Preciosos pañuelos de forma triangular bordados a mano con varias líneas de pedrería. Acabados de gran calidad. Disponible en varios colores: lila, rojo, azul eléctrico y rosa. Fabricado por artesanos egipcios.
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Con muchas ganas, energía, ilusión y ansiosas de que llegara el momento de salir a escena, uno de los grupos de alumnas que participaron en el festival de curso de la academia Munique Neith ultima los detalles de su coreo antes del inicio del festival. Aquí tenéis algunas fotos del ensayo.
Filled with energy and eager to going up on stage, one of the groups that took part on the end of term festival organised by Munique Neith bellydance school finish off the very last details of their choreography prior to the start of the festival. Here are some pics taken during their rehearsal.
Con muchas ganas, energía, ilusión y ansiosas de que llegara el momento de salir a escena, uno de los grupos de alumnas que participaron en el festival de curso de la academia Munique Neith ultima los detalles de su coreo antes del inicio del festival. Aquí tenéis algunas fotos del ensayo.
Filled with energy and eager to going up on stage, one of the groups that took part on the end of term festival organised by Munique Neith bellydance school finish off the very last details of their choreography prior to the start of the festival. Here are some pics taken during their rehearsal.
Iniciamos una sección de posts en la que recogeremos opiniones, testimonios y experiencias personales de chicas que, como nosotras, han acabado enganchadas a la danza del vientre y que atesoran diferentes niveles y vivencias. Irina, una jovencísima y guapísima barcelonesa, tiene el honor deinaugurarla.
Es alumna de la academia de danza oriental que la admirada bailarina Munique Neith dirige en Barcelona (www.muniqueneith.com).
Irina nos contó cómo se inició en la danza del vientre y qué es lo que más disfruta al practicarla.
B.B: ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas bailando la danza del vientre?
I: Llevo dos años, ¡aunque parece que haga mucho más tiempo desde que comencé!
B.B: ¿Qué fue lo que te animó a empezar?
I: Quería bailar hace desde hacía mucho tiempo, pero por vergüenza y otras tonterías no me atrevía. Un día mi madre me habló de la escuela de Munique Neith. Fuimos a verla y, ¡me apunté ese mismo día!.
B.B: ¿Qué es lo que destacarías de este tipo de danza y qué es lo que te aporta personalmente?
I: Es una danza que te ayuda mucho a conectar contigo misma y a conocerte mejor. Personalmente, bailar danza del vientre me ayuda mucho a desconectar de cualquier problema que tenga, estrés, etc...
B.B: ¿La recomendarías a aquellas chicas que todavía se muestran reticentes y no acaban de animarse?
I: Sin lugar a dudas, ¡por supuesto que sí!!!
Muchas gracias, Irina. Ha sido un placer charlar contigo.
¡Hasta el próximo post!
Hi, fellow belly dancers!
We are opening a new section whereby we will gather opinions, personal experiences and comments from different women, who have also become totally hooked on belly dance.
Irina, a young and stunningly beautiful girl from Barcelona, does the honors. She currently attends the belly dance school that the well-known and admired belly dancer Munique Neith owns in Barcelona (www.muniqueneith.com).
Irina told us how she started trying belly dance and what she enjoys most about it.
B.B: ¿How long have you been practicing belly dance?
I: I started two years ago, although it seems much longer than that!
B.B: ¿What encouraged you to try it out in the first place?
I: I always wanted to dance but shyness and other minor “silly things” kept preventing me from starting. My mother told me about the school Munique Neith has in Barcelona, we went to see it and I ended up signing up for belly dance lessons straight away!
B.B: ¿Which are, according to you, the perks of Belly dance and what has it taught you?
I: It is a type of dance that helps you connect with your inner self and know yourself better…. Personally speaking, belly dance helps me unwind and relieve stress big time...
B.B: ¿Would you recommend belly dance to those who have not made their minds up yet?
I: I would definitely do! Absolutely!
Many thanks, Irina. It’s been a pleasure chatting with you.
Como hemos comentado en el anterior post, existen múltiples estilos y variaciones dentro de la danza del vientre. El folclore norteafricano y de Oriente Próximo es muy rico, y son muchas las danzas populares que se bailan desde Marruecos hasta Qatar: el Khalegi, típico de los países del Golfo Pérsico, la danza del cántaro tunecina, el Baladi, las danzas zíngaras y el Chaabi, entre otras muchas.
El Chaabi es una de las danzas populares presente en varios países del norte de Africa, como Marruecos, Argelia y Egipto. Os dejamos con una muestra de este folclore popular con unas fotografías tomadas durante la celebración de una boda en un remoto pueblo del Riff marroquí, donde todas las mujeres asistentes nos deleitaron con sus contundentes movimientos de cadera a ritmo de darbuka.
As shown in previous post, there are multiple belly dance styles. North African and Middle Eastern Popular music and dance are varied and diverse in its multiple forms, some of which are Khaleeji, a form of dance born on the states of the Persian Gulf, Tunisian “dance with pitcher” – literally!-, Baladi, Gipsy-style belly dance, Chaabi…
Chaabi is one of the popular dances from the North African countries. Here you have a sample of this type of popular music with some pics taken during the celebration that followed a wedding ceremony on a remote village of the Moroccan Riff. All women present stunned us with their powerful hip moves dancing to the darbuka music.
You have probably heard many times about the health benefits of Belly Dance: it improves body posture, boosts your self-esteem, helps improve our concentration skills and its energetic and undulating moves also help reduce stress. Also, medical studies confirm that practising this type of dance helps ease abdominal pain during the menstrual period.
As you can see, there are plenty of reasons to try Belly dance, if you have not done it yet. If you are still reluctant and have not made up your mind, here you will find a list with the most common questions from beginners with its corresponding answers that would hopefully help you make a decision.
Q: I have tried Belly dance before but gave up because I thought I was not making any progress and felt a bit intimidated by some techniques and moves that seemed effortless on my teacher but impossible to get when I tried myself… Barcelona Bellydance: Apart from being one of the world’s most ancestral dances ever known, belly dance is a joyful dance, full of energy. If we want to enjoy it to its full extent, we need to forget about prejudices and be ready to try it out without any embarrassment feeling that might arise when we do not get a movement right the first time we try it or do not look as graceful as the dancers we all know and admire.. We need to forget about any “psychological blockage” and simply enjoy dancing to the music.
Perseverance is key and we all have been beginners once, even all those great dancers we praise and admire. They got to the place in which they are now, by learning every day and working hard.
Q: Are there different belly dance styles and techniques?
Barcelona Bellydance: Yes, there are a lot, actually. What we know nowadays as “belly dance” is actually what Egyptians labeled as Racks Al Shark, or Middle Eastern dance.
Belly dance was born in Egypt, and expanded from here towards other regions in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Belly dance in its multiple variations and forms is known at present in all countries across the globe. Apart from the classic Egyptian style, other well-known variations are Turkish-style belly dance, Lebanese, Greek, and the more contemporary Tribal style.
Q: Which is the most appropriate belly dancing attire to wear when taking lessons?
Barcelona Bellydance: Comfortable clothing is essential. A long skirt or loose trousers are always good options, although it is also very recommendable, when taking beginners lessons, to wear leggings, which shows the knee area, on which it is important to focus in the beginning. A top – not too loose – and a hip scarf are also good options.
Q: Do you need to have a certain fitness level or are there any other prerequisites or conditions to start taking belly dance lessons?
Barcelona Bellydance: There are no prerequisites whatsoever. The only thing you need is the desire and eagerness to dance and enjoy. Women of all ages can belly dance, no matter the age, fitness condition, height, weight… It is a very democratic dance!
Q: I would like to read more about Belly dance: its origins and evolution throughout the years. ¿Could you recommend any interesting titles?
Barcelona Bellydance: There are an awful lot of interesting books and audio books focused on Belly dance. We will recommend a few:
La Danza Oriental by Debora Korek, (one of the few books about Belly dance published in Spanish language)
