#bellydance legend

[lime-sketches114]

SOLAREA, SAPPHIRE OF THE DESERT

Ooo boi it's been a ROUGH weekend and then some days BUT IM BACK WITH MORE SOLAREA.

Tumblr plz don't smite me bc of her top...it's a stylized belly dancer costume...🙏

I hope you guys love her just as much as I do! It's been a rough battle...

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[adaradin]

Kick off the Mardi Gras party early with pizza and music! Join me, and local jazz legends, Deja Bleu, at @scarecrowpizza this Friday, February 10, from 630-9 for a night of celebration. 🎺💜💚💛💜💚💛🎺 Let the good times roll! #BellyDance #BellyDancer #RaqsSharqi #BellyDancersOfInstagram #BellyDanceJoy #WashburnWI #WIBellyDance #BellyDancersOfWisconsin #DejaBleu #Jazz #MardiGras #LetTheGoodTimesRoll https://www.instagram.com/p/CoUy8R7LaGe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[saraia]

[artdesorsa]

So, this years bellydance gala was real good experience for me  I almost break my ankle before the performance, but otherwise it was good  When I first watched the original clip of the music I felt so inspired to make a choreography based on it that I did it. It really helped, that I had this blue waterlike veil, and a blue dress too, on which I painted the motives by hand. The story is pretty similar, someone gets taken by water spirits, trying to deal with them. Choreography by Egyed Orsolya Music: League of Legends - As we fall

[etherealideal]

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Today I am 30 weeks pregnant 🤰. Here’s a clip from a my “duet” from the Witch-Hazel Dance Gathering on Saturday. Full video link in the bio. . Music: Othan by Heilung @amplifiedhistory . . . . . . . . #pregnant #dance #dancer #bellydance #celtic #nordic #redhead #headdress #crown #costume #performance #fairy #faerie #magic #energy #witch #woad #fantasy #legend #divine #goddess #dancevideo #bellydancersoftheworld #dancersofig https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-plD9n0-K/?igshid=7lv7xzbnvpos

[miranadances]

The full video! :D

[pepperpkmon88]

hi there 6w6

[mermaidylluria]

Warning to all you mers on Tumblr out there: The purge has officially begun. My account just got flagged, and the only things I have on here are my own event photos (which are all family-friendly & fully clothed), and mermaid art (both classical and new, some of which has an LGBTQ focus- and may, at times, *gasp* in some cases feature kissing). So.. just as a heads-up, the whole Tumblog censorship hubub is a real thing. My hope was that in a page FULL of mermaids, it would be obvious what the space was about- that it was absent of pornographic or ANY kind of child-endangering content, n’ be subsequently left alone.  But it appears that’s not the case.  So now that we know mer art is going to be targeted (after all, “NEKKIT BEWBIES, ER MAH GURD!!”), I suggest we all get ready to either defend our posts (via disputing flagged content), participate in some kind of (peaceful, preferably meaningful & artful) protest, or just leave the platform all together. 'Cause this tells me that they're not only flagging classical art, they're also trying to eradicate LGBTQ content, and NONE of that is okay.  Personally, I’m going to do all 3.  Fight and dispute, while making preparations to move my space elsewhere.  Where that’ll be I’m not sure yet, but if we loose, I want a place for my mermaid stuff to go, and the demigods at Tumblr better be aware, I’m taking my decently-well-known bellydance n’ other blogs w/me too, if I’m forced to leave.

And just for my personal 2 cents on the matter?  Dear gods, not ALL of the internet has to be child friendly. XP Censorship like that happening on YouTube, Facebook & now Tumblr stifles creativity (look at channels like Glam&Gore, who can’t barely do SFX makeup anymore because she keeps getting demonetized), silences valuable artistic and minority voices, removes audiences for burgeoning creators (who, btw, may NOT be engaging in pornographic content in ANY way), and forces narrow-minded, puritanical standards of "decency" (which are by FAR the minority), over others' ability to operate successfully in that medium. This smothers decent, AWESOME things like art, science, expression and SO much more. XS  See, it’s not about the p0rn.  It’s about the CENSORSHIP.  This is the internet. It was designed to dispense and SHARE information, ideas, inspiration, fun, etc. Not be a surrogate nanny for your kids. XS

ANNNNYWAY, if you want to read more about what is and is not allowed on Tumblr now, you can visit: https://tumblr.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/231885248. (And be sure to read to the bottom, where users can find out how to appeal post & entire blog flags under the last 2 questions.)  And if you have a mermaid blog where ANY kind of toplessness is involved, note that "female presenting nipples" is distinctly mentioned, which, as I'm sure lots of you already know, directly impacts classical AND modern art- one of the few things on Tumblr that can be shared WITHOUT a copyright, as well as a TON of mermaid art, classical and otherwise. XP 

What does this mean?  Well.. in simple terms, it means that stuff like Botticelli and Picasso are no longer welcome on Tumblr.  It means that Reubens, Waterhouse and Rodin, if they have artistic interpretations of naked women in their work, cannot be shared on Tumblr.  Even though their works are featured in international museums of the highest callibur, lauded all over the world as legends of innovation, vision, unparalleled beauty, & precision, expression & creativity, and world-famed for their social and economic value.  Those.. are not welcome here now, apparently.  Meanwhile, images & videos stolen from present-day & other modern hard-working artists, photographers, cartoonists, writers and other creators from allll over the world arrre hunky-dory. XP  DaFUQ, Tumblr??? (At -least- they mention mis-attribution & non-attribution on their new guidelines now. That at least, is an improvement. X*)

But now.. let’s see how that’s directly affected my blog, shall we..?  ‘Cause, as I mentioned before, I figured surely since I didn’t actually have any pr0n on my pages, I & other mer pages should be safe, right?  BZZZZZZZT, WRONG.  After getting this e-mail (pictured above), I went through my whole blog and found the 4 posts that were "flagged" as having adult content. *rolls eyes* 

3 of them were reblogs &1 was an original post. 

2 of those posts were queer-positive modern art. 

1 was a photographic collection of pieces FEATURED IN "W" MAGAZINE, 

And the last is a piece of classical style, queer-positive art. XS 

One of the modern pieces doesn't even show nipples, just saggy bewbies COVERED with small seashells. 

The other modern-style piece was a Rackham style drawing, where the tatas are but a mere suggestion of simple lines and dots. 

One was shown in a INTERNATIONAL FRICKING FASHION MAGAZINE SPREAD, which was apparently suitable for SOMEONES' interpretation of public consumption, 

and the last only shows suggestions & curvatures of breasts! (Showing the side and outer portions of the female chest, with no nipples. XP)

-And WHY AM I HAVING TO JUSTIFY THIS???? THIS IS ART. THIS IS NOT P0RN. Again I say "WTF, Tumblr????" XS

As you can see, 3 of my posts were reblogs, so I had no means of disputing those posts.  (According to their new guidelines, the owner of the original post has to do that, and if they are found as having “inappropriate content,” there’s no further means of appeal.)   But one of them, one of the very first posts I ever made in this blog, was an original, so I was able to refute its being deemed as inappropriate.  FIrst, you have to go through allll of your posts to find.. whatever it is someone’s had issue with.  (Whether it’s a person who’s flagged it or something chosen by Tumblr’s algorithms/keyword alert systems, I have no idea.)  But they don't even bother to link you in your notification e-mail, so first you’ve gotta FIND what’s being flagged before you can repeal it.  (I didn’t even know what I was looking for at first.  They never specify.  Would it be a tiny new icon near the Edit and Share buttons at the bottom?  A wee little flag pointer, outside of the post itself..?  Do I got to my posted page n’ try to find it?  Or will it be in my Posts stream, & the whole post be red..?  Who knows?)  But eventually, after enough scrolling, I found what I was looking for.  A big red bar across the affected posts.  -And if it’s a post you can do something about, they give you a button to push on the designated "flagged" work, at the top right. After you hit the "dispute" button, you’re given a largely blank page.  In the center, you get to choose between Dispute, Cancel or Learn More.  No “tell us why you feel this should not be flagged, why it doesn’t violate our rules,” nothing.  Nowhere to speak your peace.  You just hit a button, and you’re done.  You get no say, other than “I object, your honor!”  NOT COOL, people. NOT COOL.  You clearly don’t wanna hear the voices of your content creators, or, at least, enough to allow them to speak for the work they felt appropriate enough to post..

Reading this from another media source?  Please don’t discount this issue if you don’t personally have a Tumblog.  It doesn't really matter whether you use tumble or not, whether you think it's lame or not, etc. The problem is much, much larger than that, and it’s growing.  This is another very large, social media platform that's being affected by censorship in the name of marketing- and thus, be child-friendly.  They want the whole family to be able to come and see all the ads they wanna put here, and without that, they don’t make their money.  So anything not child-friendly, even vaguely PERCEIVED as not child-friendly (by God only knows whose standards), is being wiped out from the whole platform.  Don’t believe me?  It’s happened on YouTube, on Facebook, and likely, many others.  Do some googling and check it out for yourself.  YouTube is a platform that’s being strangled by this phenomenon right this very second.  There are videos on it.  Go see. Now.  ‘Cause if we don’t educate ourselves about this n’ do something to fight it, what’s happening to YouTube is our future.  Not just here on Tumblr, but EVERYWHERE.

Big Brother isn't just watching, guys, he's stealing your open arenas for personal and creative expression, so he can better market to you & yer kids.  He wants EVERYONE to buy his Stuff.   And if the kids can’t see it here, they won’t ask mommy and daddy to go get it for them.  So out classical art, and LGBTQ content, and mermaids go.  Out the door.  (Meanwhile, who do kids love?? UM.. MERMAIDS.  HELLO!!!  What should be educating them about history and the arts?  UMM.. FINE ART, HELLO.  Who teaches them about tolerance and diversity and SO MUCH MORE?  Umm.. THE LGBTQ community!  Who teaches them about what human bodies look like, and that it’s okay to have ANY kind of body?  UM.. BODY POSITIVE ART, THANK YOU.)  

We need to put the kaibosh on this somehow, now. Not just for Tumblr, or Facebook, or YouTube. We've got to find SOME way of letting the Big Boys know this is not activity we will tolerate. 'Cause the places to freely express ourselves are going to continue to diminish, get scarcer, and fewer.. until they're all.. gone.

ART =/= PORN, YOU IGNORANT, PURITANICAL, MONEY-GRUBBING FISHTITS.  LEARN TO POLICE YOUR OWN CHILDREN, MORE EFFECTIVELY POLICE GENUINE CRIMINALS, AND LEAVE THE REST OF THE INTERNET ALONE.  Please.

♥

[littlemessyjessi]

Hey, guys!

So, in response to the overwhelming love for my plus size belly dancing imagines...I've decided to do a little series.  

I can't promise that they'll come out at rapid fire or that they'll all the same tone BUT they'll have a common denominator.

Plus size beauties doing some type of dance/artistic exercise.  

Bellydance, hooping, pole dance, aerial silks, latin dancing, yoga, all kinds of things.

So...send me your dances and ideas!  

Below, I've got a list of love interests in mind but if I'm forgetting something...just let me know!  

Comment and let me know if you're interested in seeing this and please, please, please don't be shy!  

Flood my ask box with requests because that's how I get the writing out to you guys!

Thank you, every one of you, for your lovely words!

I'm so thrilled that all of you like my writing.

It's very humbling and I feel so blessed!

Expect a few other posts within the next few days of some of the things you might see on my blog!

Thanks for listening, lovelies!

Listy listy list!!!

Thor Odinson (Thor) - Completed

Bucky Barnes (Captain America) - Completed

Nick Jakoby (Bright) - Completed

Mick Rory (Legends of Tomorrow) - Completed

Leonard Snart (Legends of Tomorrow)

Ivar the Boneless (Vikings) - Completed 

Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

Loki Laufeyson (Thor)

Bruce Banner/Hulk (Hulk and Avengers)

Steve Rogers (Captain America)- Completed

Tony Stark (Iron Man)

Natasha Romanoff (Avengers)

Clint Barton (Avengers)

Pietro Maximoff (Avengers)

Wanda Maximoff (Avengers)

Vision (Avengers)

Rhodey (Avengers/ Iron Man)

Sam Wilson (Captain America)

Sharon Carter (Captain America)

T'Challa (Captain America, Black Panther)

Peter Parker (Spiderman)

Chris Evans

Sebastian Stan

Charlie Hunnam

Travis Fimmel

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Holland (Spiderman) - COMPLETED

Lance Tucker (The Bronze)

Stucky (Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes x reader)

Lee Pace

James McAvoy

Bill Skarsgard

Alexander Skarsgard

Sidney Crosby

Tyler Seguin

Jamie Benn

Geno Malkin

Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead)

Norman Reedus

Paul Lahote (Twilight)

Emmett (Twilight)

Jasper Hale (Twilight)

Sirius Black (Harry Potter)

Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)

Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)

Klaus Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals)

Jay (Disney Descendants)

Stiles (Teen Wolf)

Derek Hale (Teen Wolf)

Isaac Lahey (Teen Wolf)

Liam Dunbar (Teen Wolf)

Theo Raeken (Teen Wolf)

Chase Collins (Covenant) - COMPLETED

Chase Collins (Covenant) - Captivated- COMPLETED

Pogue (Covenant) 

Tyler (Covenant) 

TJ Hammond 

Hal Carter (Picnic) 

Basically any Sebastian Stan character because I have no control, lol.  

If I'm missing someone just give me a hollar!

[faeneth]

❣ Got tagged by inspirationalartsenpai the fascinating @haltijakapala ❣ This shall be my first attempt at such a thing, but I do hope you enjoy this small tidbit of information!

❣ 1ST RULE: tag 9 people you want to get to know better: @tacticalbuttcheeks. @meridadumbbroch @making-monsters-happy @thothful; I am afraid I am a shy little thing, I am barely able to tag these people.

❣ NOTE: If you don’t want to do it, you don’t need to.

I will follow suit of my tagger, and cut the text for ease.

❣ APPEARANCE - I am 5′2-5′3 feet/ 158.5 Cm tall, so a small average, possibly? I was born with thick, ash-blonde, curly hair that I have dyed black. My face is on the round-oval side, with grey eyes.

❣ PERSONALITY - I am a shy and more reclusive being, and in person I am usually too anxious to speak; thus the written word is where I truly tend to shine. I have also noted that I, when anxious or trying to be polite, can become rather formal, and, rather regrettably, even stiff to some (See all of the way my responses are worded;;;) . I do love humor and puns always seem to bring a giggle out of me~ 

❣ ABILITY - I have been told many times that I have a great calming ability and I seem to be able to say the right things to ease people’s hearts and minds; thus empathy and a calming aura, I suppose. (I do seem to attract animals though.)

❣ HOBBIES - I adore reading and writing~ Curling up on a rainy day with tea and a book sounds like a haven to me~ The arts in general tend to bring me great joy. Creating something that was not before is such a thrilling thing to do~ I do love to dance and sing, as well, though I am generally far to shy to do so around others. I have studied Bellydance in particular! Beyond that, I love reading about different mythologies, legends, and folk tales! Comics, some anime and documentaries, and games are great fun too!

❣ EXPERIENCES The positive ones; I was greatly lucky to be able to visit the British Isles for 11 days as a graduation gift! I absolutely adored all the greenery~ I have been able to help my friends and family in times of need, even if just by offering a patient ear.

❣ MY LIFE - I live and am still in a small town in Texas, USA. The people... are nice (on the outside) if you meet the standards they expect from you. I will say much of the younger generations are far kinder and more accepting that the older ones. It becomes natural to become fluent in subtle shade though.  I am trying to move out currently now that I have finished some college schooling, and now I am just trying to build up the money for it; I really desire to move out soon because I am realizing that I am drawn to a pagan and witch path, and in these suburbs where just across the street my neighbor literally have anti-abortion signs in their yard, let me just say I don’t feel comfortable enough to practice... I am currently working on a book, that has the support of my loving family (thank you mother for letting me finish my book as a valid job and letting me stay in your home;) and I have an old cat named Eragon, whom I love dearly~

❣ RELATIONSHIPS - Friends and family.

❣ RANDOM - I can not go out into the sun for long, even with sunblock. I burn so easily that I just either never leave the house or wear long sleeved clothes (and a hooded cloak during collage) and run from shade to shade, even with sunblock. I gave up on the sun after I got burn while in the shade, with sunblock, and a towel on. It is sad because I love nature so much. (Plus: it is an ongoing joke to some that the sun either hates me or loves me too much! It always seems to come out the moment I try to leave a building! I was so excited for my trip to the B.I. because I was ready for some overcast at least;; But, I got burn on the first day and it was always bright and sunny where we traveled, and nice and rainy everywhere else; The sun seemed to follow us and when we left an area the old place started to rain and the new one stopped raining in favor of sunshine. I was so sad over that but the trip was fun and the tea was amazing!)

[saraia]

Egyptian bellydance legends: Badia Masabni, Tahia Carioca, Naima Akef, Samia Gamal, Fifi Abdou, and Dina Talaat.

[yourdreamilyinnercollectorm-blog]

Download Amazing Belly Dance We develop this app especially for the lover's of Amzing Belly Dance. In Arabic language, This dance form know as Raqs Sharqi (رقص شرقي, Which means "Oriental Dance"). Belly dance is beautiful, sexy and exciting form of expression of feminine natural charm. It is a rhythm where coordination, sensuality, balance, harmony and musicality always go together, and intertwined to show female sensuality. Belly dance also referred to as Arabic dance which originated in Egypt.

#BellyDance #Belly_Dance #Sexy_Belly_Dance #Amazing_Belly_Dance #Lovely_Belly_Dance_Show #Hot_Belly_Dance #Belly_Dance_Videos #Arabic_Oriental_Belly_Dance #Belly_Dance_Games_For_Girls #Belly_Fat_Burning_Workouts #Sunny_Lenone_Workout #Sunny_Leone_Belly_Dance #Belly_Fat_Loss #Shadi_Ki_Raat_Ki_Videos #xxx #Sex #Exciting_Belly_Dance_Show #Hot_Arabic_Belly_Dance #Belly_Dance_Arabic #SaturdayMotivation #DuniyaaVideoSong #JungleeOfficialTrailer #Hellboy #RabbDaRadio2 #LEGEND #TipsForSmartStudy

[etherealideal]

Dancing again! See you at Today’s Holiday Hafla in Williamsburg. . .original image from last weeks performance by Saida Aziz . . . #dance #dancer #bellydance #fusion #celtic #redhead #fantasy #costume #cosplay #ladyofthelake #kingarthur #myth #mythology #legend #dancersofig #etsy #amazon #instagood #bodypositive https://www.instagram.com/ethereal_ideal/p/Bqmq5PuguEM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a6ozt7pqj27f

[saniyahshimmy]

#Repost @suhailasalimpour (@get_repost) ・・・ #Bellydance #legend

[zenobia2006]

Road trip 5 years ago to Montreal to take a workshop with Aida Nour, @khaled.goldenhips and Lubna Emam! What a weekend! #bellydancewinnipeg #raqssharqi #Montreal #dance #dancelife #friends #fun #sparkle #shine #bellydance #workshop #learn #travel #flashback #legends

[faithfulfitness]

Amar Gamal-Belly Dancing

Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1975, Amar Gamal is a belly dancer to look out for. As interesting and fascinating is the middle-eastern dance, so are those who excel in the art. The dancers sure prove a feast for the eye to behold with their perfect movements. Such a belly dancing personality is Amar Gamal.

Amar Gamal immigrated to the US while still a child. Most of Gamal’s childhood and teenage years were spent in Miami and Florida. She started training as a belly dancer at the age of thirteen with Mid-Eastern Dance Exchange Company based in Miami Beach under the direction of dance legend Tamalyn Dallal. Later, she was the first dancer to audition with belly dancing techniques and was accepted at the New World School of the Arts' Performing Arts School. At the dance school, she trained in belly dancing and other dance forms like ballet, jazz, flamenco, tap and modern. From there, she went on to dance for five different dance companies.

After graduating with a degree in psychology, Gamal got an opportunity to perform in NFL's Super Bowl XXIX in 1995. This was the turning point in her career. In 1996, she won the “Miss World of Belly dancing” contest. Her influence has been growing since then. She has won numerous titles including the Ms. America and Ms. Egypt competition.

Her celebrity kept on growing in the 1990s further. In 1998, Amar co-founded Bellyqueen, a belly dance company based in New York along with her dance partner Kaeshi. This dance company toured the US, Canada and Europe from 2006-2009. She also founded the Bellydance Superstars, a belly dance touring company which was world-renowned for touring internationally. She has performed in numerous countries across America and Europe including the Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti and Costa Rica after having won many awards and recognition for her dancing.

Besides being a belly dancing superstar, Amar Gamal is also a belly dancing teacher in various countries. Her dancing style is very unique and graceful in that she becomes the emotions she tries to convey. The way Gamal performs the hip movements is commendable. Every aspect of her dancing is so admirable that she has become the most popular belly dancer across the world. Her grace and popularity have such an effect that every aspiring belly dancer wants to learn from her. And she is also the most sought after performer worldwide. To add more stars to her presence in the belly dancing scenario, she already instructs several students and has taught students from Los Angeles, San Francisco, California, Argentina before. She teaches her students with the same dedication as in her dancing. She has had the privilege of being an invited guest teacher and performer in various countries across the globe.

Even though Amar is a Cuban,  she has managed to instil the middle-eastern vibe by means of her Cuban influence, which is the essence of belly dancing, besides the dynamic “Latiness” that delight her fans all over the world.