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What is "belly dance"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
belly dance
noun
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▪ It was the first public appearance for Caroline, who has been learning to belly dance for about eight months.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
belly dance

also bellydance, 1883, from belly (n.) + dance (n.), in later uses translating French danse du ventre. As a verb from 1963.

Wiktionary
belly dance

n. A traditional form of dance from the Middle East, characterized by movements of the abdominal muscles.

WordNet
belly dance

n. a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen [syn: belly dancing, danse du ventre]

belly dance

v. perform a belly dance

Wikipedia
Belly dance

Belly dance is a type of Middle Eastern dance. Originally a "solo, improvised dance involving torso articulation," belly dance takes many different forms depending on the country and region, both in costume and dance style, and new styles have evolved in the West as its popularity has spread globally.

Usage examples of "belly dance".

On Earth I had even been reluctant even to describe the liberating sort of dance I loved so much by such an expression as 'belly dance'.

But she was no longer able to conceal from her conscious mind (nor had any wish to) that there was something inside her as happily shameless as a tabby in heat going into her belly dance for the enticement of the neighborhood toms.