Vintage belly dancing anyone?

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Here is a nice compilation of belly dancers from back in the day.
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Marie Anne do you still have this link and can you repost? thanks

 

[MarieAnne]

I would be delighted to Land-O-LakesGal. [video=youtube;8qwiorV-a6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwiorV-a6I[/video]

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Ok thanks Marie Anne that was 'awesome I had thought of Belly 'dancing before I don't have lots of free time right now but that is definitely inspiring.

 

[Antje]

Bellydancing is great, one of the oldest is mata hari she was a spi in the war.
(and she came from Leeuwarden, kinda cool she is from somewhere near me)

 

[Puzzicato]

Mata Hari wasn't really a bellydancer, although some of her costumes look very much like modern bellydance costumes. From contemporary accounts she did a bit of striptease and a bit of Javanese styled dancing.

 

[Black Dahlia]

Hi ladies!
I too belly dance, and have taken lessons over the past eight years or so. Love it! Will check out the posted videos later.
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[Land-O-LakesGal]

OK ladies you inspired me I signed up for a belly dancing class starts on January 20th I can't wait.

 

[Black Dahlia]

OK ladies you inspired me I signed up for a belly dancing class starts on January 20th I can't wait.

Yeay! Let us know how you like it. I'm in between lessons at the moment.
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[Puzzicato]

OK ladies you inspired me I signed up for a belly dancing class starts on January 20th I can't wait.

Have a great time!

 

[Opal]

How neat! I didn't realize there were other belly dancers here! That's one of my favorite videos on youtube. I became interested in bd watching those movies as a kid. I wanted to be Ginger Rogers or Samia Gamal when I grew up. Unfortunately, I got to be neither. Oh well.

 

[Rosie Main]

I took belly dancing lessons for quite some time. I did a tribal style, its a little different than the cabaret style shown in the video.

Awesome video though. Its so cool to see old videos of such an art.

 

[Puzzicato]

I took belly dancing lessons for quite some time. I did a tribal style, its a little different than the cabaret style shown in the video.

Awesome video though. Its so cool to see old videos of such an art.

After a few years of cabaret lessons, I've been focused on ATS for the last 3 years. Nice to see another tribal gal!

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Yeay! Let us know how you like it. I'm in between lessons at the moment.
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Ok First lesson last night. I felt so uncoordinated I just keep reminding myself that I wasn't so hot when I first started swing dancing either it took 6 months or more for it to feel natural. I assume it will be the same with belly dancing. I do like it if only I didn't feel so silly. Ok here I go to practice my shimmy shaka shaka shaka

 

[Mumette]

I've always wanted to learn but I can't dance I have no rhythm, but I love to watch! I love how belly dancing is supposed to be so quietly sensual without being over the top risqué. It's like a private wink between lovers.

 

[HepKitty]

haha we all feel miserably uncoordinated and feel silly at first but don't even worry about about it. You'll be just fine, you already know to keep at it

 

[HepKitty]

I've always wanted to learn but I can't dance I have no rhythm, but I love to watch! I love how belly dancing is supposed to be so quietly sensual without being over the top risqué. It's like a private wink between lovers.

That's why you follow the drums

 

[Puzzicato]

Ok First lesson last night. I felt so uncoordinated I just keep reminding myself that I wasn't so hot when I first started swing dancing either it took 6 months or more for it to feel natural. I assume it will be the same with belly dancing. I do like it if only I didn't feel so silly. Ok here I go to practice my shimmy shaka shaka shaka

I am pleased you liked it! It does take a while for things to start to flow, and even now I sometimes lose the plot with things. I actually took some beginner classes at the end of last year again because all of a sudden my body forgot how to do something that I learned in my first week! And I can guarantee that you will find it quite natural to do some moves that some really experienced dancers struggle with, and that there will be some things that look easy that will make you grind your teeth in frustration for weeks until it clicks.

 

[nosferaturoams]

I'm delightfully suprised to see there are people who love both vintage and bellydancing. I was kind of afraid it might be considered "improper" to some of the ladies hear (glad to see I'm wrong). I've only recently started taking bellydancing classes (tribal style). However, I've been watching these women for a while now. I envy the grace a lot of them have (just like the ladies back then ).

 

[Black Dahlia]

Everyone still dancing? I haven't since the Winter...but am thinking it's TIME!
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[Puzzicato]

Yup - 2 hours of classes a week, and an extra 2 hour practice session with a dance buddy every second or third week. I feel a bit lost if I don't get to my classes! I would probably have gone postal by now without them.