That Middle Eastern Dance is not just one style of dance? The style we call Belly Dance is only a small part of a very diverse set of unique styles found throughout the Near and Middle East, North African, and Mediterranean regions, an area measuring roughly 2000...
Middle Eastern Dance is an easy dance to fall in love with; after all, it’s fun to watch, fun to do, can be done by pretty much anybody, has an interesting and rich history, is both a traditional and developing art form, offers fantastic music … I could go on...
The short answer is “Because I have to.” The longer answer is “Because the music and the dance go together, and I cannot separate the dance from the music.” Of course it is physically possible to do the actual steps of Middle Eastern dance to any kind of...
One of the very-big-deal facets of Middle Eastern Dance is the music. The way I was taught, pretty much everything a dancer does, whether he or she is dancing socially or in a staged show depends on the music. And along the way, I’ve found that the dance most of us...
