I'm 5'6" and have been called tall but I really think I'm medium height. Not sure what that translates into meters.
Not sure, either, but it for sure translates into Much Taller Than Me.
It doesn't matter so much in my bellydancing, but when it comes to work, who do the customers get to get things off the top shelf?
6 foot
A couple of my troupemates are almost as tall, too. I do feel like a giraffe in classes sometimes, and I feel like it is harder to make hip movements look big in comparison to your body when you have a long torso. But height can also help you to look elegant and imposing, at least if you get into the habit of not hunching or looking down, which I still struggle with.
6 foot tall male here - and I'm usually, but not always, the tallest dancer in a given group. One of my (female) instructors is taller than I am - and can do AMAZING Maias - and I also have another dance sister who tops me slightly. I'm long in the torso, and short in the legs for my size - which is a advantage in our dance form.
The one thing I've learned is that there's tall "girl" dance technique, and short "girl" dance technique (I quote "girl" because I'm not one!). If we tall ones try to keep up with the four foot nine whirlwinds, we usually end up flopping about and not exhibiting our strengths. I first learned this from a very experienced dancer who was - you guessed it - tall!
I think practically everybody KNOWS what a whirlwind you are, Farasha.It's funny you said four foot nine---that's how short I am! :dance:
1,54 meters here (5"1 if I'm correct) so to me everyone is tall :lol:.
Hajar, our Dutch scene has quite some tall dancers as well (shorties too haha). I think you will be fine.
I'm not very tall,I like to say tall enough and thanks to my moms mexican blood , I'm 5.7 but I have had students that were as tall as 6.5 so yes there are tall belly dancers.