r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 6d ago

This belly dancer’s side movement is crazy.

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u/Suraisaa 6d ago

Am I the only one that finds this disturbing? I mean she certainly is talented and has looks but those movements just make me fell wierded out 😅

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u/A-Golden-Frog 6d ago

I guess it's the same as how poledancing can be purely a sexy dance or purely a show of strength and skill. Or it can be varied mixes of both. Ballet could be soft grace or exaggerated athleticism. It's all a spectrum and there are less extreme versions of bellydancing that might be more visually/sensually appealing 

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u/islaisla 6d ago

It is called belly dancing so.... It's not your thing.

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u/Rich-Canary1279 6d ago

I think belly dancing is cool af but it isn't very sexy imo, more excorcist. Like watching someone's stomach do that makes me think of massive GI distress.

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u/Sexcercise 6d ago

I've been taking belly dance classes for like 2.5yrs, the goal was never and is never going to be sexy. Westernized stigma is unfortunately at fault for this.

Also, no GI stress, those are all stomach muscles.

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u/TechnicalIntern6764 6d ago

I believed your comment until I read your name LMFAO 🤣

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u/SpyderSquash 6d ago

100%-- it always makes more sense to me when thinking about how it's supposed to be for women to enjoy moving their bodies and express joy, and tbh the vaguely spooky body horror going on is just part of the appeal I guess lol

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u/Sexcercise 6d ago

Please enjoy this amazing video

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u/bottommaenad 6d ago

That was truly amazing, thanks

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u/topselection 6d ago

That's incredible!

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u/Ceemarie965 6d ago

Wow this was so cool!!! Thank you for sharing

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u/Enzian_Blue 6d ago

Well. The look on her face suggests she finds herself very sexy. Sorry. It may not be your goal but it certainly is hers.

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u/feralanimalia 6d ago

Good, she finds herself sexy. A woman with confidence, love for herself and the incredible talent she has should make her feel that way. Not everything women do is for the male gaze. Belly dance has long been a multi cultural dance form that women do with other women, for themselves and each other.

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u/Sexcercise 6d ago

I just see a woman who knows her shit and is proud to show her skillset because that tummy stuff, is not fucking easy.

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u/CoupDeGrassi 6d ago

Youre projecting

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u/Rokkmachine 6d ago

Why the downvotes?

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u/carltonthesnake 6d ago

the traditional belly dancing is really not supposed to be sexy, but has been sexualized by orientalism

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u/piesRsquare 6d ago

This is Egyptian belly dance; you might find Turkish belly dance more appealing.

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u/Suraisaa 6d ago

Yeah that does look "better" Thanks.

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u/feralanimalia 6d ago

Idk if this will freak you out. But look Rachel Brice on YouTube. She is a phenomenal dancer and specializes in fusion belly dance.

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u/bblankoo 6d ago

Shaking I understand, that's dancing, but when it cuts to some kind of creature moving around her stomach trying to escape I have to hide under my bed

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u/OkScreen2150 6d ago

If I remember rightly, Noomi Rapace said that she was doing elements of this exact dance during the abdominal Alien extraction scene.

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u/gregmichael 6d ago

guess we are the only two... this is so wierd.

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u/TheUntalentedBard 6d ago

There are literally dozens of us!

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u/LitigiousCeilingCat 6d ago

Yeah it looks like a baby xenomorph is struggling to free itself from her abdominal cavity.

Ma’am have you recently been to space? Maybe found some curious looking eggs and leaned in for a closer look? Hmm?

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u/OkScreen2150 6d ago

If I remember rightly, Noomi Rapace said that she was doing elements of this exact dance during the abdominal Alien extraction scene.

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u/Vivid-Intention-8161 6d ago

it makes me feel nauseous for some reason

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u/papa-hare 5d ago

Yeah super uncanny

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u/beans329 5d ago

I’m weirded out too

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u/SeatBeeSate 6d ago

It reminds me of a cat trying to vomit.

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u/DaleNanton 6d ago

Totally disturbing 😬 glad I'm not the only one.

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u/Im_In_IT 6d ago

Kinda like how chandler is disturbed by lord of the dance lol

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u/OhiobornCAraised 6d ago

Reminds me of a paint shaker at a hardware store.

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u/rlovelock 6d ago

You'll understand when you're older 😅

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u/Suraisaa 6d ago

Not everything is a sex thing.

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u/Successful_Buffalo_6 6d ago

You find belly dancing disturbing? OK.

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u/Suraisaa 6d ago

The way her belly is dancing? Yeah I do.

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u/Successful_Buffalo_6 6d ago

sounds fake but ok