The Art of Belly Dance and Its Costumes

Belly dance is claimed to be one of the most prominent social dance forms in the world history, which originated in North Asia, Africa and the Middle Eastern Countries. This is not only a beautiful and attractive dance form, but also a great exercise to keep your body healthy. It helps you to stay fit and in proper shape, allowing your personal creativity to spread its wings. 

This dance form is popular all around the world and is mainly known for its distinctive belly and abdomen movements. These movements are sometimes vibrating, angular, rolling and circular. 

Various Forms of bally Dance: 

There are various forms of belly dancing, but the two most basic and popular forms are “raqssharqi” and “raqsbaladi”. Raqsbaladi is a social belly dancing type and are mostly performed during festivals and celebrations by both men and women of all ages. Raqssharqi is bit theatrical form of dancing and is quite popular in America.  

Costumes of this dance form:

Every dance form has a unique costume; similarly, belly dancing also has a unique style of costume that the dancers were during their performances. Mostly, belly dance is performed by wearing a skirt. These belly dance skirts are long and come with long slits. In place of these long skirts, dancers also use harem pants in their acts. Skirts are given more preference because they have flair and also keep your ambone uncovered, which is highly essential for defining the movements to the audience. 

Apart from this, dancers also wear tops and accessories to complement their outfit. Accessories like scarves, veils, umbrellas, and various other things are used by the dancers to make their act much more presentable to the audience. Apart from the Accessories, there are specific shoes for these dancers, but most of them feel comfortable to dance bare fit. 

 Various Popular Movements for Belly Dancing: 

Most people think that belly dancing is all about the abdomen movements, but this is incorrect. Abdomen movements are highlighted more and that why people see them the most, but in reality, this dance form involves the movement of various body parts. The dance mainly combines angular and sharp movements, covering only little space on the floor. Dancers practice this solo and not in groups because that will break the sensuousness of the act.  

Being the most popular and attractive dance form, dancers need to take special care of their accessories and costumes. There are various special dresses used in the performances, but amongst all, belly dancing skirts with coins are much popular. These skirts Not only attract people with their looks, but also add a soothing sound of melody with the coins.