How do you say dance in arabic

• Hands joined behind the back, chin raised - this is how often army commanders, policemen, and also top leaders stand. A gesture of superiority.

Tips for beginners

How to feel comfortable at the first lesson of Arabic dances

Experts believe that belly dancing improves health and prolongs youth, belly dancing changes a woman both externally and internally, because during the dance you experience a unique pleasure from movements, a feeling of joy in life, love for the whole world, you learn to live a happy present. But in order to learn how to dance, one way or another, you will have to step over the threshold of an Arabic dance studio.

Imagine that you are coming to class for the first time. Having changed clothes, you enter the gym with an open stomach, which in itself is somewhat fettering (the reason for this is the complexes about the lack of "cubes" on your press, or even the absence of a waist at all). There are strangers around, moreover, women who are superior to you in some way. Do not be afraid of everyone and everything, compare yourself with someone, count your own or other people's fat folds - think better that by coming here, you have already taken the first step towards a slender figure, beautiful posture, graceful movements and healing of the body generally. And, of course, internal changes should also be expected (your worldview, relationships with males, gaining a sense of self-confidence, etc.). If you are attentive enough to yourself, then immediately mark those parts of your body that you are not very happy with. The rehearsal begins, and you have to move in a completely different way than you are used to. And not even the way you, perhaps, were taught in other dance schools or in shaping classes. Due to unusual movements, something is wedged in your hip, it hurts in your lower back, the “wave” stubbornly does not want to walk on your stomach, and your posture leaves much to be desired, your shoulders and neck are tense. And the “instructor who doesn’t understand anything” says that you need to smile seductively, “shoot with your eyes”, and you don’t want anything anymore - it seems to you that being seductive, vigorously shaking your hips and stomach, is unrealistic. I must say right away that everything is real, you just need to train regularly.

Indeed, when women dance, a deceptive impression is created that all bewitching, seductive gestures do not require any effort, they seem so dexterous and natural! However, in reality, mastering the art of Arabic dance is not easy. Another problem is that all parts of the body must work at the same time, but in completely different rhythms. This is not “right hand - left foot” for you: no clear hand positions, as in classical choreography, smooth movements and complete improvisation. You even need to breathe in a special way, with your stomach - it is no coincidence that Arabic dances are called yoga for women. But the main thing is to be able to seduce with a look, “play” with your face, smile and lure.

Don't despair if you don't succeed. From personal experience I will say that you can find the first results not earlier than after five or six sessions. And you will be surprised how sexy it turns out to rotate your hips ...

If you need motivation for training, think about the "pros". On the physical level, flexibility and plasticity will return to you, and the energy that underlies the dance will help relieve tension and fatigue accumulated in the body, improve tissue metabolism, and remove stiffness. Since tension and fatigue in the body are associated with our everyday psychological problems, fears, inner sensual lack of freedom, dancing, you will get rid of this negative emotional background, feel a joyful upsurge and cheerfulness. Stiffness, angularity and sharpness of movements will be replaced by polished plasticity, your body will become more feminine, and you will attract admiring glances.

This will increase your self-confidence. Just enjoy yourself dancing. If this does not frighten you very much, at the very first lesson you will feel that vital energy that will begin to fill you from the inside, continuing the classes, you will be surprised at the transformation that will affect your physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels. You will feel how warm living energy flows in your body. You live, you breathe, you evoke positive emotions in others and feel their response (and believe me, no one cares about your fat folds). Let your "I" open up: a special sparkle in the eyes, the magic of movements, looseness and a sense of inner freedom. It's bewitching.

If you practice Arabic dances, your life is filled with holidays, and there is no place for everyday life in it - you achieve inner balance, you feel satisfaction. This is, of course, the perfect picture. On the way it meets many difficulties, but that's the whole point!

One cannot but say that Arabic dance is a way of self-expression for a woman. Dancing, you live in this creative process, forget about everyday problems. The dance technique also leaves its mark on the character - a woman learns to appreciate herself, her body, to be more feminine ...

In the process of training, a woman has the opportunity to learn a lot about herself, hidden psychological problems become visible. For example, the enslavement of the lower body indicates a suppression of oneself sexually (this is especially noticeable in older women, while in young women, tightness in the thoracic region indicates a lack of sincerity in relations with the outside world). Flexibility in dance gives flexibility and character, softness and smoothness affect ease of communication, liberated movements lead to inner freedom. But belly dancing is not just fun. Complicated and beautiful, he absolutely does not tolerate when something is done in him through force: every movement should give a person, first of all, physical pleasure. Such an exhausting overcoming of oneself, which can be found in sports dances or aerobics classes, is completely unacceptable for Arabic dance - this destroys its entire internal philosophy. The fact is that it is in Arabic dance that the load on the body alternates (work, then relaxation), which corresponds to its natural life.

This is the main difference from aerobics with its exhausting physical activity, after which, as a rule, one feels a loss of strength.

Dancing quickly brings the body into a state of harmony, as all muscle groups begin to work. There are 12 basic elements in Arabic dance, the rest of the movements are combinations of them (plastic combinations, blows, shaking, “waves” of the stomach, etc.)

be able to dance anything. However, in Arabic dance there is no standard of ideal dance: any dancer, any woman who freely expresses herself in it is beautiful. And this fact helps to increase self-esteem, awareness of one's own unique beauty. This is a dance for women of any age, height, weight and nationality.

If ballet or classical ballroom dance involve long-term memorization of perfected steps from a very young age, then it is preferable to start practicing Arabic dance consciously, better after reaching puberty. Experience shows that young students easily learn the order of building compositions, but only a mature woman is able to convey sensuality and sexuality.

Strict adherence to the canons, as I said, is not at all important for Arabic dance. Temperament and emancipation are important. The basis of belly dancing is improvisation. But still, there are some rules and exercises for faster mastering the art of dance. Do not be embarrassed that at first you, most likely, will not succeed, or only the simplest movements will be obtained. The body of a professional dancer seems to be composed of two different parts: the upper one - to the waist - with gentle and smooth movements, always seems to hover over the other - from the waist and below - with strong hips, a mobile stomach, elastic legs. A real belly dance is years of training, a hot body, worn feet, real costumes made of beads and sequins (most often uncomfortable and weighing several kilograms). Of course, not every novice dancer is endowed with good natural abilities, flexibility, and endurance. Often the lack of talent has to be replaced by elementary diligence - this is a visit to a dance class, but most of all - endless classes at home and wherever possible.