It's not specifically for women though, is it? I'm pretty sure the dance is done by both genders. It's non-Middle Easterners who made it into a woman thing. (?)
--- On Thu, 6/25/09, Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Joanna <123hop at comcast.net>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Middle eastern dance
> To: "lbo" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 1:06 AM
> I think Chuck mentioned the arts...
> It's ironic when you think that this region of extreme
> repression of women has also given birth to the sexiest form
> of dance for women. So much so, that a lot of people think
> of it as just a notch up from lap dancing. But it's not
> that. It's really quite beautiful and very, very hard to
> do.
>
> Here's a clip of my teacher, Mira Betz, doing a sexy, witty
> bit of cabaret-style middle-eastern dance.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diWbuuYgonA
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Joanna
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