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Description: | The form of dance advertised on this poster is actually what we would call today, ‘Belly Dancing’. This kind of dancing originated in the Middle East and Africa and was a kind of fertility dance, as well as a way of teaching girls to strengthen their abdominal muscles in preparation for childbirth. This troupe performed at the Chicago Exposition of 1893 that made famous a dancer called 'Little Egypt'. Often these dances were seen to be too erotic for Victorian morals and it was very risqué to stage or attend a show. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Attractions | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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