The Evolution of Exotic Dance
There’s nothing more beautiful than exotic strippers Cincinnati oh performing their dance as a form of cultural expression. Take for instance, belly dancing. Belly dancing is more than a woman writhing and gyrating to sensual music.
It has a rich history, which dates back to Egyptian times; when the body was used to entice men into mating. Belly dancers were women who were matched up with their prospective husbands through ritual fertility dances. These rituals were customary not only in Egypt, but Greece and Mesopotamia as well.
The fertility ritual began with women belly dancing to demonstrate their fertility readiness, but it also extended to young girls, as a method to prepare them for their roles in labor and childbirth.
Gradually belly dancing grew beyond just being used exclusively in fertility rituals in Ancient Egypt. The popularity soon spread throughout the Middle East. Beginning with the gypsies who populated various parts of the deserts in Middle East.
Within these Nomad tribes, they performed belly dancing as a form of entertainment. But the style of the dance was changed slightly by the nomadic gypsies to also reflect their Spanish heritage.
Belly dancing became the modern dance, Flamenco. The movements were largely modified for more social interaction, so that men could be included in the dance.
But before the Egyptians used belly dancing in their fertility rituals, it was already widely seen in India. This just goes to show how a dance form can be used in many adapted forms by different cultures. In Arabic cultures, belly dancing is considered an art form. It is not a seductive dance, but is an entertainment form, reserved for special occasions. Because men and women are segregated at social dances. In the beginning, only women in harems were allowed to belly dance. Men were forbidden from physical contact with these women, during the shows and after. The women in harem were considered, “forbidden.”
Which brings us to modern belly dancing in the United States. Belly dancing is now both an exotic dance and a form of exercise. In some social circles, it is used to teach women how to embrace their femininity. The dance form came to the US through European exposure. Because belly dancing spread to Europe, during war time invasions of Arabic territories. Belly dancing is one of the most exotic forms of entertainment, due to the rapid hip movements. When Europeans first saw belly dancers perform, it was deemed, erotic and scandalous, because it was during the Victorian Era.