Pro tip: do not ever say or even imply bellydancers are any kind of prostitutes or you will have a lot of seriously angry females on your hands and you will definitely deserve it.
Bellydancing has a history which goes back for millennia and it's not about sex but rather we are women. This not the same as "I Am Woman" from Helen Reddy but rather women empower each other's womanly ways, femininity, what we are, whatever we are, and anything along that line. It doesn't matter to them whether they are large or small and they know that matters to an audience but not when the audience understands what the dance says.
Here's an example of a lovely lady in the Fort Worth area who is playing with the kid but he knows it. He also knows you are fine to look wherever you like but absolutely do not touch.
Sure are allowed to touch minimally to give her a tip as a sign of respect by inserting paper money into the the elastic holding up her skirt but using that opportunity to peek or grope will result in disgrace and you seriously don't want to piss her off because she's almost certainly in better shape than you. Judging by this pic, we're guessing in much better shape ... but that's self-evident, isn't it.
She's a dear friend of Yevette and she has immense respect for her as a teacher.
As you see it's all in fun. His mother was sitting at the same table. As you also see, his focus has not changed. Maybe this is why she laughs.
If you don't think this is possible in New England or that they ever even heard of bellydancing then this comely lass should settle it for you. The position of every finger on her hands has meaning and mostly only dancers will understand them but we see the grace in their motion.
Some call this 'poetry in motion' but poetry really doesn't have much to do with it other than your subjective impression of it. I am Woman and make of it what you will.
This, I believe, is Sabra in the New England area. She has been bellydancing for a while and has some physical pain from doing it but check out the smile.
She is another for whom Yevette has great respect as a teacher and as a human. Together We Are Woman. You see for yourself what the empowerment brings.
After you tear your eyes away from her incredibly flat belly, take a look at her fingers and how all are specifically positioned as they need to be for this move.
One more and this from the 20th Century when I played there and Donika did a set with "Woman in the Snow," a story of a streetwalker who was probably addicted to crack and then one day she disappeared. The song is what happened to her. We hope she took the cure and changed her life but the song was what happens when she doesn't and that's the theme for Donika's bellydance.
Donika did one outstanding death scene too. I was watching from the stage while I played and admired the portrayal she and The Raven presented. It felt like all of us played through each other.
And, one more to close, as sometimes bellydancers have wings:
This lady was dancing at Byblos in Fort Worth. There is no mention of bellydancing or it wasn't revealed on a cursory review of the page but I can firmly attest there was bellydancing there at one time and this lady flew there.
Update: there is definitely still bellydancing at Byblos.
There are no dates on the pics because I'm not really sure when I shot any of them except they're within about the last ten years or so.
Bellydancing has a history which goes back for millennia and it's not about sex but rather we are women. This not the same as "I Am Woman" from Helen Reddy but rather women empower each other's womanly ways, femininity, what we are, whatever we are, and anything along that line. It doesn't matter to them whether they are large or small and they know that matters to an audience but not when the audience understands what the dance says.
Here's an example of a lovely lady in the Fort Worth area who is playing with the kid but he knows it. He also knows you are fine to look wherever you like but absolutely do not touch.
Sure are allowed to touch minimally to give her a tip as a sign of respect by inserting paper money into the the elastic holding up her skirt but using that opportunity to peek or grope will result in disgrace and you seriously don't want to piss her off because she's almost certainly in better shape than you. Judging by this pic, we're guessing in much better shape ... but that's self-evident, isn't it.
She's a dear friend of Yevette and she has immense respect for her as a teacher.
As you see it's all in fun. His mother was sitting at the same table. As you also see, his focus has not changed. Maybe this is why she laughs.
If you don't think this is possible in New England or that they ever even heard of bellydancing then this comely lass should settle it for you. The position of every finger on her hands has meaning and mostly only dancers will understand them but we see the grace in their motion.
Some call this 'poetry in motion' but poetry really doesn't have much to do with it other than your subjective impression of it. I am Woman and make of it what you will.
This, I believe, is Sabra in the New England area. She has been bellydancing for a while and has some physical pain from doing it but check out the smile.
She is another for whom Yevette has great respect as a teacher and as a human. Together We Are Woman. You see for yourself what the empowerment brings.
After you tear your eyes away from her incredibly flat belly, take a look at her fingers and how all are specifically positioned as they need to be for this move.
One more and this from the 20th Century when I played there and Donika did a set with "Woman in the Snow," a story of a streetwalker who was probably addicted to crack and then one day she disappeared. The song is what happened to her. We hope she took the cure and changed her life but the song was what happens when she doesn't and that's the theme for Donika's bellydance.
Donika did one outstanding death scene too. I was watching from the stage while I played and admired the portrayal she and The Raven presented. It felt like all of us played through each other.
And, one more to close, as sometimes bellydancers have wings:
This lady was dancing at Byblos in Fort Worth. There is no mention of bellydancing or it wasn't revealed on a cursory review of the page but I can firmly attest there was bellydancing there at one time and this lady flew there.
Update: there is definitely still bellydancing at Byblos.
There are no dates on the pics because I'm not really sure when I shot any of them except they're within about the last ten years or so.
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