Dance in Egypt
What are the two main styles of Egyptian belly dance?
Egypt
Today, Egypt is often considered the home of belly dance. Egyptian belly dance has two main styles - raqs baladi and raqs sharqi. There are also numerous folkloric and character dances that may be part of an Egyptian-style belly dancer's repertoire, as well as the modern shaabi street dance which shares some elements with raqs baladi. Samia Gamal was the most famous dancer in Egypt.