Voluptuous & Vivacious

[DreamHunter]

Just curious to see whot ya all wud be saying about this girl ... She's said to be from Poland, but one sees hints of West Asian ancestry in her ... I like her costume, BTW ... As well as her cheery-lively persona ...

Abir ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2z44QVlZJ0

[DreamHunter]

One good thing about belly dancing, one has noticed, is the comfortable space it has for the voluptuous, as compared with certain other categories of dancing. It's like, in many cases, a dancer becomes even more presentable, better looking, more elegant, better liked & better accepted as she advances in her years, puts on the pounds, and gradually becomes more fulsome ... As some examples here show ...

Yasmin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IY3RZ3z_F8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz3vroG4Hh4

Anna Borisova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTWtDGvWP_Y

Zana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xR7Fh7zGUk

Meital Hakimian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl2ZHgKKjmU

Paula Palomares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVOpPlBoijs

[Farasha Hanem]

DreamHunter, there is a section of the forum to post dancer videos; it's called , "Videos." It's right above the music section. This portion is meant to discuss and learn about the different dance styles used in bellydance. Videos that relate to dance styles are welcome as long as they are on topic.

There is more to bellydance than hotness and voluptuousness. There is also technique, interpretation of the music, and emotional expression involved. Plus, this dance is not exclusive to female dancers---men perform bellydance, too. Yes, there is that element of sensuality, but your focus on the sensual side of bellydance is beginning to make some people here uncomfortable. Just saying.

[DreamHunter]

I post some vid of someone who I honestly reckon is a graceful & elegant dancer, and that makes someone uncomfortable? Oh, come on ...

BTW, I was only using using the term 'voluptuous' as a gentler, more polite, more elegant substitute to some other cruder, blunter forms. That is my understanding of the term 'voluptuous'. No more, no less. Please don't make it anything more.

As for 'Videos' section, yes, of course. I shall be using that platform more.

[Shanazel]

Now, Farasha, don't be too hard on him; he is using elegant terminology to express devotion to female pulchritude instead of the cruder expressions of which he is surely capable.

One appreciates his cheery-lively persona and assumes as he advances in his years, he will achieve some level of maturity and become better liked and better accepted.

[DreamHunter]

Aww, many thanks for the profound understanding & moral support, Shanazel ... You've got that cool, laid back, well-versed-with-the-ways-of-world, big sister kind of persona ... Like it, like it ...

Can't say the same for Farasha, though, I'm afraid ... Well, not yet ... She's, well, kind of still a bit on the sensitive side, like ... Well, maybe she's still a bit young then, I guess ...

[Shanazel]

Wise and discerning describes her better.

[Farasha Hanem]

I'm 54, thank you, DreamCatcher. And yes, that's a recent pic of me.

[DreamHunter]

[Zorba]

I'm 54, thank you, DreamCatcher. And yes, that's a recent pic of me.

That makes us "of an age". Hurray for 54!