Belly Dancing on HubPages

Belly Dance is for Everyone!

• Big Beautiful Bellydancers
  Moonmaiden has always been an advocate for bellydancers that happen to be curvaceous...
• Am I Too Fat? Belly Dance for Plus-Size Women
  You're never too fat to belly dance! It's one of the few dance styles where being plus size is no big deal, which is why it's such a great exercise for curvy gals...
• Belly dancing the fun route to exercise and fitness for women of all ages and shapes
  Belly dancing is a superb way in which any woman can increase her fitness while learning to feel good about herself..

Belly Dance for Fitness

• Belly Dance Workout - bellydancing for fitness
  A belly dance class is a total body workout, but if you're in a hurry to gain flat abs, a slim waist and tight buns, you'll need to take specific belly dance exercises
• Belly Dance Your Way To A More Confident You
  Eugenia explains how she started belly dance to get fit, and discovered herself instead!
• The Basics of Belly Dance
  An overview of bellydancing
• Sexy Belly: Fit through Belly Dancing!
  Belly dancing for feminine women and expectant mothers.
• Bellydance (My Winter Workout Journey) #2
  Chemaci's personal account of her experience with belly dancing
• Belly Dancing for Pregnancy
  Belly dance is a great preparation for childbirth, because it strengthens the pelvic and deep abdominal muscles, giving you better support for the baby during pregnancy and an easier labor...

Belly Dance Costuming

• How to Make a Belly Dance Costume
  Professional belly dance costumes are expensive, so it's only natural that students turn to making their own bellydance costumes instead. Making your own outfit isn't hard, but it is time-consuming....
• Tutorial: Super Simple Belly Dance Skirt Fits Any Size
  Moonmaiden has been making these belly dance skirts for years, because they are quick and easy to make...
• Belly Dancing Costumes
  When choosing belly dancing costumes, many dancers forget to think about the colour and also its meaning....
• Belly Dancing Costumes
  What better way to get into the mood than with the perfect belly dancing costume? Something a little sparkly and sensuous...
• How to Make, Find or Buy a Belly Dance Costume
  Belly dance costumes, like belly dancers themselves, come in all colors, ethnic origins, sizes, styles and prices! As with anything you buy, you get what you pay for...
• Belly Dancing: Costume Tips for Mature Women
  Belly dancing is a wonderful exercise and creative outlet for mature women. Belly dance classes offer a rare haven where older women can...
• Melodia Pants - the Perfect Belly Dance Pants
  Tribal belly dancers already know about Melodia belly dance pants - go to any Tribal performance and you're bound to see them! ..
• How to Make a Belly Dance Veil
  Dancers often look at the price of belly dance veils and think, I could make that myself! Here's how.
• Make Your Own Hair Falls
  Like it or not, audiences expect to see long hair on a belly dancer - so once you get to performance stage, you'll need to buy or make one.

Hints and Tips for Belly Dancers

• Improvisational Belly Dance
  Beginner dancers tend to grow very shy, when it comes to improvising belly dance, and even more experienced dancers find it difficult...
• Belly Dancing Technique: How to Shimmy
  Every belly dance beginner wants to know how to shimmy, and every intermediate bellydancer wants to know how to shimmy better. ..
• Belly Dance Sword
  Adding a sword to your belly dance performance adds a different dimension. There's a soupcon of danger (how sharp is it?) and the thrill of suspense (will she drop it?). ..
• How to Belly Dance with Isis Wings
  Purists may look down on Isis Wings, but they can be a real attention-grabber in a belly dance performance. They're especially useful if you are dancing in cabaret, where the audience can be too busy...
• Belly Dancing: How to Choose and Play Zills
  Playing zills can be harder than it looks, especially if you choose the wrong type.
• How Do You Tie a Belly Dance Hip Scarf?
  The first thing most belly dance students buy is a jingly belly dance hip scarf. The next question is, how do you put it on? It looks so simple - all you do is take the ends and tie them in a knot, right? ...
• How to Survive as a Belly-Dancer
  A quirky look at the strange world of belly dancing through Moonmaiden's eyes.If your troupe commits mutiny you can always start a new one. You are never too old or fat to learn a new step.

General Belly Dance

• So You Think You Can Dance - Why Isnt Belly Dance Represented?
  Najah, a belly dancer from Atlanta, has something to say about SYTYCD - why no belly dancers?
• Origins of belly dance
  Google and you'll find hundreds of websites claiming that belly dance originated from a Middle Eastern birthing ritual. If so many sources say so, it must be true - or is it? The truth is by no means as...
• Belly Dancing at School
  An interesting take by a sixteen years old belly dancer on the challenges of belly dancing at school
• The Benefits of Belly Dance
  Since the Dawn of Time woman in the Middle East have enjoyed the art of Belly Dance as a way to keep fit and enhance their natuaral sensuality. .
• Favorite Belly Dance Videos
  I remember a time when belly dance videos cost at least $20. a pop and you just couldn't afford to buy all that many. We'd all congregate at the house that had the most videos and play them...

• Belly Dancing Is A Glorious Way To Lose Your Inhibitions
  One woman's appreciation of Tribal belly dance
• Belly Dance Trends and Styles in the U.S.A.
  For many years in the U.S. belly dancers were of the nightclub variety. They were known as cabaret style belly dancers. If your mother or grandmother learned to belly dance ...
• Tribal Belly Dance Costumes
  Tribal belly dance costumes are rich and complex. Elaborate headresses and turbans, exotic face decoration, tribal jewellery, layered skirts...
• Tribal Belly Dance Hair and Make-Up
  Tribal belly dance costume is wonderfully elaborate, and the hair and face aren't left out! Tribal fusion dancers, especially, go to town on their hair and make-up. ...
• Tribal Belly Dance Hands: Floreos and Lotus Hands
  In Tribal belly dance - whether ATS or tribal fusion - hands are not just quiet appendages on the end of your arms. Hands also dance! ...
• Sharon Kihara, Belly Dance Superstar
  Most belly dancers have heard of Rachel Brice, that wonderful Tribal Fusion dancer from Bellydance Superstars. But as I was watching my Superstars DVD, another dancer kept catching my eye! ..