Improve Bellydance Classes
April 9, 2026
Tamarind Tribal Bellydance, 900 S 5th St #203, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA
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Apr
09
Although there were dancers of this type at the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia, it was not until the 1893 Chicago World's Fair that it gained national attention. The term "belly dancing" is often credited to Sol Bloom, the Fair's entertainment director, but he referred to the dance as danse du ventre, the name used by the French in Algeria. In his memoirs, Bloom states, "when the public learned that the literal translation was "belly dance", they delightedly concluded that it must be salacious and immoral ... I had a gold mine.
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April 9/26 @ 6pm - 7pm
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Tamarind Tribal Bellydance, 900 S 5th St #203, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA
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