Dancing is Fun April 6, 2008
Posted by jewaira in Kuwait, Lifestyle, Music, Women.8 comments
In recent years, there has been a trend for offering dance classes in some ladies’ gyms in Kuwait. The hypnotic sounds of tablas is enough to have the ladies stop and stare with amusement into the dance/exercise hall to admire the sensuous belly dancing of participants.
I was pleased to see one dance instructor featured in the Banat W Bass program I mentioned in the previous post: Ebreaza Al-Roomi. On the TV show and in a newspaper interview with AL-NAHAR , she discusses her beginnings as a dance instructor.
Ebreaza says she has always loved traditional Kuwaiti dancing especially the samri and faster nagazi styles and would impress women at weddings with her performances on the dance floor. Because of her reputation as an outstanding dancer, she was asked to train and choreograph schoolgirls in dance performances organized by Ministry of Education.
From thereon, she was consulted to choreograph various dances and bridal entrances for local weddings. As her popularity and reputation grew, she was approached by the owner of Health Spot (Women’s gym in Bneid Al-Garr) to offer dancing lessons to members.
Ebreaza says the most popular dances women like to learn are the samri and the oriental belly dancing and this is primarily for dancing at weddings. In addition, dance classes are more fun than regular exercise classes at the gym.
Ebreaza Al-Roomi traditional dance instructor
(More photos at newspaper site)
