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AKA late golden era, AKA retro Egyptian

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Interestingly, while Turkish dancers sometimes call the it raqs instead of oryantal dans, all the places bellydance is part of the vernacular party dance were once part of the Ottoman empire.

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Our next style goes by many names! Sometimes called "American Cabaret", or "Am Cab" for short, "Vintage American", "Vintage Oriental", "American Restaurant", "Vintage Restaurant", "classic American", and even "Anatolian Cabaret" by those wishing to emphasize the influence of Greek, Turkish, and Armenian immigrants and artists on the style.

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To kick things off, let’s get our bearings. Here is the diagram created by Nadira Jamal showing the relationship of belly dance and Middle Eastern dance, and the degree of influence of western aesthetics on a variety of styles.

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This post is to give students enough of an orientation to Lebanese style to get the lay of the land. You can probably tell by how much shorter than the others it is, but there is more to the story which you're better off learning from sources more focused on this style. ​

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​AKA Vintage Egyptian