CTS

CTS's roots are Middle Eastern, North African, Hellas (Greek) and Turkish (aka MENAHT) dance, and known in the West as Belly Dance. This includes traditional Egyptian Raqs Sharqui and social / folk dances common in that region. Many of the movements, especially in our early years, came from, or were inspired by MENAHT dance, rhythms and music. Whatever their style, oriental / belly dancers all snake (undulate), shake (shimmy) and isolate (move specific parts of the body in particular ways). While originally inspired by those MENAHT dances, we were also inspired by other ethnic cultural traditions and teachers. CTS is now an eclectic-ethnic style. We have our own movement vocabulary; we fuse various dance movements, and we move to a wide range of retro and contemporary world music. CTS' distinct movement vocabulary allows dancers to choose music that moves them and compose dances on the spot (i.e. improvise) using low impact but continuous movement. It is a Team style, because we..

Also known as: CTS Dance

Primary location: Rancho Mirage United States