Clothing characteristics of belly dance

Belly dance costumes seem to be similar. In fact, not only the music, the essence of dance and the performance of movements are different between different schools, but also the costumes of belly dance have regional differences.

(2) Style clothing

According to the different styles of belly dancing, there will be distinctive costume features.

A: Egyptian style:

A typical Egyptian dress is a robe or bra and skirt, which is directly added to the skirt. Accessories include hair bands, necklaces, bracelets or armbands, or separate sleeves and scarves. Egyptian dancers are forbidden to show their bellies. According to the law, they should wear two-piece mesh stockings (with color and skin color). Sometimes I wear shoes. (flat shoes)

Egyptian clothing has 6- 12 inch tassels, and the tassels on the corset are sewn in two places: the bottom of the corset and the big V-shape. The tassel on the belt is also sewn at the bottom edge, which is generally aggravated in the middle. Bras and belts are sewn with sequins, and there are no other decorations.

The existing Egyptian corset has no obvious shape, but the belt is different. The front part is rectangular and the back part is semicircular, covering the buttocks. The belt is one-piece, with neat edges.

The whole set includes a bra, a belt and a skirt, and a semi-circular scarf. There are 2-3 decorative seams around the skirt and decorated with sequins, or the pleated skirt has vertical sequins.

Robes, corsets and gorgeous skirts are its characteristics. Nailed with strong beads, often made into a handful, which is placed on the pelvis. The robe and skirt are all light materials, and there is a layer of gauze in the middle of the robe.

B: Turkish style: Turkey belongs to open Europe. Dancers usually wear very little, and their clothes are gorgeous and expensive. Please ask a famous teacher to make it to order. But the boldness, prominence and exposure of clothing are not the requirements of this style, but its characteristics. A common performance at night in headquarters or restaurants.

C: Lebanese style: Common Dao includes cymbals, shepherd sticks, etc., and sword dance or knife dance occasionally appears. Lebanese dancers use scarves for a long time and are used to wearing dancing shoes.

D: American tribal style: They don't pursue the splendor of other belly dance costumes, but like to use local materials. The simplest cotton cloth, natural fiber, hemp rope, shells, feathers, embroidery, etc. from nature are all mixed into multi-level decorative exotic clothes. They use exaggerated jewelry such as headscarves, headdresses, coins, bells, necklaces and bracelets, and even totems depicted on their faces to become their standard tribal costumes. Of course, gorgeous colors, decorations or silk fabrics are absolutely untraceable on them. Although this kind of dance is called belly dance, it is actually not just a movement of the abdomen, but almost every muscle of the whole body. It is an impromptu dance with unique dance style, accompanied by melody and strong dependence on music. Although there is no music accompaniment in rare cases, most of the time, music plays a great auxiliary role in belly dance and can even be counted as part of the dance. Dancers often rely on music to brew and vent their emotions. Excellent dancers can fully mobilize the audience's emotions even if they just repeat a few simple movements, and organically combine the audience, atmosphere and music melody.

Many people who have seen belly dancing will lament the charm of mature women displayed by this dance. Some people think that young dancers may not be able to interpret this dance well because of their lack of necessary life experience, while many famous Egyptian dancers, such as Sohail Zaki, Feifei Abdou, Lucy and Dina, are all at 44.

There are many famous dancers such as Samia Jamal, Tashia carioca, Manet Akf, etc. In the Egyptian belly dance industry. They became famous mainly in the golden age when Egyptian films flourished. The later development of belly dance is mostly based on their styles, and they are constantly developing and innovating. The more famous ones are Sohail Zeken, Feifei Abdul, Nagwa Fuad and so on. These people became famous mainly in the 1960s and 1980s, and many of them are still thriving today, even reaching the star level, which has a great influence on the development of this art form of belly dancing.

In Egypt, three ancient traditional dance forms, Beledi, Sha'abi and Sharqi, are also closely related to belly dancing.

Egyptian belly dance is the earliest belly dance introduced to Europe. During Napoleon's invasion of Egypt, after Napoleon's army occupied Gavazzi, there were many professional belly dancers and many women engaged in prostitution. They often live in various towns, perform belly dancing and sell their bodies in a lifestyle similar to that of nomadic people. At first, the French were just crazy about the jewelry and blond hair they wore, but they disdained their "barbaric and vulgar" dance. Later, the French were gradually impressed by the charm of belly dancing and introduced it to Europe at the earliest.

Outside Egypt, the most important forms of belly dance are Syrian/Lebanese belly dance and Turkish belly dance. In these countries, belly dancing is mostly for women's fitness and production. There are two forms of Turkish belly dance in the process of deduction, one is national dance and the other is performance dance. National dance emphasizes form, custom, tradition and dance. Performing dance is a personal exertion and creativity, suitable for performing in a ballroom or lounge, unrestrained and free. In Turkey, this dance has already evolved into a pure performance dance. Because dancers swing their hips, abdomen and chest with their bellies, they dress themselves sexy and charming. However, belly dance is actually a kind of dance with very cultural characteristics. Like the court dance in the Tang Dynasty, it was once a popular royal dance.