So I'm new to tribe but not to belly dance, and I just wanted to share this with you from this weekend. I posted this to another community already.

I had the privilege of going to a dance competition this weekend with one of my friends; it was one of the first I had been to though not the first dance performance I had been to. There were some great dancers then there were some really scary dancers.

I have to ask everyone here the following, if your skirt is see-through would you wear an under skirt or at least Underwear?

I mean come on its common courtesy is it not? I would think it was personally.

Now I'm giving the dancer the benefit of the doubt. I will state that maybe she "didn’t" realize that you could see her "Poononi" though her skirt and every time she turned you got an eyeful of her untrimmed area. But my god wouldn’t you at least check in the mirror before going onstage? or even at home?

I am sure I am not the only one who was "scandalized" and "shocked" by the blanket lack of consideration to the people that might be watching her. Didn’t she realize that People so didn’t want to see her ass cheeks and her Crotch? I mean lord that is just nasty man. I have been taught that Belly dance should not be seen like strippers but doesn’t it make it hard to believe that when girls are still doing that shit like it's cool and totally appropriate?

I mean damn, I so didn’t need to see that. If I wanted to watch strippers I would have gone to the titty bar instead of to a dance competition.

Good lord for the love of god if your going to not wear undies in a performance at least make sure you can't see your black hair though the skirt your wearing. At the very least make sure you trim the jungle, because that shit is just scary.

No wonder we have such a hard time getting people to take belly dance seriously.

Well that’s my view from the Front Row. What's everyone else’s?