There is also a common saying that belly dance is a national dance in the Middle East and Egypt, and it is a way for women to express their joy. To this day, at the traditional wedding in Egypt, the bride and groom will hire a belly dancer and put their hands on her belly to take pictures.
After thousands of years of interpretation, belly dancing has become a secret weapon for women: you are confident in your body and feel beautiful, so you dance your body like running water, waves and burning flames with the rhythm of Middle Eastern music, express yourself freely with your body, imagine your arms as the wings of an angel, and shake your hips and body sexily with the dance like a snake head, which is very tempting and provocative.
Basic equipment
1, barefoot
The ancient Egyptians believed that belly dancing with bare feet could express their reverence for the goddess, which is probably the origin of belly dancing with bare feet. At the same time, by throwing off the shackles of shoes when dancing, you can open your heart deeper and connect your body and emotions through dancing.
Step 2: casual clothes
When learning belly dancing in the fitness center, it is good to wear a casual suit with convenient activities. However, if there is no desire to perform after learning, a beautiful dress is essential when dancing.
3. Standard clothes
Belly dancing clothes usually consist of three parts: a small coat with a navel exposed, a hip belt with sequins, a low-waisted skirt or bloomers. In addition, you can also match the veil and corresponding accessories according to your personal preferences. It should be noted that the color of the whole body must be coordinated up and down, with a sense of integrity.
4. Small coat with navel exposed
1, can be made into the style of short-sleeved shirts worn by Indian women, preferably short-sleeved or sleeveless, because long-sleeved dancing is too hot and uncomfortable.
2. Embroider beautiful colorful sequins and colorful beads on the ordinary bra, but you must choose a very strong bra, otherwise you will not be able to bear the weight of the beads when dancing, and the beads will be scattered all over the floor! Use nylon thread when sewing sequins and colored beads. It is best to sew the sequins on the shoulder straps with elastic bands, so that dancing is more elastic.
5, hip belt with sequins:
When dancing, it plays the role of embellishing hip lines and strengthening movements. Made of solid materials such as velvet, it can be V-shaped or wavy, with a long bead chain under it. The position of the belt is usually below four fingers under the navel, and it is tied on a long skirt with low waist or bloomers.
6, low waist dress or bloomers:
Made of light and transparent fabrics such as silk and satin, it just falls below the navel and above the buttocks. The skirt should be long so that it will look good when it rotates freely. The skirt can be made into seven parts, or it can be separated only in front, which is convenient for dancing and sexy; The outside of bloomers can be split to the ankle. Because there is a belt with beads outside, the body is hidden when dancing, which is very charming.
7. Veil:
The veil makes the dance more mysterious and exotic. The veil is usually two meters long and one and a half meters wide. It is made of transparent light cloth and can be decorated with sequins around it.
8. Jewelry:
Including rings, bracelets, necklaces, waist chains, anklets, etc. In short, hanging these jingling ornaments on all parts of the body as far as possible will make the whole person more swaying.
Steps/methods
The main display parts of belly dance focus on shoulders, chest, abdomen, buttocks and buttocks.
Let's study each part one by one.
Shoulder: there is clavicle in front and scapula in the back, which forms a semi-closed part under the stability of trapezius muscle and the package of deltoid muscle. The shoulder connects the upper arm, elbow joint and forearm downward. In other words, the shape of the shoulder directly affects the posture of the arm. The tension of the shoulder joint can be practiced by pressing the shoulder. This is what every dancer must have.
Chest: The thoracic vertebra is the main body and extends forward, which forms the thorax with 12 pairs of ribs, and the outer layer wraps the muscles such as pectoralis major and pectoralis minor. Its main function is to protect several important organs of the human body. The ribs themselves have no range of motion. Only the thoracic vertebrae can move in a small range. However, as a belly dancer, we must do the maximum range that the human body can bear and enlarge the range of practice activities. So the chest is more flexible and the movements are more obvious.
Abdomen: There is a lumbar vertebra on the back, and there is no bone or cartilage connection between the front and both sides, but there are internal and external oblique muscles and sawtooth muscles in the inner layer, rectus abdominis in the outer layer and transverse abdominal muscles in the lower half. These internal and external vertical and horizontal muscle distributions will help the lumbar spine share strength. Whether ordinary people or dancers, strong abdominal muscles will keep you healthy and stay away from intervertebral disc diseases. In addition to the overall strength of the abdomen, belly dancing also needs local control, and controls these abdominal muscles in blocks and layers.
Hip hip: Hip is composed of pelvis and sacrum, and hip muscles are attached to the back side. Hip joint connects thigh, knee and calf downwards, so to make hip joint flexible, we should practice leg press and open big buttock and small buttock. It's not flexible enough without moving your hips.
Belly dance weapons: from shoulders, shoulders, arms, elbows, forearms, wrists, palms and fingers. They are all movable joints, and make full use of the motion plane and direction of the joints to complete the arm movements. Belly dancing has no deliberate requirements on the shape of arms, which is why some people have no rules to follow when practicing, and finally feel that their arms are redundant or ugly when dancing. In order to make your arms look good, it is very important to open your shoulders, stabilize your big arms, keep your elbow at a low angle, don't move your wrists too much, and stretch your fingers enough. As for the overall position of the arm, you can do whatever you want, but you must practice your hand position in ballet.
The above part is only the practice of the main part of belly dance. Although it is called belly dance, it is a kind of dance after all, which is inseparable from the cooperation of hands, eyes, posture and steps, as well as the understanding of music. Let's analyze the requirements of dance movements.
Flexibility: it is a necessary requirement for the dancer's body. Literally, it is soft without losing its toughness. It is necessary to stretch every joint of your body. Try to improve your softness, so that you can give yourself more room to play and make beautiful and difficult moves to win the house. If your body is not flexible enough when dancing, your movements will appear clumsy, out of control and inflexible, thus losing the ornamental value of the dance itself. Flexibility exercises can draw lessons from yoga, basic dance training and other exercises.
Stretching: this is the relaxation and sublimation of amplitude mentioned above, and stretching refers to the sense of extension of action. A good dancer should stretch his limbs as far as possible, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet and from his fingers to his toes, on the premise that his center of gravity is clear and stable. If a dancer accumulates all his strength in his body without stretching, his strength will become chaotic and uncontrollable in his body. Exercise is also timid, pale and uninspiring. This practice can draw lessons from ballet and waltz. You will benefit a lot after practice.
Strength: it is the energy that supports you to finish the dance, and it also determines the speed of the action. Power should be distributed to every part of the body. Every movement in the dance process needs the control of strength, and the performance of strength is different according to different performance styles. Most people think that gentle dancing doesn't need strength, but I think that although gentle movements don't need extra strength, they also need a small amount of strength to make the movements layered, and the movements are not dull and unfocused from beginning to end. Strength training can be based on Pilates, ballet and jazz training.
Control: master your body and movements according to your own ideas. Control exists in many aspects, such as the pace of movement, rotation, body parts, facial expressions and so on. In my impression, control and balance are inseparable. Control the above contents to achieve balance. Control the strength, range and walking distance of your body. For example, in basic exercises, excessive amplitude will affect the upper body, the movements will be out of control and unbalanced, and the unique sense of separation in belly dancing will disappear, but it is another matter when performing. Usually, there are two aspects of control, body control and brain control. Some good belly dancers look relaxed when performing, because after long-term practice, the brain has a strong ability to dominate the body, which seems to be casual, but it is light and steady. Control needs comprehensive and long-term practice to improve.
Matters needing attention
Belly dancing is suitable for women of any age and can be done without dancing foundation.
Belly dancing doesn't need to look at other people's glances. Just feel good as others follow. When dancing, you just need to pay attention to yourself and your heart. This is a dance in which the soul and the body are integrated, which makes you completely immersed in your own world, happy and free.