Comments on: Sunday Night Shimmy http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/20/sunday-night-shimmy/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:16:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Diane Frank http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/20/sunday-night-shimmy/comment-page-1/#comment-52667 Diane Frank Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:53:04 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=6107#comment-52667 A few things- 1) there is such a thing a male belly dancers...it can be pretty dynamic, and bold...you might want to watch a bit of that Helen, and see what kind of gaze you have 2) If one is a dancer oneself, it's not hard to watch belly dance as dance...and then the problem is that from a Western perspective, the movement range is limited, the dances are repetitious. There are better and worse dancers, and better and worse performers, but like nearly all folk idioms its range of emotion and meaning is extremely restricted. Diane A few things-
1) there is such a thing a male belly dancers…it can be pretty dynamic, and bold…you might want to watch a bit of that Helen, and see what kind of gaze you have
2) If one is a dancer oneself, it’s not hard to watch belly dance as dance…and then the problem is that from a Western perspective, the movement range is limited, the dances are repetitious. There are better and worse dancers, and better and worse performers, but like nearly all folk idioms its range of emotion and meaning is extremely restricted.

Diane

]]> By: helenboyd http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/20/sunday-night-shimmy/comment-page-1/#comment-52663 helenboyd Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:43:01 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=6107#comment-52663 here's some video of her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJVBjLYoyI here’s some video of her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJVBjLYoyI

]]> By: Véronique http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/20/sunday-night-shimmy/comment-page-1/#comment-52662 Véronique Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:41:02 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=6107#comment-52662 My spouse and I love to watch good belly dancers. Did in the Before Time, and still do now. Yes, it's sensual and arousing, but somehow we just take it in without learing. We let the arousal stay inside and just appreciate the skill involved in creating such a beautiful art form. One of my post-surgery dreams is to take belly dance lessons, hoping that maybe I will have a few more curves by then than I do now. I have no ambitions to perform in public, but I would love to learn how to move my body that way for my own satisfaction. I'm sure it enhances movement even when one is not dancing. Maybe next time we see dancers (probably at a Beats Without Borders show), I'll be brave enough to ululate. :) My spouse and I love to watch good belly dancers. Did in the Before Time, and still do now. Yes, it’s sensual and arousing, but somehow we just take it in without learing. We let the arousal stay inside and just appreciate the skill involved in creating such a beautiful art form.

One of my post-surgery dreams is to take belly dance lessons, hoping that maybe I will have a few more curves by then than I do now. I have no ambitions to perform in public, but I would love to learn how to move my body that way for my own satisfaction. I’m sure it enhances movement even when one is not dancing.

Maybe next time we see dancers (probably at a Beats Without Borders show), I’ll be brave enough to ululate. :)

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