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Dance

Pertaining or related to any style of dance or choreographic technique.

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souq

Dance; Belly dance

In Arab countries, this is a market place, with row upon row of stalls of vendors selling their wares. Belly dance event organizers will sometimes refer to the section of their ...

slinking back

Dance; Belly dance

Creating a slinking movement over the head, over the shoulder and , down to hip, into a Spanish frame.

crossing up

Dance; Belly dance

From the hips (or below) cross arms at wrist (keeping elbows high) raise above your head.

snake arms

Dance; Belly dance

Arms pretend to be snakes, arms are led by the elbow,creating a snaking motion (horizontal), alternating the arms.

rakkasah

Dance; Belly dance

In Arabic it means a female dancer. This is also the name of a very famous, very popular annual belly dance festival that is held in Richmond, California (near Oakland).

khaleeji

Dance; Belly dance

Used by belly dancers to refer to the style of music and dance from the Persian Gulf/Arabian peninsula area Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman.

kirik havalar

Dance; Belly dance

This is a category of Turkish music. These are tunes composed of rhythmic and measured melodies--the type of music that you could hum along with. One example of this type of music ...