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MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE THE BENEFITS Oriental Dance is recognised for his beneficial effects today - Physical : it solicits suppleness and tone of arms, torso, hips and belly, shapes abdominal muscles, and refines size The posture improves, you feels more tonic, firmer and one becomes aware of his body and his muscles which are worked in - depth lasting of the exercises of reinforcement specific to the Oriental Dance. - Psychological : develop self - confidence, realization of its body and its capacities, develop his feminity It's one of the most richness dance based on the work of "isolation" of every part of the body which allows to every persons at any ages, to develop his physical condition while learning to dance in an environment ludic and pleasant. THE HISTORY Middle Eastern Dance or more commonly called "Belly dancing" is a dance, today, played everywhere in the world, here is some some of translations : "Raks Sharki" in Arabic - "Danse Orientale" or " Danse du ventre " in French - "Danza del Ventre" in Italian "Dança do Ventre" in Portuguese - "Danza del Vientre" in Spanish - "Bauchtanz" in German Its one of the most old dance in the world, they estimate his first traces dating more than 4 millenniums. Today, developed as an art in full measure, we have, put to one side styles fusion ( flamenco, hip-pop, contemporary ) 2 styles which are in most developed : THE BALADI, which is the heart of oriental dance, traditional dance of Egypt. THE SHARQI, it's a more modern style which appeared in 1930s and that was made famous by the dancers Samia Gamal and Tahia Carioca in the musicals of epoch.
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