Shiva Male Belly dancer

This is Shiva. Professional Male bellydancer from Sydney, Australia.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• shiva
• male
• bellydancer
• bellydance
• belly
• dance
• raks
• sharki
• sharqi
• raqs
• arabic
• cane
• veil
• live
• band

[samirfouad1]

Not bad for a male but he lacks control and feeling important elements of the

oriental dance. Why dance so fast???

Slow down the tempo and individual

movements will stand out better.

Discard the cape!!!! Concentrate on

using body movements to their best

advantage. Keep the dance simple!

Cal Hodgdon (Samir)

[Bellydanceshiva]

its not a 'cape'. They are two veils.

not bad for a male? Are u aware of how prominent men are in raqs sharki. I don't think that would go down well with the likes of Mahmoud reda, tito,Mo Gadawi or even kazafy.

[shaiajean1]

Only five years ago! You are magnificent! I shared this video with my four male dance students/troupe members, for inspiration!

[Bellydanceshiva]

that is fantastic! It is so great to see males sharing in the beauty of Raqs sharki. And even better that you have taken them under your wing. :-)

Thank you so much for the compliment.

[LebaneseEmpress]

seriously one of the best male belly dancers out there...he still looks like a man!! plz plz come to america lool u would so give a shock to the arab community here lool

[Bellydanceshiva]

hey hey, thanks heaps for the thumbs up.

:-) I would looooove to come to usa and dance there. I'm thinking very seriously of heading to canada in late jan then usa for a while. where do u say is the best place to go in usa and check out the raqs sharki scene.

[Halfbloodalchemist]

Ok from a fan girl perspective, this is seriously the MOST ATTRACTIVE thing I have ever seen.

From a more professional viewpoint this is absolutely amazing. I wish I had moves like this!!! absolutely amazing!!!

[meowsha]

@samirfouad1 Okay so you evidently have no idea about bellydancing if you can't differentiate between a "cape" and a "veil". Shiva is amazing, I've seen him so many times live & have worshipped him for years. Once, he pulled me up to dance with him at a restaurant. His individual movements stand out perfectly fine, it's just hard to see in a relatively low definition video. He lacks no control of his body. In fact if you saw how his body (omg especially the stomach) flowed, you'd gasp too.

[GrannyTenderstone]

@CxHxRxIxSxTxIxAxN Not only that, but this is the best camera work I've seen.

[CxHxRxIxSxTxIxAxN]

Sensual, yet powerful

Beautiful, but still masculine

As a beginning dancer myself, I salute all the women AND men who perform the art of belly dancing. Everytime I watch one of these clips, it reminds me to keep practicing and makes me truly appreciate a culture I wasn't even aware of a year ago ^_^

[333celestina]

Good dancing!

[fallensiner]

I do not care what others have said. He dances with masuclinty, other male belly dancer,I could confuse them with women, He certianly sets it out that he is a male. And even if he is a little fast, but he certainly uses masculity. Men and women belly dancers have the same concepts to start. BUt I certainly must say that you, shiva, have a good dancer skills. Truley astounnding.

[Cookieluv246]

I just realized he's dancing for a bunch of old women. XD

I'm sure they're enjoying the show.

Something about the way he dances gives such a manly appeal. I wouldn't confuse him for a girl. Could be his body type too.

[baileybabe]

wow Awesome I really enjoyed your performance you have Skills amazing !

[lyricalaska]

Wow! On e veil is difficult to handle - two is more than difficult. His dancing is controlled and positvely amazing! Kudos to a fantastic Middle Eastern Dancer!!!!!!!!!

[molarmama5]

You work Very well withe drummer!

Unbelievable ENERGY! Handsome to boot! Your profile looks pharaonic.

when doing 2x veil maybe slow it down a bit. The only reason that i say this is veils are soft not aggressive like a cane may be.

Try it. I have been dancing for 30yrs. Just loaning some experience.

[Ibnelra17]

Very nice!