you typically think of as belly dance, but it might be fun anyhow! There are so many flavors of belly dance and classes (techincal, exercise oriented, "spiritual") that its hard to generalize.

So what exactly is tribal?

 

[Serena]

My daughter took a class for a little while, she enjoyed it.

 

[RachelEllen]

Gross generalization here, but tribal belly dance has a more "folklore" feel, in both costuming and movement, than the typical "Shakira style" belly dance that folks may think of when they hear the term.

Google "fat chance belly dance" if you are interested in more information. That was the group that is usually credited with originating the style.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I took a belly dancing class through a community college and loved it. It was a lot of fun.

 

[redlight]

Gross generalization here, but tribal belly dance has a more "folklore" feel, in both costuming and movement, than the typical "Shakira style" belly dance that folks may think of when they hear the term.

Google "fat chance belly dance" if you are interested in more information. That was the group that is usually credited with originating the style.

Thank you! It sounds interesting.

 

[TinklednPants]

I've always enjoyed watching belly dancers. It's very...can I say sensual???
But I'm pretty certain my belly is too flat to pull it off.

 

[redlight]

I've always enjoyed watching belly dancers. It's very...can I say sensual???
But I'm pretty certain my belly is too flat to pull it off.

I still have some roundness to my belly, just a bit, maybe I shouldn't lose the rest of my weight.

 

[java]

My 15 year old son's girlfriends mom teaches belly dancing. I won't be taking the class. I've got too much belly for dancing right now.

 

[redlight]

My 15 year old son's girlfriends mom teaches belly dancing. I won't be taking the class. I've got too much belly for dancing right now.

There's no such thing as too much belly for belly dancing.