r/Bellydance

Greetings fellow dancers. I have been consistently dancing now for over a year and still have much to learn. One of my goals to help in my improvement is more disciplined practice.

My question is how do you structure your practice? Do you work on certain movements, do certain drills, etc? I feel like I learned alot of different things in class but I struggle with my hone practice. Thanks for your wisdom!

So I haven’t been dancing for a few years for personal reasons, and I recently got back into it.

I did a performance recently at an event. I felt I looked so unconfident, kept looking down. I’m cringing looking at my video and I noticed the event organisers didn’t post it when they posted so many other dancers.

I guess I can only learn from this right? just feel abit low

Anyone here interested in sharing the access to belly roll/ flutter workshop ? It’s an hour long workshop on zoom . Dm me to discuss. It’s happening in a few days

1. Is it best to learn Egyptian belly dance first over fusion as a beginner? I just signed up for a class focusing on Egyptian belly dance. I really wanted to master the basics and go to the "root" so to speak before going into fusion or other forms.

2. Is it common to repeat level 1 or beginner classes before moving into more advanced? They advised that I repeat level 1. How many times? Twice? Three times?

3. I would love to do back bends one day. Should I consider pilates, strength training alongside belly dancing? I am curious if certain styles would benefit fro. more muscle tone, core strength etc than others in terms of being able to do it safely and smoothly.

I am so excited to get started!

My mom and I have been bellydancing with eachother for over a year. She has been posting videos on her Instagram everyday for her practice. Today, she got a comment saying “Please stay away from bellydancing”, on a performance she work really hard on with a live band. She was just crying about it, and I did my best to comfort her but I’m still worried. I’m wondering how others who post their bellydance on social media deal with trolls, and how to stay confident in dancing. I really don’t want her to be upset or stray away from dancing, because bellydance is her passion— especially because Mother’s Day is tommorow. Thank you!

I think Miss Bellydance has for men.