Gestures of several belly dance styles

Egyptian belly dance gestures: the index finger is slightly upturned, the thumb is slightly adducted, and the other three fingers are relaxed.

Middle East belly dance gestures:

1, wave type: wrist, finger root, knuckles and fingertips are lifted up in turn, and then pressed down in turn to complete a wave, which is repeated to imitate the rolling state of the wave. Imitating water flow by hand is a good proof that belly dancing originated from nature. This action is also one of the actions that can best reflect the gentleness of women like water.

2. Natural style: the wrist is slightly pressed down, the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger are naturally stretched horizontally, the fingertips are slightly upturned, the thumb is down, the middle finger is slightly pressed down, and it is close to the thumb. There are a lot of gestures in this belly dance, which requires the fingers to relax and naturally presents a layered feeling.

3. Rotation: Take the wrist as the axis, the hand rotates inward, the right hand rotates clockwise, and the left hand rotates counterclockwise. When rotating, relax your fingers. Originated from the action of women picking fruits during labor in primitive tribes. The rotation in belly dance is mostly internal rotation, which is different from some external rotation gestures in Xinjiang dance and China folk dance.

4. Lift the wrist and press the wrist: on the basis of pointing fingers or pressing flowers, lift the wrist and press the wrist.

5. Triangle type: the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger naturally come together, relax and stretch horizontally. The tip of the thumb is placed at the second joint of the middle finger, and the joint at the root of the finger is arched. Seen from the side, the hand is triangular in shape.

Argentine belly dancer: the fingers are completely relaxed and close together, and the thumb is connected with the middle finger. The whole arm keeps a soft round line from shoulder to knuckle.

Extended data

Development of belly dance

Belly dancing has a long history. In the tombs of the 18 dynasty in the new kingdom era of ancient Egypt, dancers' dances similar to belly dancing were painted. Since then, with the popularity of Arabic music, belly dancing has become all the rage. During the powerful Islamic Empire (9th-/Kloc-0th/0th century), belly dancing was protected by the government.

During the Ottoman dynasty, with the increase of personnel exchanges and the internationalization of the city, belly dance began to incorporate pornographic elements. This formed the modern belly dance.

/kloc-during the Muhammad Ali dynasty in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, belly dancing was banned in public places in Cairo, so it once declined. At that time, there was only a belly dance performance when there was a personal banquet. 1952 after the revolution, the ruling President Nasser ordered that it was forbidden to show the body, so belly dancers wore mesh ornaments from chest to waist and could not see the skin directly.

Europeans saw belly dancing earlier than Americans.

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