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Dance Troupe includes many dances, which
offers many choices. Besides Tap, Jazz, Hawaiian,
and Ballet, we also enjoy Belly Dancing. Belly
Dance is a Middle Eastern dance that originated
in Egypt which features movements of the
hips and torso. It is also referred to as Middle
Eastern dance or Arabic dance. It has evolved to take many different
forms depending on the country and region, both in costume and
dance style; with the styles and costumes of Egypt being the most
recognized worldwide due to Egyptian cinema. Belly dance today is
a dance used by various artists, among which are Rihanna, Beyoncé,
and Fergie. However, the greatest representative of this dance is
Shakira. She led this dance to position it as her trademark. Thanks
to her, dance hip skills became known worldwide. The belly dance
fever began popularizing it in a large part of Latin America and later
taking it to the United States.
We are lucky to have our leader of Belly Dance, Sharon Lair,
who danced professionally and shares her skills with us. If you are
interested in Belly Dancing, please contact Sharon at (760) 295-1036.
Written by Gloria Lipitz
Ocean Hills Dance Troupe
