What is Cabaret, Classical, Modern and Egyptian Belly Dance?
This is the classical belly dance that has evolved primarily from the performance traditions of Egypt, Turkey and other metropolitan centers of the Middle East. It is a highly stylilzed dance form, expressive, lyrical and choreographed to the beautiful full sound of orchestrated Arabic music. The professional cabaret dance itself is usually performed solo and showcases different rhythms throughout one piece of music including an improvisational section. For example the dancer has an entrance, a veil dance, a slow taxeem, a drum solo and then a finale all in one piece of music. For a second set she may do a more folkloric style piece, like a cane dance, a turkish 9/8, or perhaps with a balancing prop. The costumes are very elaborate and showy, lots of sequence, glittery, sheer fabrics, beads, very sexy and most often danced in high heels. It is a contemporary form as well in that it developed from the big band, and early theatre era in metropolitan areas with a significant foreign popul
