Why no male belly dancers?
Actually there ARE male belly dancers. Raqs sharqi, Oriental dance, belly dance is performed by people of all ages and both sexes during festive occasions. YES, men do “belly dance”. Alot of what is seen performed in the US is American Tribal Style and cabaret style. Much dancing in the Middle East is in the social context not by the glamorous professional nightclub dancers. Tarik Sultan, Jim Boz, Zorba, Mahmoud Reda are a few male belly dancers about whom you should be able to find information. Tarik Sultan http://www.casbahdance.org/ Read “A Teacher’s Path” under Biographies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QuBRLjF2… Jim Boz http://www.jimboz.com/ info on belly dance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqs_sharqi
