The Belly Dance Chronicles Oct/Nov/Dec 2017 Volume 15, Issue 4 | Page 42

Bert and Delilah when asked to come and see the show: “Who wants to see that old guy dancing with a fat woman?” Even twenty years ago when I considered that I was in the prime of my career, that comment almost knocked the air out of me and it was hard to go out and do a show. All of us can handle compliments, but it is hard to deal with negative and unsubtle criticism. So to all of you ladies who feel discriminated against because of some real or (often)-imagined shortcoming, consider that it has happened to all of us, and i