Beginner Belly Dance

In Spain and the Iberian Peninsula, the idea of exotic dancing existed through out the Islamic era and some times included slavery. When the Arab Umayyads conquered Spain, they sent Basque singers and dancers to Damascus and Egypt for training in the Middle Eastern style. These dancers came to be known as Al-Andalusian dancers. It is theorised that the fusion of the Al-Andalus style with the dances of the Spanish Gypsies led to the creation of flamenco. More Info below.