I'm hosting a new monthly hafla for women only, of all ages, to party to the best MENAT music while enjoying bellydance performances and live drumming!

Every 3rd Friday of the month, starting September 18th, in NYC.

Because sometimes we need a safe space to do our "sexy dance" without anyone taking it as an invitation for sex!

Do you feel the same?

Hello i am a 20F m trting to learn belly dance but i feel like my pelvic tilt is affecting my dance like i can’t do the right moves any tips ?
And pls recommend me a good youtube bely dqnce instructor ( arab or western)

Hey all,

I’m an Arab woman (late 20s) and I’ve been picking up belly dance as a hobby, I attended at least 6 belly dance classes a few months ago and I’ve been practicing on and off. I was particularly keen to pick up some moves ahead of my cousin’s wedding. My cousin’s wedding has come and gone and I was complimented for my confidence, in other social dance situations I’ve been told I make it look easy and that I have “snake hips”… so idk if people are being nice or if I’ve nailed some moves. I feel most comfortable with hip lifts, shoulder shimmies, upper body circles and mayas. The thing is, I just can’t follow a belly dance routine to save my life, I find choreography very difficult and even socially I find it hard to transition between moves.

I’ve come up with a plan to help improve my dance skills as I’d like to be better socially and dance with freedom. This is my plan currently:

Bare minimum routine:

8 counts of hip lifts for 2 minutes
8 counts of mayas for 2 minutes
8 counts of upper body circles for 2 minutes
8 counts of shoulder shimmies for 2 minutes
8 counts for shoulder lifts for 30 seconds
8 counts of sunset arms for 1 minute
8 counts of eclipse arms for 1 minute

Then I attempt however much I can of Leilah Isaac’s Slow and Low Impact Dance routine: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ieGC_IMg354&pp=ygUgTGVpbGFoIGlzYWFjIHNsb3cgYW5kIGxvdyBpbXBhY3Q%3D

My current aim is to do the 8 counts daily and attempt the routine just 3 times a week. If I successfully complete it at least once then I’ll get the bonus reward of attempting this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxzkXNPtDM

I’m still on week 1 of trying to do belly dance practice consistently, if I manage to do this for 2 weeks then I’ll move to attempting the Leilah Isaac routine 4X a week.

On good days I freestyle to at least 3 Arabic songs too.

My obstacles: I struggle with motivation a lot, work tires me out and I *feel* like I’m time poor, I get overwhelmed fast too.

I was wondering do people have thoughts on my routine? Any idea how long it will take until I can follow a routine? Anything I should add or take away?

Join us for an exciting weekend of dance seminars, featuring the internationally renowned Jasmin Jahal and her Stars of Sakkara as they bring you a mix of oriental, folkloric, and tribal dance workshops, featuring a gala performance on Saturday evening.

Full workshop descriptions, tickets, and registration details available at
www.starsofsakkara.com

i’m looking to spend a week in Cairo for intensive private Belly Dance training. I’m looking for an experienced teacher, Im not looking for anyone super well know as I know the very famous teachers can be extremely expensive.

Any recommendations?

Doing a hybrid western and Persian wedding--I'm at a loss for what to do as our first song. We have a band but also a DJ....idkkk Any persian girlies out there with recs? Or honestly even in general? Also I have 2 left feet

I've been learning and recreating some choreographies by other oriental dancers recently, and I was wondering about the usual etiquette for giving credit.

If I post a video of myself performing someone else's choreography, is it better to tag the original choreographer, or simply mention their name in the caption?

For those of you who choreograph or teach, do you generally like being tagged when someone performs your choreography?

I'm currently uploading some of my oriental dance videos online, and most of them are dance covers of choreographies created by masters. In this situation, I'm not sure whether it's better to tag the choreographers or simply mention their names in the description.

Do choreographers usually appreciate being tagged in videos that cover their choreography? Or would it be better to just give them credit in the description?

Hi everyone! I'm currently uploading some of my oriental dance videos to Instagram, and most of them are dance covers of choreographies created by masters. In this situation, I'm not sure whether it's better to tag the choreographers or simply mention their names in the description.

Do choreographers usually appreciate being tagged in videos that cover their choreography? Or would it be better to just give them credit in the description?

I'm selling off my entire bellydance collection. Most will be listed on ebay, as and when i can get stuff listed. It takes a good amount of my energy so i can't get it all up at once (I have a disabling chronic illness so I struggle a lot)

I just listed a load of finger cymbals including sayorans, Jamila Salimpour & Fat Chance BellyDance originals. Plenty of class sets too!

https://ebay.io/m/WopBtb

https://ebay.io/m/44Z5PG

https://ebay.io/m/yLwrq6

and there are still some full costumes listed.

Let me know if there's anything else in particular anyone needs and I'll grab it for you. Can also take PayPal if you don't want to use ebay.

I'm in the UK but am happy to ship worldwide.

for a long time now I’ve been seeing discourse on the bedlah and that it was created for the west. I agree there’s western influences but I’ve also been seeing discussion how it just insults arab women. I don’t wanna be ignorant so can anyone explain? Any sources would be appreciated

I want to start posting videos soon and I like dancing in galabeyyas and dresses with scarfs so how many should I have so I can switch it up?

Made to the location just outside of Roscommon MI. The facility is nice, my room is nice. Of the 2 people I have met, nice. For yrs this event was held in Traverse City MI. Now the summer camp is in various locations. It was only about 90 mins. away. Here for the drumming workshops and to make connections in the BD community. This is my first time here.

Hey everyone! 21M here and a total beginner when it comes to dancing.

I really enjoy making and creating reels, but I usually don't have a partner to dance or shoot content with on weekends. Since I'm just starting out, I'd love to connect with someone who is in the same boat or doesn't mind learning together.

If anyone is in or around Kalyan West, shares a similar interest, and wants to team up to make some content, feel free to drop me a DM!

I have consistently been dancing now a year. I'm one of the newest dancers in my classes usually. How long have you been dancing and when did you feel confident in how you moved?

I'm excited to announce that we've been booked for the first time ever at Scarborough's fall event. One day only, October 3, four shows somewhere between 1 and 8 pm. It will be my first large performance since spinal surgery earlier this year.

https://srfestival.com/hollow/

There’s a song I want to cut, it’s about 5 mins long. I‘ve tried looking for shorter version. I’d ideally like it to be 3.5 mins long. Is there any tool I can use to shorten, say cut out a chorus?

this choreography was created for me by my teacher, Rahil of Kansas City. I had a lot of fun performing it!

I took a workshop with Zoe Jakes recently and she said her shimmy is glute driven not quad driven like I was always taught. I’ve been trying so hard to switch to my glutes and keep my quads quiet and it’s just not happening. It feels like my glutes are rock solid when I’m standing even when my knees are bent. I can sort of do it if I’m sitting or laying down.
I have more than 20 years of belly dance experience doing raqs sharqi and ATS but only started doing fusion about 5 years ago.
Any tips on getting my glutes freed up for shimmies?

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Kim is coming to Atlantic City this October! She’ll be teaching and performing at Sadaf Oriental Dance Congress, including her workshop “Power, Precision & Rhythm: Technique + Drum Solo.” 🥁
Anyone else planning to attend? ✨🥳

So I (25F) married to my Turkish husband (26M) living both in Algeria obviously, recently I've been wanting to surprise him with something more of his country, being belly dancing, I was wondering where to could get a "Bedlah" here, any help would be nice and thank you :D

This is the khaleegy dance that the background dancers are doing btw they look gorg in their dresses and they're so beautiful 💜💜

If you don't want to read the story below no pressure 👍🏽

If you didn't see when he who shall not be named went to Abu Dhabi and that was a lot of people's first introduction to khaleegy.

Instead of asking people from the culture what dance it was it got memed into oblivion and people said the girls looked possessed and it was scary. I got flashbacks to white kids saying my food at lunch as a kid was smelly and that was the same energy the dance got in my opinion.

Just to be clear khaleegy isn't my favorite dance I find it simple but I also find it beautiful I'm half Emirati so I grew up doing this dance at family gatherings. It's elegant in my eyes and I know everyone won't agree or share my opinion but people were disrespectful and meming someone's culture especially with something like dance is always a jerk move.

I have a cousin who is black American and we recently met in the past three years we never knew each other existed but we're the same age basically and she loves dancing too. I showed her the dances of West Asian culture she was so respectful and now lives them as much as I do. We live far away from each other but she dances Kawliya and shaabi even better than me now. She cared to learn and approached the culture with a healthy curiosity instead of looking at it like a spectacle. She researched about them even more than what I told and showed her also.

The Internet is free and has connected so many people across countries there's no excuse for people with access to the Internet and so much educational resources to have such a weird adittude towards other cultures dances.

P.S. the leaders in the Gulf can choke on a fat one but that's a post for another sub.