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Still keeping up the bellydancing. Still loving it! *grins*
And still getting fitter by it too.
The history of the dance itself is rich and interesting, and many countries have their own version of the belly dance.
But most of the West only knows it through films and sometimes seedy cabaret acts. (not saying all cabaret bellydance acts are seedy though!)
Shame that, because it has a proud and beautiful tradition among women from those countries.
Like any other dance, sport or talent, there are the snobbish, elite element, and then those at the other end who demean it by thinking anything goes.
I reckon the best way to approach it is somewhere in the middle. Don`t dismiss the wealth of tradition and heritage behind the dance, pay it some respect. But don`t get so hung up on the technicalities of it you become terrified to even start!
So some days, the shimmy doesn`t work....apparently you need to have a bit of flesh to shake.....ahem...
well, okies, so it works when I`m shimmying me backside then!
And other days it just seems to go so fluidly, so much a part of the music, that you know you broke the back of the jinx that kept you thinking you`d never master such a basic move, an essential part of the dance, you felt like giving up.
That`s usually the point you think, `Oh, to hell with it` and just relax and have fun, then it all comes together and before you know it that coined scarf is shimmering and jingling and you`re shimmying across the floor like you`ve done it all your life.
The discipline in the dance is amazing..much as it can look like the dancer has just went wild and frenzied, each move is calculated, each move is part of the music, and can`t be seperated from it.
I learned, today, isolated rib rolls.
Yup.
Sounds painful and almost was....
Drawing graceful circles with your ribcage and breast whilst keeping your lower half still and serene isn`t so easy.....
But I did it. *grins again with total smug pride, well earned*
Am very much better with my hips though. And have found I can do amazing things with my hips I`d never have thought them capable of doing!

For any good bellydancers reading, please don`t forget, I`m learning this all on my own, from professionals on dvds, but still, there isn`t anyone here to let me know if I make a wrong move or if a small nudge in the right direction would make things more fluid.

Most of all? It`s fun. It gets the endorphins going, makes you feel fitter and marvellously relaxed.

And you get to wear pretty, girly costumes.
Two passions in my life...archery and bellydancing. I just can`t for the life of me figure out how to combine the two..maybe that is a good thing.....