Rick
I was first introduced to the bellydance community in 1998 through an organization known as the Society for Creative Anachronisms (SCA). I was taught how to play the dumbek (a hand drum) as well as several other percussion instruments and many different traditional rhythms from various middle eastern and near eastern countries.
In 2000 I began taking martial arts classes and eventually gained a black sash in kung fu and a brown belt in karate. Around 2006 I began to study under a friend in the Alfieri school of fencing and have learned many other different forms of combat as well.
In 2000 I began taking martial arts classes and eventually gained a black sash in kung fu and a brown belt in karate. Around 2006 I began to study under a friend in the Alfieri school of fencing and have learned many other different forms of combat as well.
But it wasn’t until February of 2007 that I finally got up the nerve to begin to learn to bellydance. My wife was a bellydancer before we met, but it took me a few years before I finally worked up the courage to learn how to bellydance myself. I must say that bellydance has been more fulfilling to me than I thought possible.
The bellydance community is full of so much support and encouragement that it is almost overwhelming, the welcome that I have received as a male dancer just helps me keep my courage, and the enjoyment I get from dancing keeps me coming back for more.
The bellydance community is full of so much support and encouragement that it is almost overwhelming, the welcome that I have received as a male dancer just helps me keep my courage, and the enjoyment I get from dancing keeps me coming back for more.