A PLUS size professional belly dancer has opened up on the unrelenting support she’s received from fans who love it when she does a tummy roll.
Arielle Juliette, who describes herself as “fat positive” on her TikTok account, shared a clip of herself performing in full costume as the audience counted how many rolls she could do.
“When the audience counts w/ you,” [sic] she wrote over the clip, which saw her dressed in a blue bra adorned with jewels and sparkles.
She donned a matching maxi skirt underneath with the same jewelled elements that had a thigh-high split.
Complete with a purple pixie cut and her belly out, she opened her arms out to count out how many tummy rolls she could do, which ended up being 20.
“My body is a vehicle for joy at any size,” she wrote in the caption, followed by a heart emoji.
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Fans were quick to praise her abilities as one person wrote: “Dude I’m Arabic, belly dancing is in our culture and I can’t even belly dance, you are amazing!!!! I need dance lessons from you”. [sic]
Another shared: “As a lebanese our national dance is belly dancing and I can say you are amazing!!!” [sic]
Arielle, known as @madisondancelife on the social media platform, replied: “BEST compliment I could ever get thank you so much!!” with three praying hands emojis.
A third said: “I’ve always wanted to belly dance! My mom always told me I couldn’t because I’m overweight, but I want to! Because now I now she lied! You’re amazing!” [sic]
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“I’ve always wanted to belly dance, but I’m worried I’ll upset people!” another shared.
Arielle replied: “Raqs Sharqi -aka belly dance- is an open practice that anyone is allowed to learn.
“If you decide to try it, love and learn about the culture and people as much as you do about the dance moves!”
A fifth person said: “people don’t realize how much core strength you need for this…you are amazing!” [sic]
The belly dancer responded: “occasionally people will say “oh that’s easy, anyone can do it” and I always invite them to come take a free class with me and prove it,” with a devil emoji.
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