to wear or not wear a belt?

[patiencepie]

I have taken a few classes and usually after the warm up, everybody gets their jingley belts on, but i dropped in on one class and the teacher said specifically that she doesnt have her students wear belts. i was wondering if it has to do with a teaching technique, or if it is distracting, or if it is a "tribal" thing (coz it was a tribal class, though I had been to another one where they did wear belts...) Just wondering why someone would discourage wearing of belts in a class... She moved and I never had a chance to ask...

 

[Marya]

I have taken a few classes and usually after the warm up, everybody gets their jingley belts on, but i dropped in on one class and the teacher said specifically that she doesnt have her students wear belts. i was wondering if it has to do with a teaching technique, or if it is distracting, or if it is a "tribal" thing (coz it was a tribal class, though I had been to another one where they did wear belts...) Just wondering why someone would discourage wearing of belts in a class... She moved and I never had a chance to ask...

jingly belts can be distracting and I know some teachers that encourage hip scarves that are silent.

Marya

 

[Mosaic]

It is personal thing, some teachers like hipscarves, some don't, some encourage the use of the non jingly ones, others don't mind either way.

I sometimes wear the silent ones sometimes the mixed coin bead ones as they are not so loud and I just like the look. But in all classes I have taken, none of the teachers minded what sort you wore.

So just go with what your teacher prefers.
~Mosaic

 

[Farasha Hanem]

I can't remember which forum member it was, but someone here who's a BD teacher said she didn't allow coined/beaded hip scarves in her class because of broken-off coins and glass beads falling on the floor being dangerous to dancers, most especially if they're barefoot.

 

[patiencepie]

That all makes good sense now that you mention it! Thanks for the input!

 

[Amulya]

My students used to shew coins like crazy LOL. I didn't mind the noisy belts or shedding, I just fet sorry for them that their belts fell apart!
The better quality Egyptian ones with beads only don't shed, but they are not that easy to find anymore.

 

[lizaj]

I prefer that students don't wear them as they are noisy and shed ut I haven't the heart to ban them as people like to jingle. I do advise them not to wear them in workshops. And I have to say at festivals with visiting teachers I do find them annoying when I am trying to listen to the teacher there is usually someone,usually in the front row and usually fidgety wearing one

 

[Shanazel]

I'm not a fan of the noise, either, but my students adore their jangles and I would not dream of depriving them of their weekly pleasure. I've learned to ignore the noise.

 

[Greek Bonfire]

For specialty workshops where the hall has a large echo capacity, noisy hip scarves interfere very much with hearing what the instructor says. However, for a weekly class where a teacher and students are familiar with each other, I think this can be more flexible as to whether or not coin belts can be worn. But beginners usually love the feel of the noisy hip scarf; later down the road, it didn't matter to me whether I wore one or not. In fact, after awhile, I preferred the netted ones or fringe ones as they were lighter.

 

[PoleDanceABCs]

I love wearing my belt and I'm grateful my teacher doesn't mind. I already have good rhythm but the jingling helps with some of the belly dance moves.

 

[adiemus]

I loathe the noisy coinbelts, so I'm really happy Kashmir doesn't allow them. It's way too difficult for me to hear, and I have had a concussion/mTBI, so I find it really difficult to deal with lots of that sort of sound.

You can get so many gorgeous hip scarves that are not noisy (I know, I have quite a few!), so if you can get a quiet one, maybe with just pailettes, or beads, then I think you can do really well!

 

[jenc]

One thing noisy hip belts are good for is practising your shoulder/bust shimmy. you should be able to do it witout a sound from hip belt.

 

[Daimona]

One thing noisy hip belts are good for is practising your shoulder/bust shimmy. you should be able to do it witout a sound from hip belt.

yeah.. and it may help seeing/hearing that you are doing your hip shimmies on the rhythm..

 

[Lolpard]

As a beginner having a noisy belt helped a lot. As I got better it was not necessary anymore. So I went from coins to just bead or fringe. I always wore a belt to class though.

 

[Nejmeh]

As for the noisy ones, well I don`t mind, as long as the person wearing it isn`t hyperactive.

I did however have great use in the beginning tying up a tight and sturdy scarf around my hips. It seemed to really help in keeping my centre aligned and using the right muscles.