danse du ventre

[dahns dy vahn-tr^uh]

noun

plural

danses du ventre 

1. belly dance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of danse du ventre¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1890–95

Example Sentences

His passenger list included one of Egypt’s foremost practitioners of the danse du ventre, the young and lushly feminine Farida Mazhar, destined to become a legend in America.

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I looked down and there, among the rankly growing grasses of the moat, I saw a young girl, very thin, her black hair hanging and bound with bright handkerchiefs, sketching vaguely a danse du ventre.

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The gorgeously grotesque company was seated in a gigantic circle upon the ball-room floor furiously applauding the efforts of two sweetly pretty girls who were performing the celebrated danse du ventre.

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The women began a spirited danse du ventre.

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The Salome dancers built a bridge of beads across what was regarded as a fixed gulf: it is difficult for stern moralists to stomach the danse du ventre.

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