Original Post Date: Friday, December 3, 2010 at 4:12pm
I have a rant/soapbox issue that needs to be put out there.
In sharing some videos with Nancy Asiya today... (in question, Muse- Super Massive Black Hole)
There were several videos of "classic" style dance (ie, modern, jazz, etc)
Can someone please explain to me.. why it is okay to teach and allow pre-teen girls to lie/sit on the floor in spread eagle shots crotch facing the audience... and I don't want to hear.. that they have leotards on so it's okay.
Belly dance has gotten the bad rap for years of being suggestive or sexualized. I get it, our costumes show off bellies and cleavage.. We shake like jell-o when we shimmy hard and long... Fine, call that suggestive or sexualized.
But, no matter the age of the student from young to old... we learn right off.. to keep our crotches away from the audience, make sure we have our knickers on and not to flash anything under our skirts/harem pants...and cover yourself off stage...
I do not understand why that is deemed acceptable while we take the bad rap.
Is this explainable or.... have I missed the boat completely??
I have a rant/soapbox issue that needs to be put out there.
In sharing some videos with Nancy Asiya today... (in question, Muse- Super Massive Black Hole)
There were several videos of "classic" style dance (ie, modern, jazz, etc)
Can someone please explain to me.. why it is okay to teach and allow pre-teen girls to lie/sit on the floor in spread eagle shots crotch facing the audience... and I don't want to hear.. that they have leotards on so it's okay.
Belly dance has gotten the bad rap for years of being suggestive or sexualized. I get it, our costumes show off bellies and cleavage.. We shake like jell-o when we shimmy hard and long... Fine, call that suggestive or sexualized.
But, no matter the age of the student from young to old... we learn right off.. to keep our crotches away from the audience, make sure we have our knickers on and not to flash anything under our skirts/harem pants...and cover yourself off stage...
I do not understand why that is deemed acceptable while we take the bad rap.
Is this explainable or.... have I missed the boat completely??
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