Talk:Dance

This seems a bit one-sided. Don't men ever dance for women?--Speedoslover 16:48, 4 September 2007 (BST)

I'm sure that some must do sometimes but I have no knowledge of it. Commercial male strippers, for example, don't exactly 'dance' do they? (Genuine question - I've never been to a male strip show!) If you can add content, please feel free to do so. --Interesdom 06:32, 6 September 2007 (BST)

Salome

Salome's alleged "Seven Veils" are not mentioned in the Bible at all. Is part of the Salome section copied from somewhere?

Also, Dance plays a large role in the Gor novels... AnonMoos 19:45, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, well, the character of Salome certainly originates with the Gospels. The kinky details that her story has later acquired -- the "Seven Veils" striptease, suggestions of incest and modern BDSM play, "Back! Daughter of Babylon!" et cetera -- seem to have been embellished by later artists and writers like Oscar Wilde and Liliana Cavani.

No, this section of the article was not copied from elsewhere. I revised the content a bit over the weekend to try to keep it more focused and relevant to the theme of this website. --Lycraman 20:22, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, the seven veils and the name "Salome" itself do NOT occur in the actual text of the Bible; the only occurrence of the word "Salome" in the New Testament is near the end of the Gospel of Mark, where it obviously refers to a completely different woman). In the text of the New Testament, she's referred to only as the "daughter of Herodias", or "the girl", and there's no indication that her dance is a particularly erotic one (and in fact, as a member of the local preincely ruling family, not a lower-class or slave entertainer, it would have been highly unusual for her to dance in an explicitly erotic fashion). It's unfortunate that this article fails to distinguish between the Bible and later folklore... AnonMoos 12:56, 17 December 2007 (UTC)