Belly dancing can be a fulfilling experience. It does not have to be something sexual or arousing on purpose, but maybe you want to learn so that you can dance to your partner. However, it is also a very, very good way to loose weight. Learning to dance can be done through a variety of ways, you can get a personal instructor. This though is very expensive and if you do not gel with your instructor then you may not learn properly and it would be a waste of money. Yet do not fear, because of the internet you can find many tutorials video or text and even both that will teach you how to belly dance. And today is your lucky day because here is one of those tutorials. Below I will teach you how to belly dance step by step in a text format. If though you find yourself struggling then, don't give up because learning a new task is hard at first, but also you may want to search YouTube or Metacafe to find videos on belly dancing. 

Here we go though, How to belly dance step by step. One last thing though before we begin, do you want to learn Egyptian, Tribal or Cabaret belly dancing? These do differ but not very much, and because today we see the American, known as Cabaret Belly Dancing, that is what will be taught here. 

Lets begin;

You must first have a good posture, which means that your head should be up. Your shoulders back, but relaxed and your spine straight. Now, a few basic moves are 'shimmying', a full shimmy is a quick up and down movement of the hip. This is done by lifting your right knee to your left hip and visa versa. Do this quickly and you are shimmying. A shoulder shimmy can also be performed, however, it is a bit like body popping. Where you put your right shoulder forward and then pull it back, whilst you are pulling your left shoulder forward and back, do this at different times. 

There is also the hip twist, a hip twist is exactly as it sounds. Twist the hips with a proper posture. However, at all times you must be relaxed or your moves will look robotic and awful. If you want to learn more moves then google it and you should find plenty. Good luck!