Belly Dance Props

Get Into Character

Dancing with props is a skill in itself, and many dancers that decide to use props will often find new ways of dancing with them which will fit their style and level of skill.

It’s often better to practice different movements with the prop on its own, before incorporating belly dance moves. With any type of prop, creativity and imagination play an important part. If you do something that has been seen one hundred times before, it’s not going to be exciting for your audience.

The same dance can be done again using a different piece of music, but just adapted. You can have a slow, romantic veil dance or a fast-paced ‘superwoman’ theme. It’s entirely up to you.

Dance is like drama in a sense, if you use a prop then you must get into character with it.

Some popular props include:

Veils

Isis Wings

Dancing canes/sticks

Candelabras

Snakes

Swords

Video footage example: