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ORLANDO, Fla.
Directions to the “Bellydance
Your Bliss” class are a tad unusu
al: Cut through the sports bar, pass
the big screen TVs and take a
right toward the pool tables. Then
it’s through the double doors and
up the stairs, into the Victorian
decor of a once-abandoned
Church Street Station office.
Do not stop for liquid
refreshments. Belly dancing
may be blissful, but it’s not easy.
“You leave here exhausted,
but you’ve got a big smile on
your face,” says Anita Landon, a
44-year-old Deltona, Fla., mas
sage therapist who happily
makes the weekly commute to
study what may be the world’s
oldest form of dance. "In a soci
ety where women are always
trying to hold everything in, you
have to learn to let it go.”
On a recent Wednesday night,
techno-infused Arabic music
thumping, Landon and a half-
dozen other women at the fledg
ling Blue Lotus Center undulate
to the rhythm, jiggling — and
often giggling — as they do.
“Up and down and out and
back ... Good,” the teacher says.
her voice soothing and girlisk,
not at all like your average aero
bics instructor. “Step, step, step
and shoo-fly and shoo-fly
I’m just making up the namesof
these moves ... Now, twist
washing machine ...”
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cooler. “You never saw het
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American kid with the name
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