If you want to learn how Raks Sharki (bellydance) got started in the US, see the DVD "American Bellydance Legends."
I need to find an Arabic film from the fifties with some romanticized quasi-historical portrayal of Europeans, so we can all say "that's not how to do the minuet!"
Realist? We are talking about B-grade Hollywood fare of the 1950s here. I'm glad to see that not everyone out there shares your narrow perception of "acceptable renditions of the human condition in cinema". See andrebontemp's comment below.
Yeah, I thought thought those two Ginger Rogers numbers really demonstrated how charismatic a dancer she was. Though Fred regarded Rita as "better," Those two numbers show why Ginger "acted" her dancing without peer. I still marvel how they did that complicated tap-tancing routine in one take with all the rhythmic changes. She was one sassy dame, that Ginger!
"The term "cheesecake" is synonymous with pin-up photo. The earliest documented print usage of this sense of cheesecake is in 1934, predating pin-up, although anecdotes say the phrase was in spoken slang some 20 years earlier, originally in the phrase (said of a pretty woman) "better than cheesecake." In the 1950s, for example, there was a magazine called Cheesecake that had a young Marilyn Monroe in a yellow bikini on its cover in 1953."
Yes, I know, I know. LOL! It's just that after watching Nejla Ates's wonderful performance I was hoping there would be another of that type in the movie, but that was a treat and should be appreciated as such.
If you want to learn how Raks Sharki (bellydance) got started in the US, see the DVD "American Bellydance Legends."
I need to find an Arabic film from the fifties with some romanticized quasi-historical portrayal of Europeans, so we can all say "that's not how to do the minuet!"
tanfoukdance 8 months ago
Wow! Thanks for the tip on that DVD. I will run straight to eBay and Amazon to try to find it.
pwgr2000 6 months ago
FYI: censors would not allow women to show their navel. that is why either the costumes covered their belly button, or they stuck a jewel in it
psychobunny32 1 year ago
well it was creative
MsPollywogg 1 year ago
Hey this is not Arabic Dancing
surfingtheweb777 1 year ago
Hey, I'm glad to see that someone is paying attention.
pwgr2000 1 year ago
What is cheesecake dance? Love these old movies and their amazing dance routines.
blackbarch 2 years ago
I approve. She lives up to her name, "Heater", too.
GoblinXXX 2 years ago
Ha ha ha. I didn't notice that. She IS wearing high heels. LOL
Khultan 2 years ago
@Khultan The first pair ever invented!
GoblinXXX 2 years ago
To dance in the desert with high heels... Not realist and not sexy.
atlanteen 2 years ago
You have obviously never tried it.
Realist? We are talking about B-grade Hollywood fare of the 1950s here. I'm glad to see that not everyone out there shares your narrow perception of "acceptable renditions of the human condition in cinema". See andrebontemp's comment below.
pwgr2000 2 years ago
For those who enjoy the sight of great-looking women dancing, check out the playlist "Great Figures, Great Dances" on my YouTube channel.
MosheYisroel 2 years ago
Thanks. That's quite a playlist. I watched a couple of Fred and Ginger numbers I hadn't seen in years.
pwgr2000 2 years ago
Yeah, I thought thought those two Ginger Rogers numbers really demonstrated how charismatic a dancer she was. Though Fred regarded Rita as "better," Those two numbers show why Ginger "acted" her dancing without peer. I still marvel how they did that complicated tap-tancing routine in one take with all the rhythmic changes. She was one sassy dame, that Ginger!
MosheYisroel 2 years ago
very funny this dancer with high heels in the sand that's hollywood magic !!!
jmb
andrebontemp 2 years ago
How did all these lily-white women manage to avoid tanning in the desert?
Kharmine 3 years ago 3
i love this
muaythai101 3 years ago
so are you like into pagan ideals or something, Im not sure I understand what you mean when you say "cheesecake"
drumr828 3 years ago
No, I'm not. Where do I sign up?
From Wikipedia:
"The term "cheesecake" is synonymous with pin-up photo. The earliest documented print usage of this sense of cheesecake is in 1934, predating pin-up, although anecdotes say the phrase was in spoken slang some 20 years earlier, originally in the phrase (said of a pretty woman) "better than cheesecake." In the 1950s, for example, there was a magazine called Cheesecake that had a young Marilyn Monroe in a yellow bikini on its cover in 1953."
pwgr2000 3 years ago
Remember back when girls had hips and butts to go with those big boobs? ....
customcartoons 3 years ago 7
This is a burlesque dancer, not an actual belly dancer.
spicedjellybeans 4 years ago 2
Sorry, but I thought that was pretty obvious.
pwgr2000 4 years ago
Yes, I know, I know. LOL! It's just that after watching Nejla Ates's wonderful performance I was hoping there would be another of that type in the movie, but that was a treat and should be appreciated as such.
spicedjellybeans 4 years ago
They had blonde women in Arabia? And apples too!
Huh? Her belly dance turned into a whacky jazz dance... OMG! It is a chicken dance! Hahaha!
sugarpuddin88 4 years ago
lol i gotta agree with the above comment......blonde women in Arabia or belly dancing doesnt work for me at all.....and if only it was belly dance :)
aleyna00 4 years ago
No, I am sure they were completely isolated and had never heard of blond women, they probably never kidnapped them for several hundred years either.
Redbekah 4 years ago
Sorry to read about your husband Redbekah. Good luck with the fund raising.
pwgr2000 4 years ago