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Belly dance

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Belly dance

Awazan

Dance; Belly dance

Arabic rhythms. The wazn may be divided into either equal or unequal segments. Or even six beats could be 3 then 3 or 4 then 2. There are over a hundred different cycles – some made up of 176 units ...

Bedleh

Dance; Belly dance

It is used to describe the costume of bra, belt, and skirt. In Egypt it often has the belt sewn onto the skirt and must include a body stocking.

Beledi

Dance; Belly dance

It is used to describe things of home or a put down by urban sophisticates. When used to describe a dance style it tends to mean more folkloric, looser, and with less isolation, flat feet and plain ...

Balady

Dance; Belly dance

It is used to describe things of home or a put down by urban sophisticates. When used to describe a dance style it tends to mean more folkloric, looser, and with less isolation, flat feet and plain ...

Cabaret style

Dance; Belly dance

When applied to costumes, this is the style most people associate with belly dance - a bra, belt, and skirt with lots of beads and sequins.

Slinking back

Dance; Belly dance

Creating a slinking movement over the head, over the shoulder and , down to hip, into a Spanish frame.

Crossing up

Dance; Belly dance

From the hips (or below) cross arms at wrist (keeping elbows high) raise above your head.

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