eden eyes
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Hmmm...
I love belly dance. I love latin dance. I love polynesian dance. I love teaching all these things. HOWEVER I prefer to leave belly dance OUT of Zumba. Zumba, in case you haven't heard of it, is the new dance fitness craze that is built primarily on Latin dance (though I have seen some zumba instructors that have no idea what latin dance is and so they do a hip hop version of it :naghty: ) with body training that include some hip hop, afro caribbean, polynesian, reggaeton, and belly dance influences. I have gotten into teaching Zumba, which I don't call it that because i don't have the certification for it and I teach it through a different method (more dancing, less just moving around).
IMHO i dislike the idea of mixing belly dance with Zumba. you can see my reasoning below. now perhaps instead of saying "now lets do some belly dancing" why don't they just say, "now lets do some belly dance-like moves" because those videos are...not belly dance.
in my class i don't even mention the word belly dance or anything like it. i prefer sticking with the latin dances primarily. i am trying to give other instructors the benefit of the doubt by saying they are just modifying the moves to give a better cardiovascular workout, but some of those look too complicated and possibly to floppy (and dangerous at that) for exercise students to do.
YouTube - Zumba belly dance with Angela (i can't even bing myself to posting this)
YouTube - ZUMBA BELLYDANCE WITH PHYLLIS
YouTube - zumba zumba flamenco y belly dancing con katerine!! (the "belly dance" starts near middle)
YouTube - Nathan Blake does lil " belly dance" for Zumba class ("classic zumba belly dance" omg...)
sorry for the rant...i'm just really peeved at this. you know, people have to take the whole shibang to get the certification and htey have to do workshops to learn salsa, cumbia, samba, tango, flamenco, etc. i desperately wonder who taught this belly dance to them...it seems pretty uniform among instructors.
give me your opinions
note: i'm not trying to diss other zumba instructors, i'm just, as i said before, peeved
I love belly dance. I love latin dance. I love polynesian dance. I love teaching all these things. HOWEVER I prefer to leave belly dance OUT of Zumba. Zumba, in case you haven't heard of it, is the new dance fitness craze that is built primarily on Latin dance (though I have seen some zumba instructors that have no idea what latin dance is and so they do a hip hop version of it :naghty: ) with body training that include some hip hop, afro caribbean, polynesian, reggaeton, and belly dance influences. I have gotten into teaching Zumba, which I don't call it that because i don't have the certification for it and I teach it through a different method (more dancing, less just moving around).
IMHO i dislike the idea of mixing belly dance with Zumba. you can see my reasoning below. now perhaps instead of saying "now lets do some belly dancing" why don't they just say, "now lets do some belly dance-like moves" because those videos are...not belly dance.
in my class i don't even mention the word belly dance or anything like it. i prefer sticking with the latin dances primarily. i am trying to give other instructors the benefit of the doubt by saying they are just modifying the moves to give a better cardiovascular workout, but some of those look too complicated and possibly to floppy (and dangerous at that) for exercise students to do.
YouTube - Zumba belly dance with Angela (i can't even bing myself to posting this)
YouTube - ZUMBA BELLYDANCE WITH PHYLLIS
YouTube - zumba zumba flamenco y belly dancing con katerine!! (the "belly dance" starts near middle)
YouTube - Nathan Blake does lil " belly dance" for Zumba class ("classic zumba belly dance" omg...)
sorry for the rant...i'm just really peeved at this. you know, people have to take the whole shibang to get the certification and htey have to do workshops to learn salsa, cumbia, samba, tango, flamenco, etc. i desperately wonder who taught this belly dance to them...it seems pretty uniform among instructors.
give me your opinions
note: i'm not trying to diss other zumba instructors, i'm just, as i said before, peeved