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Dear students, I decided to transcribe for you some of the teachings of Master Shokry Mohamed God rest her soul, of his book, "Belly Dance Magic." I share your views and philosophy.
Belly dancing must have spiritual strength, starting from within. Approaching
belly dancing, like any other type of dance that emerged in North Africa and Middle East, requires a certain willingness of spirit, and a cultural learning happens in the first place for music.
The second step, possibly in a row, is to break the myth and topic to understand belly dance as a minor genre in the wide field of dance.
Throughout history, this type of dance that varies greatly from one country to another, which naturally has followed an evolutionary process through the centuries, has developed two scenarios: the cult and popular the palace and the street.
Despite the cultural and religious reservations, belly dancing can be considered the classical dance of the Arab world, since it combines the musical styles and movements of each of the people on whose cultural foundation has taken hold. This dance intimately and inextricably linked to his music, unlike the West where all ethnic movements have a well defined, ie, from the movements made by women and men in the popular celebrations, but more stylized, for which no need for further technique which provides a sense of rhythm and movement emerges not of reason but of sentiment.
Belly dance is a dance that is half way between folklore and individual creation ........( to be continued)
