Belly dancing?

Question

i need help finding belly dancing classes for a 13 yr old in the villa rica, carrolton, douglasville area. (there or close to) plz i REALLY need help

What's so bad about it? nothing. I don't have a dautgher I'm the one who wants to learn it!!!!! It's just a middle eastern dancing!!!! Everyone say it's a sexed up dance it's not!!!!

Answer 1

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with your area so I cannot give you any specific adivise on local instructors. However I can supply you with links to directories that will assist you in locating an instructor as well as many resources that you may want to use in addition to lessons. Please do not try to learn from a DVD or VHS. It is not a good way to learn. You do not get feedback and your are risking injury by trying to learn from them. They do make for great supplemental learning tools once you have mastered the basics though. Here is my list of recommended sites for you to check out.

WEBSITES (for finding teachers/classes)
http://www.shira.net - probably the most extensive directory
http://www.middleeasterndance.net - my site which has a decent sized directory as well
http://www.bhuz.com - another large directory as well as a great forum which can answer pretty much every question you will ever have about bellydance since it's comprised of bellydancers from all over the world.
If you can't find lessons looking on these three sites their may not be any in your area.

WEBSITES (for learning moves on-line)
http://www.middleeasterndance.net - my own site look under the movements section, there will be enough to keep you busy for a long time. Also please read the before you begin section with the disclaimer, warm-up, cool-down, and basics about posture.
http://www.shira.net - don't mind what the other person said about this site I doubt she even knows how to bellydance. Shira's site is an extensive collection of articles written about and for bellydancers and can provide you with a wealth of information that will be very beneficial. It's one of the oldest and most respected sites on the Internet and is referenced by bellydancers world-wide. She has a specific page which tells you how to do some moves as well as extensive links to other sites that offer on-line lessons as well.
http://www.venusbellydance.com/vocabulary.htm - More movement descriptions.
http://www.aleena.com/miramar/ - go to on-line dance lessons there are several articles about dancing there.
http://www.zilltech.com/onlinelessons.htm - Another old, well, respected website full of information you should check out. She offers a few instructions for several basic moves.
http://www.kawakib.com/page-30.html - more of a technique lesson but might be helpful after learning some basics.
http://www.raqs.co.nz/moves.html - has some descriptions of select movements.

BOOKS
Belly Dancing Basics by Laura A. Cooper (ISBN: 140271078X) - newer book, not great but not bad either.
The Art of Belly Dancing by Dahlena with Dona Z. Meilach - This book is out of print but shows up on amazon and e-bay from time to time. It's ok but it's written for a different time the history part is especially questionable but the moves are pretty straight forward.
Grandmother's Secrets by Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi (ISBN: 1566563267) - An interesting read has several descriptions of dance moves as well.
A lot of books have been coming on the market recently and most of them (excluding out of print books) are available at Barnes and Nobel or borders books as well as other chains and smaller stores.

ON-LINE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
http://www.trybellydancing.com/ - Like a mini instructional video available online. It's not bad quality.

VIDEOS
Precision Motion Workout Series by Suzanna Del Vecchio - offers good posture basics as well as quality instruction on many moves.
Bellydance for Fitness Series by Neena and Veena Bidasher - this series is very cheap and available from major retailers like target, walmart, borders, and Barnes and Nobel but the quality of instruction is low. This is more of a workout for beginner dancers who already have had some training. The videos are a good quality as far as picture and sound but these are not good for an absolute beginner.
If you have any questions about bellydancing please feel free to contact me through my site http://www.middleeasterndance.net

Answer 2

There is absolutely nothing wrong with belly dancing. It is a beautiful and sensual dance that takes a lot of hard work and determination.

Also, there is nothing wrong with a 13 year old doing it, I think that's great.

Look it up in the phone book.

Answer 3

there's nothing bad about belly-dancing. I'm middle eastern, i belly-dance myself, and i was brought up with belly-dancing/ Syrian/Lebanese dancing at all family events.
if you want to learn--- they have DVDs that you can buy. i mean, they're not authentic, but I'm sure for your purposes they'll be fine.

Answer 4

There's nothing whatsoever wrong with belly dancing. Don't let anybody put you off. My friend teaches it but that's in Benidorm. Good luck finding one closer.

Answer 5

umm look it up google? but have fun and to anyone who thinks it's bad to do belly dancing at 13---it's not i did it at 12 in professional dance summer classes and it was pretty fun!

Answer 6

13 year olds definately do not need to learn belly dancing.

Answer 7

I lived in North Africa for 4 years and if you saw what a REAL belly dancer's belly looked like you would not want your daughter to learn it. They look as if they are pregant.