The Many Styles of Belly Dance
I
placed a survey on my page asking, "Which style of belly dancing do
you prefer?" I received 149 votes. Below I have placed
the survey with the results. This survey was taken August
2001. I received several comments on what is the difference between
all these dance styles, so I created this page. Listed below are
some of the styles of belly dancing with articles and websites that
represent these styles. I will be adding
to the page when I find new sources and when new styles are
born.
| American Cabaret | Egyptian |
| Egyptian Folkloric & Ethnic | General Information |
| Gypsy | Historical |
| Persian | Tribal |
| Tribal Fusion |
American Cabaret return to top
American Belly Dance basically comes in two different styles Cabaret
and American Tribal. Cabaret style is the glitzier more flamboyant of the
two styles. We have taken the Egyptian style of the dance and made
it our own. We incorporate the use of the veil during a section of a
routine. Most U.S. dancers do not dance any pure form of the dance,
but add other influences such as jazz, ballet, and Spanish and call
it American Style Belly dance.
American Tribal
Egyptian
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Articles
- History of Raqs Sharqi - from Raqsarabia
Egyptian Folkloric & Ethnic return to top
Articles
- Dance as Community Identity in Selected Berber Nations of Morocco - by Morocco
- Guedra: the FAQ - by Karol Harding
- Hagallah - The folkloric dance of celebration known as the hagallah is performed by the settled Bedouin (bedu) of Mersa Matruh in Western Egypt and is often performed during the date harvest, which is the wedding season in that area.
- Trance Dance: the Zar - from Med-Guide page
- The Zar Revisited - by Me'ira
General Information on Belly Dancing return to top
Articles
- Belly Dance - from Wikipedia
- Defining the Dance - by Jen Al-Amina
- Primer on Middle Eastern Dance Styles - by Soher Azar
- Raqs Sharqi Middle Eastern Dance - from Spirit Dancer website
- Styles of Belly Dance in the United States: part 1 - by Shira
See also
- Types of Dances - section from Belly Dance History from my page
Articles
- Origins Misunderstandings - FAQ's from Middle Eastern Dance Resource Guide.
Website
Articles
- Persian Dance History - by Shahrezad
Website
Survey
Question: Which style of belly dancing do
you prefer?
August 2001, 149 votes
| American Cabaret (21) | 14% |
| Tribal (22) | 15% |
| Egyptian Folkloric (9) | 6% |
| Turkish (9) | 6% |
| Gypsy (14) | 9% |
| Egyptian (39) | 26% |
| Persian (3) | 2% |
| Tribal Fusion (8) | 5% |
| Goddess (9) | 6% |
| Historical/ethnic (8) | 5% |
| Other (7) | 5% |
Same survey question, Oct. 2003, 385 votes
| American (33) | 9% |
| Tribal (26) | 7% |
| Egyptian (123) | 32% |
| Egyptian Folkloric (14) | 4% |
| Egyptian Pop (26) | 7% |
| Persian (11) | 3% |
| Tribal Fusion (17) | 4% |
| Goddess (28) | 7% |
| Historical/ethnic (6) | 2% |
| Greek (16) | 4% |
| Turkish (45) | 12% |
| Gypsy Rom (31) | 8% |
| Other (9) | 2% |
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