Fusion
Belly Dance
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Fusion Belly Dance is used here as a synonym for Tribal Fusion Belly Dance.
Tribal Fusion, also called Transcultural Dance, was founded around the 90s in the United States, from where it spread across the world. Tribal Fusion is a Western style of Belly Dance, in which dancers usually fuse elements from different dance styles, for example, popping, hip hop, flamenco, kathak, etc.
The dance combines isolated, flowy movements with strong accents. Besides soft elegance, it has power and strength. The dancer can use different props, such as swords and finger cymbals, zills.
Nowadays, there is much discussion about the terminology of Tribal Fusion. For example, the term tribal is being abandoned in many cases. Therefore, the term Fusion Belly Dance is mainly used on this webpage.
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Oriental Dance,
Belly Dance,
Raqs Sharqi
Oriental dance is a popular name to describe the range of dance styles from the Middle East and North Africa.
Oriental dance refers to different dances of the MENA area (Middle East and North Africa), from folkloric dances to modern. Oriental dance can be called Raqs Sharqi – a dance from the East.
Even though dance is thousands of years old, the name Belly Dance came into use in the 19th century when Europeans and Americans first saw oriental dance.
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