belly dance
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See also: bellydance and belly-dance
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: "A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs."[1] Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
belly dance (countable and uncountable, plural belly dances)
- A form of dance originating in the Middle East and characterized by movements of the torso.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
form of dance
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Verb[edit]
belly dance (third-person singular simple present belly dances, present participle belly dancing, simple past and past participle belly danced)
- To perform a belly dance.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to perform a belly dance
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawthorn, Ainsley (May 2019). "Middle Eastern Dance and What We Call It." Dance Research 37 (1): 1-17.
- ^ Morrow, W.C. (1899). Bohemian Paris of Today
Further reading[edit]
- Hawthorn, Ainsley (May 2019). "Middle Eastern Dance and What We Call It." Dance Research 37 (1): 1-17.
- Hawthorn, Ainsley (May 23, 2019). "Why do we call Middle Eastern dance 'belly dance'?" Edinburgh University Press Blog.
- Morocco (C. Varga Dinicu) (2011). "What's in a Name? More Than You Imagine...." You Asked Aunt Rocky: Answers & Advice About Raqs Sharqi & Raqs Shaabi. Virginia Beach: RDI Publications, 319-350.
- Osweiler, Laura (Amara) (2006). "Naming the Dance." Zaghareet Magazine.
- Shira. "Belly Dance: A Dance By Any Other Name." Shira.net.