BELLY DANCE SCRAPBOOK

Belly Dance

BY : ANIS FATHINI BINTI KAMAROL ZAMAN

What is
BELLY DANCE ?

Belly Dancing is beautiful and exotic
dance. It emerged from Arabic countries such as
Egypt and Turkey several decades ago. The name
is entirely western and is a solo dance form where
torso articulation is a must.

There are different forms of belly
dancing, and they all have unique styles. It does
fall under the category of aerobic dances and is
used these days in fitness classes too.

How To Belly Dance For Beginners

1. Stand with your feet flat 3. Repeat the hip lift on both sides at 5. Do a “belly roll.”
and your arms at your sides a faster pace.

2. Do a “hip lift” or “shimmy.” 4. Practice a “hip drop.” 6. Try a “chest lift.”

How often Your workouts will be
should this belly most effective if you practice
dance be done? three to five times per week. Try
building time to dance into your
daily routine. If you always dance
at the same time each day, such as
an hour before you shower for
work, it is more likely to become
a habit.

Belly dance can be done at home Can it be done
and also a gym. It is suitable for all at home or in a
environments. But, if you’re not have a
trainer, I suggest to register belly dance’s gym?
class at a gym.
What kind of
Basic equipment for belly dancing are : equipment is
 Exercise clothing
 Belly dance coin scarf needed?

How long would Belly dance take just half hour
the belly dance per day. You also can do more than
that.
take?
Belly dancing might look easy,
How many but moving your torso on beats is a
calories are complex task. Practicing belly dance
burned during for 30 minutes every day can help you
each belly dance? burn 300 calories.

A belly dance workout is a
great way to burn calories
and tone your core.