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Originally Posted by lizaj
We are talking American Bellydance here. I don't think Burlesque ever happened in Egypt?
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Brea isn't talking about the geographic Egypt; she's talking about a
dancer who called herself "Little Egypt." She performed at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
Brea, I have the same book, and agree that the authors do take the whole goddess thing too far, but it does have some delicious recipes at the end, doesn't it?
Sorry, belly_dancer, I just now noticed your post. You are right---there were many imitators who came after Little Egypt, who took the dance and made it so raunchy, that even
she began to complain about the vulgarity of her imitators.