It’s been a while since I gave you my belly dancer of the month. Too much traveling and too many different things to work on, but my life has been a little more relaxed recently, and here is my choice for this month, a resplendent Samia Gamal, who, with Tahiya Carioca, is my other favourite belly dancer.
And like Tahiya, she avoids being vulgar despite the suggestiveness of her movements. Every time I watch her, I wonder how her jaw doesn’t ache with that wide, fixed smile she has throughout her dances. She is very young in this clip taken from a 1954 film called Raqsat al-Weda’. The choreography and set are delightful, her body and movements absolutely gorgeous, and the characters watching her very amusing despite some tragic expressions! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

