DancingArabian
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Disclaimer: This post is not meant to be offensive. So, if you're offended, I'm sorry, it's not my intent. Somehow I always seem to offend people with my questions.
This question stems from having read a few different threads regarding performances. The general tone from the responses that I've read is that if you're not dancing to Middle Eastern/Arabic music, then what you're doing is not belly dance.
So now I ask...why is that?
Or is this only the case for certain styles of belly dance?
I am NOT talking about the poorly executed moves that are common in fitness classes.
I'm talking about someone dancing with correct technique, but to NON ME/Arabic music. Someone who is NOT claiming to be a folkloric style dancer, but one who is just using "belly dance" in some way in their label.
Ballet danced to something other than classical is still considered ballet, isn't it?
Salsa is still salsa if you're Cuban, Colombia, Puerto Rican, etc (for those unfamiliar, Salsa is a term coined in the 50's/60's to a very old form of dance that is generally considered to be a sort of fusion that evolved over the years and came to be in the Carribbean, with the exact country of origin to be a bit of a contraversy.)
This question stems from having read a few different threads regarding performances. The general tone from the responses that I've read is that if you're not dancing to Middle Eastern/Arabic music, then what you're doing is not belly dance.
So now I ask...why is that?
Or is this only the case for certain styles of belly dance?
I am NOT talking about the poorly executed moves that are common in fitness classes.
I'm talking about someone dancing with correct technique, but to NON ME/Arabic music. Someone who is NOT claiming to be a folkloric style dancer, but one who is just using "belly dance" in some way in their label.
Ballet danced to something other than classical is still considered ballet, isn't it?
Salsa is still salsa if you're Cuban, Colombia, Puerto Rican, etc (for those unfamiliar, Salsa is a term coined in the 50's/60's to a very old form of dance that is generally considered to be a sort of fusion that evolved over the years and came to be in the Carribbean, with the exact country of origin to be a bit of a contraversy.)