I am 53, soon 54 in January, and I was wondering if I was too old to become a bellydancer? I am a construction worker and I am very agile and flexible, and no one believes that I am 53 years old. I have never sun tanned and my spanish heritage lent alot to staying younger looking than my real age. I have no crows feet, or lines in my forehead and can easily pass for early to mid 40's. So I thought I might be able to get away with a young woman's dance. Belly dancing is an amazing art form and I never get tired of watching you ladies dance. My husband said I should take up the dance.
Any advice would be helpful. I only wish I had taken this dance up in my 30's.
I am happy I found this site.
Who is the oldest professional bellydancer? :dance:
I'm 55 now, and still do the odd gig. In fact, I received a call from a lady who'd hired me a couple of years ago, and wants me to dance at her husbands birthday party next year. I stopped dancing professionally for two reasons, Firstly, I was getting bored and older and realised that younger dancers were coming up and it felt right to 'retire' whilst I was still good, and secondly I got sick and tired of the bitchy backstabbing nonsense that often surrounds the professional scene.