It is a celebration, a rapport between dancer and audience, an enchantment of vibrant colour, femininity and seductive fabric. The movements are simple but capture the joy of life as a woman, allowing each dancer to uniquely express her own magnificence.

A belly dance exercises a lot of muscles including some that you forget to exercise. Therefore, you should warm up with a little exercising before you start dancing. You can try doing some head rolls as you try to loosen up other parts of the body as well.

Watch these videos below to learn the art of belly dancing:

Hip lifts and shimmy

The belly roll

Chest lifts

Hip pushes