Belly dance is considered sexy and sexual

Belly dance is considered sexy and sensual from the observer’s point of view. A woman in a bikini swimsuit can be seen as sexy, but not sensual. A beautiful woman who walks gracefully can be seen as sensual, but not sexy. Confused? Many people confuse these two words.

Sexy versus sensual:

  1. Sexy generally refers to anything that can be attractive to someone else. It awakens basic sexual instincts and interests to intensify or arouse.

  2. However, sensuality has more to do with the physical, mental and emotional sensations of our five senses not including sex.

Sometimes it can be confusing. A lot has to do with how a person is defining the difference between sex and sensuality.

Examples:

There is a movement called the pelvic fold. Both male and female dancers perform this movement by making small backward-tilted pelvic movements to the beat of the music. This is not a sexy move, but rather a sensual move, as it is done without anyone thinking or suggesting sex.

Dancers are cautioned never to do this move directly, as it would be too suggestive and sexually threatening. A woman may occasionally reverse this movement to a forward position, but it is restricted and does not make anyone think about sex.

General tests:

Costumes and choreography are rehearsed and monitored before being presented to an audience. The teacher or choreographer can change or modify a movement if it is inappropriate.

The bedroom:

A person may decide to incorporate belly dance moves mixed with sexy suggestions for their partner in the privacy of their bedroom. This type of dance is definitely sexy with the intention of building romantic gestures and ending sexual intimacy. No true belly dance artist would act this way in a public performance.

Public performance:

Sensual movements require concentrated control and the dancer is so focused on her movements that she does not think about sex, but instead creates sensual actions with her body. The goal of the performance is beauty and fantasy combined with the art of flirting.

The choice of music for the dancer will determine whether she will perform movements to the lyrics of the song or if she will choose an instrumental selection to dance to varied rhythms.

Think about it for a moment:

The dancer’s choreography includes a story of a girl who lives on a farm and describes her tasks with dance movements. For the audience to think that the dancer is being sexy would be laughable considering the story line.

A dancer is performing with a live band and she and the drummer are having a rhythm interpretation contest. She is using her body and hips to play the beats and the drummer beats her drum or drums with her fingertips trying to outmaneuver the dancer. They and the audience get caught up in the excitement of the percussion rhythms and have fun watching this duel.

How can a person think of this as sex when the dancer is using her techniques, skills and talents to creatively interpret the rhythms and the drummer beats the skin of the drum? None of these artists think about sex. Both are concerned about the competition of wits.

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