This photo was taken in 1940, the beauty in the photo is Sherry Britton, the belly dancing goddess of New York, USA, she is beautiful, but the most striking thing is her proud figure, especially the 46cm waist circumference is fascinated by many men at that time.
It can be said that it was precisely because of her appearance that belly dancing became a trend at that time.
But at first, belly dancing was not recognized by people, and many people thought that belly dancing could not be on the table and was an indecent dance.
In fact, belly dance is the expression of this dance, belly dance is also called kus dance, is a traditional dance in the Middle East, originated from ancient religious ceremonies in the Middle East, also known as oriental dance.
It is widely regarded as an ancient and traditional dance of the Middle East, Central Asia, and Egypt.
It is a dance in which the waist and abdomen are the main part of the performance.
There is a beautiful legend about the origin of belly dancing, legend has it that there was a young woman who was beautiful and graceful, but I don't know if God gave her a good appearance, but deprived her of her rights as a mother, resulting in her never having children after marriage.
How she wished she could have a lovely child to accompany her.
When a woman hears that she goes to the temple to pray, she can do what she wants.
With the mentality of giving it a try, she went to the temple to pray.
After arriving at the temple, just as she was about to pray, she suddenly felt that her limbs were out of control.
She began to dance non-stop, and this dance is very unique, while dancing, she also did not forget to make her sincere wish, hoping to have a child.
As a result, the temple granted her wish, and soon after she successfully became pregnant and gave birth to a child.
The dance she danced in the temple is also used as a traditional dance of sacrifice, and is carved on the fresco for reference and appreciation.
For belly dancing, people at that time had different opinions.
Some people think that belly dance is a vulgar dance, always difficult to reach the hall of elegance, it is not as noble and elegant as classical dance, and is regarded as a vulgar dance by some people with ulterior motives.
But some people believe that belly dance is a self-cultivation dance that integrates body and mind, because its origin is from the classical dance of several countries, its dance posture is beautiful, full of charming charm, dancers should be noble, but also enthusiastic, both reserved, and charming, although different from Western classical dance, but also have a special flavor.
In 1940, there was a famous belly dancer in New York, USA, she was outstanding in beauty and superior figure, only 46cm waist looked very beautiful, always attracted everyone's attention.
Both his father and mother were artistic by profession, his father was a music teacher and his mother was a classical dance teacher.
Since she grew up in an artistic family, she also loves music and dance, and has been learning classical dance since she was a child, and has undergone professional training.
When she was young, she studied ballet, she was very talented in learning dance, always quickly mastered the essentials of dance, and with a wealth of experience, she has performed in various venues.
But when she grew up, she accidentally paid attention to belly dancing while out performing.
She immediately fell in love with the dance, became very interested in her, and she was extremely eager to learn this dance.
But what she didn't expect was that when she told her mother her idea, her mother changed her previous gentle attitude and strongly opposed her daughter's learning belly dance, because her mother likes classical dance, she believes that belly dance is not a healthy form of performance, and she cannot tolerate her daughter learning such dance.
But the girl had her own ideas, and she was willing to stick to her ideas, so she began to slowly learn and observe how belly dancers danced.
Since she has been very talented in dancing since she was a child, she was soon able to have her own understanding.
Not only that, but she also created many unique techniques and movements, which later gave her her own unique dance style on stage.
Her sexy dance style is loved by people, not only that, depending on the music, she can also dance her emotions through belly dance, which is not easy, but she did it.
She is the Shirley we mentioned at the beginning.
Sometimes we can't judge a thing because of our subjective assumptions, they have their own unique charm, but we haven't found it yet, those who find it can like it infinitely, and those who don't find it will slowly discover it in the future. It's a wonderful thing.
To know that art has no distinction between elegant and vulgar, the elegance that people use to judge art in their mouths is nothing more than their own subjective consciousness, their own personal experience or hearsay concepts, can not be used as a judgment of an art, only through their own judgment, their own personal feelings, can truly appreciate the charm of art.
In addition, the expression of art often depends on the person who creates the art, take belly dancing, the dancers' different styles, dance venues, different music, and different surrounding environments will directly or indirectly cause the difference in the art they create.
With the continuous development of modern society, belly dances have also changed, they will adapt to the environment and exist, belly dances in nightclubs and bars are more feminine and sexy, and in high-end restaurants in big cities or weddings of urban and rural people, the belly dances performed by dancers will be more sacred and solemn.
Not only that, belly dancing also has countless people who love it.