The Inviting Music of Belly Dancing

[jody sweeney]

Belly dancing music is influenced by Turkish and Classic Egyptian
(mere examples here, I could chose Ghawazee, Modern Egyptian,
Tunisian, etc) are primarily defined by the music and its
interpretation, as well as culture-based costuming. The base movements
are the same, the underlying beats of the music are often Middle
Eastern (and other traditional non-Western compositions), and the
music influences the attitude of the movements and also the type of
clothes worn.
Turkish, Greek, Moroccan, even some Bollywood music can be great for
belly dance. If you are going to perform to music that does not come
from the belly dance music of the Arabic world, do some research first
so you create a respectable composition instead of an ignorant mish-
mash.
Women created the dance to perform for one another, not to perform for
men. Women engaged in what appears to resemble the modern belly dance
appear in Egyptian tomb paintings from 5,000 B.C. and in ancient Greek
and Indian sculpture. Ritual dances of high priestesses of many
ancient civilizations were probably some form of belly dance.
The music that accompanies a dance is, I believe, is what gives it
that mysterious, compelling quality. Belly dancing music is exciting,
rhythmical and intriguing. Turkish Dance costumes are among the more
risqu' of the cabaret styles, baring plenty of leg and cleavage. They
are usually beaded, but may use coins too. Turkish dancers are often
very scantily clad, but that's not a requirement of the style.
Egyptian style movements are very precise, with the hips held under
the rib cage. Turkish style often leans the upper torso back, pushing
the pelvis forward. Egyptian style movements are very precise, with
the hips held under the rib cage. Turkish style often leans the upper
torso back, pushing the pelvis forward.
Egyptian dance businesses flourished to meet the enjoyment of the
western woman's love of this dance. Egyptian is more artistic than
Turkish, it has lot more movements and more difficult system while the
Arabian belly dance music is more complex and interesting than the
Turkish one. A short Turkish performance might be thrilling, but I
could never watch Turkish style belly dancing for hours.
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