Belly Dance

by Tina Hobin

Tina Hobin has written a book outlining the roots of dance in myth and religious practices around the globe. She takes the evolution of the belly dance as a representation of the rites of passage from Ancient Greece to modern times, focusing on different forms of belly dancing and its place at the core of fertility rites and marriage ceremonies in Middle Eastern societies.

Myths, including those of Isis and Osiris, and the role of the Shaman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714530913
• ISBN13: 9780714530918
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great History

As an american bellydancer I am constantly explaining that the art I create comes from a vast history of diffrent cultures combined to form a fusion dance. This book gives written accounts in history from people who traveled the world and witnessed many raw forms of "belly dance". It was a very informative [historically] book & inspires women of all shapes & sizes to express themselves through dance.