Points to note when dancing belly dance

1. The foundation of dance must be stable

This foundation is completed by the precise transfer of the center of gravity and the strength of the legs and core muscles. . Many people's dancing makes people feel weak and weightless. We should work hard on the foundation. Only when the foundation is stable will there be room for development.

2. Body opening

The chest, waist, shoulders, ankles, and insteps are all covered. Soft opening is one of the basic skills of a dancer. If the body opening is not enough, a beautiful basic step will not work even if practiced a hundred times. Because you still have the ligament structure of an ordinary person. Although the requirements of Oriental dance are not as demanding as ballet and folk dance, it will indeed affect your dance posture. Sometimes your steps are not impressive because your hips are not open enough; The shrug may be due to the fact that the shoulders cannot be stretched back and can only be moved upwards.

3 Breathing

Generally, chest breathing is used for steps. The foundation is the point, the limbs are the surface, and the breath is the line. Inhale if you want your body to be elevated and stretched, exhale if you want your body to be soft and relaxed. Holding your breath is a dead move. The reason why you hold your breath is because you exert too much force, or the movement is beyond your control, so you have to take a full breath. Either you are nervous, or your lung capacity is not used enough, or you will be more hypoxic if you use shallow breathing in life.

Dance characteristics of belly dance

Belly dance originated in the Middle East. It was first used as a religious ceremony to describe the cycle of nature and human reproduction and to celebrate women’s fertility. and celebrate the mystery of life. This can explain why belly dance uses the swing of the abdomen as the main movement and requires bare feet, in order to maintain a connection with the land. This dance form gradually developed into a folk art, and eventually became a unique entertainment and performance form widely popular in countries in the Middle East. It is a wonderful flower in the mysterious Arab cultural art garden.

Belly dance is a very feminine dance. The characteristic of belly dance is that it swings the abdomen and vigorously dances the arms and chest with the ever-changing fast rhythm. These movements have become belly dance and are an unbreakable tradition. Dance skills, belly dancing must be performed on a smooth floor, barefoot, in conjunction with music, with extremely fast and intricate sensual body movements, fast dance steps, just like the European and American foxtrot, cross-swinging dance postures, sometimes elegant and sometimes sensual , charming and delicate, sometimes arrogant and mysterious, the charming specialties of belly dancing are dizzying.

Of course, belly dancing can be performed solo without accompaniment. The romantic and unique Arabic music belly dance is more dynamic, and is accompanied by common musical instruments such as Oud (UT), Ney (Ney), and Dilbarka. (Deblek) tambourine, dulcimer, shandur, etc. Among them, the tambourine of the percussion instrument is particularly important. When the dancer performs the unique skill of twisting the waist and dancing the abdomen, the addition of the drum creates a sense of synergy.

Belly dance is also combined with other props, such as snakes, swords, veils, candles, flames, etc. The appearance of these props may be influenced by ancient belly dance and mysterious religious rituals. These extremely dramatic and mysterious performance methods are still followed by some countries in the Middle East. Especially the intricate snake trick. Snakes symbolize men and women, androgynous snakes. They are very strange and full of Arabian mystery.

After thousands of years of interpretation, belly dancing has become a secret weapon for women: you are very confident in your body and feel beautiful, so you follow the rhythm of Middle Eastern music, like flowing water, Dance your body like waves, like burning flames, express yourself freely with your body, imagine your arms as angel wings, your head like a snake dancing, shaking your hips and body sexily, some seductively, some tease.