NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/folkdan/2024

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Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!lynx!zia.aoc.nrao.edu!dbriggs
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Briggs)
Subject: Male belly dancing: pointers sought
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Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 18:14:22 GMT
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I've recently started up belly dancing lessons, and am enjoying it quite a
bit.  But my teacher and I have a bit of a problem.  She's never taught a
male before, and doesn't have much in the way of hard references for me.
Worse, we're a bit isolated here, and I've never so much as seen a decent
male dancer, though I'm told they certainly do exist.  For the moment, I'm
doing OK with basic exercises.  Certainly there's enough there to keep me
busy for quite a while.  But I will sure need some role models eventually!
For a start, still pictures would help to give me a better idea of
costumes, and of course video tapes are even better still.  Does anyone
have contact addresses where I might purchase such tapes by mail order?
Perhaps someone has some tapes they could dub in good conscience?  I'd of
course pay all duplication and shipping!  (And I'll throw in my eternal
gratitude for good measure. :)  Are there any male belly dancers on line?
I'd love to chat about the differences between male and female performance,
though I'm not even sure I know the right questions to ask.

Many thanks,

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