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{{redirect|Belly dancer|other uses|Belly dancer (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:20111110 Egypt 0421 Cairo dinner cruise.jpg|thumb|Traditional Egyptian belly dancer in a [[Cairo]] [[Nile River]] Cruise]]▼
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▲[[File:20111110 Egypt 0421 Cairo dinner cruise.jpg|thumb|Traditional Egyptian belly dancer in a [[Cairo]] [[Nile River]] Cruise]]
'''Belly dance''', also referred to as '''Arabic dance'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=|title=Feminist Theory and Pop Culture|last=Trier-Bieniek|first=Adrienne|date=2015|publisher=Springer|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=A Symphony of Flavors: Food and Music in Concert|last=Murray|first=Edmundo|date=2015|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=|location=|pages=34|language=en}}</ref> ({{lang-ar|رقص شرقي|Raqs sharqi||link=}}, literally: "oriental dancing"), is an [[Arab dance|Arabic expressive dance]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Snodgrass|first1=Mary Ellen|title=The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance|date=2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442257498|url=https://books.google.ch/books?id=DMGpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=editor|first1=Justine J. Reel, PHD, LPC, CC-AASP,|title=Eating disorders : an encyclopedia of causes, treatment, and prevention|date=2013|publisher=Greenwood|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=1440800588}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Buonaventura|first1=Wendy|title=Serpent of the Nile : women and dance in the Arab world|date=2010|publisher=Saqi|location=London|isbn=0863566286|edition=[Newly updated ed.]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hammond|first1=Andrew|title=Popular culture in the Arab world : arts, politics, and the media|date=2007|publisher=American University in Cairo Press|location=Cairo, Egypt|isbn=9774160541|edition=1. publ.}}</ref> which originated in [[Egypt]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ch/books?id=nl6QBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Before They Were Belly Dancers: European Accounts of Female Entertainers in Egypt, 1760-1870|last=Fraser|first=Kathleen W.|date=2014-10-31|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786494330|language=en}}</ref> and that emphasizes complex movements of the torso.<ref name="Deagon">{{cite web|last=Deagon|first=Andrea|title=Andrea Deagon's Raqs Sharqi|url=http://people.uncw.edu/deagona/raqs/origins.htm}}</ref> It has evolved to take many different forms depending on the country and region, both in costume and dance style.
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