Tito Egyptian male Raks Sharki (Oriental Dance/belly Dance)

SONG: Bi Basatta by Saber Robai. What we call belly dance is a theatrical version of the social folk dance done in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries. Its an expression of celebration and fun done by both sexes. The perofessional version we are use to seeing was developed in the nightclubs of Cairo in the 1930’s. It has been done almost exclucively by women because it is tied into the tourism market where the majority of the customers in the nightclubs are male. In recent years, men have began to join their sisters on stage as well. The first modern male dancers began in the . in the late ’60’s and 1970’s, then spreading to Europe in the ’80’s and ’90’s. Now the numbers of male dancers is increasing world wide. Tito Seif known as Egypt’s only professional male Oriental/belly dancer. He is the most acclaimed Oriental dancer in Egypt’s popular resort town Sharm el Sheikh in the Sianai. He is being sought out more a