Interview with male bellydancers in Egypt

These three men challenged the female bellydancers in belly dancing....This is a short interview with them by Mona Madkour

For the first time since the advent of the art of belly dancing in the twenties of the last century, appeared in Egypt troupe of Men bellydancers who compete on the revival of concerts and watchful nights in major hotels, and some nightclubs.

 But, despite that the offers are showered on them, and there is turnout on their performances and nights of tourists in Egypt, but many in the Egyptian society reject what they are doing this band and they see as "an imitation of women."

 The band members take the feminine pseudonyms such as "Tito, Semsem and Miro." ; They pose a risk to practitioners belly dancing who waged a long war for years to prevent the import of dancers from Lebanon, Russia, Romania, Brazil, America, France and the United States, who came heavily on the market, belly dancing in Egypt during the nineties of the last century and the turnout them great due to the low prices for their counterparts Egyptians.

The dancer Ahmed says or (Semsem) as he is called .. "Profession of belly dancing is not easy, but you need to softness and flexibility as well as high physical deep sense of music, and these things we are excelling in the three young men"

 

He said they find encouragement from the tourists who attend the bellydance parties which Egypt is famous for, and that their success in this made his mate Ali "Tito"to travel to the United States hold permanent work,There was the opening of nightclub on his name and bazaar to sell of belly dance costumes , in addition to a private school to teach the art of belly dancing is responsible for. 

About working in Al Haram street which is famous for the presence of the dancers says Tito The owners of these clubs want the body of female undressesd to attract customers.

He added: What we offer is the art of dance depends primarily on the art of rhythm, movement and physical flexibility, not to temptation or to provide nudity played by any dancer because her body is the basis of their work.


"Tito," says his work as a bellydancer is not a reason for the dissolution of his sermon, "my fiancee found out I was firm and awkward, which could not accept it, and that is I do not regret it, When i take off dance clothes,i become another man, there are many offers of marriage, which I received for marriage especially tourists. "

He adds that their example are ex-dancers Naima Akef and Tahia Carioca and Suhair Zaki, and confirms that they are performing strenuous exercises to gain access to the necessary movements in the art of belly dancing prior to each ceremony.
  
 
 The success of "Tito" and his colleagues seduced many young people to apply for membership in the troupe, he says: We are currently training a contingent of 15 people to be associated with us in providing the dancing offers, which we perform, other than the individual reviews by each of us individually, and I have received a lot of requests to join some young people to work in the troupe, in light of the success achieved, as well as receive offers, we have become out of Egypt which is what happened with Amr "Miro," which traveled to Qatar to provide artistic performances there.