31 Quotes About Belly Dancing

There is much debate over where belly dancing originated from. These quotes about belly dancing highlight the unique talent and skill that it takes to be successful.

“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance and not breath.”

“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.”

“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.”

“Dance is that delicacy of life radiating every particle of our existence with happiness.”

“Dance is the ritual of immortality.”

“Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.”

“Dance less in motion and more in spirit; awaken the dreamer within.”

“Dance resides within us all. Some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there are those… whose existence is dance.”

“Dance to inspire, dance to freedom, life is about experiences so dance and let yourself become free.”

“Do you know what happens when an Arabian woman dances? She does not dance: she protests, she loves, she cries, she makes love, she dreams, she goes away from her reality, to her own world, where love is really meant and she does not want to come back, because that is her reality.”

“Don’t breathe to survive; dance and feel alive.”

“Get your body out of the way and let your spirit soar!”

“I am NOT a belly dancer. I have never been one, and never will be. What I do is not what Hollywood vulgarly calls ‘belly dance’, but it’s art.”

“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.”

“If spirit is the seed, dance is the water of its evolution.”

“If you opened the dictionary and searched for the meaning of a Goddess, you would find the reflection of a dancing lady.”

“Life is an affair of mystery; shared with companions of music, dance and poetry.”

“Limit not to only five, when the divine gifts the supreme sixth; the sense of dance.”

“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of destinies.”

“People came to my parents’ parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly dance. What they didn’t know was that the hostess made sure every morsel placed in front of them was pure and without anything artificial, no matter what the cost.”

“She who is a dancer can only sway the silk of her hair like the summer breeze.”

“Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.”

“Sometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense.”

“Spirit is a child, the tune of dancing feet its lullaby.”

“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”

“To understand the culture, study the dance. To understand the dance, study the people.”

“Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.”

“When a dancer performs, melody transforms into a carriage, expressions turn into fuel and spirit experiences a journey to a world where passion attains fulfillment.”

“When I danced, I felt I was entering the temple of Art.”

“When you do dance, I wish you a wave o’ the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.”

“You cannot earn money from any artistic career. You have to spend all the time if you want to develop, and keep presenting shows that are always better, always new.”

Belly dancing comes with a bit of taboo. This art form is known to bring about a beautiful part of a unique culture.