Because of cross-pollination, the two dances may look pretty similar. Some say that Whip is more sensual and uses more body work (rolls, waves, etc.), while West Coast Swing puts more emphasis on footwork. However this may well be attributed to the prevalent music used: with slower music, proficient "Westies" may go extremely sensual.
In the whipdance, though there are various versions of it, depending on the locality, the girl is almost never struck with the whip, unless, of course, she does not perform well.
Alyena, now, slowly, disengaged the dancing silk from her hips, yet held it, moving it on and about her body, by her hands, taunting the reclining, languid, heavy-lidded Ibn Saran, to whom she knew, at his slightest gesture, she must bare herself.
The Slave's belly begins the dancing undulations of a true belly dancer, lost in a frenzy of swaying hips and rippling belly muscles; she dances in front of Master smiling beneath the veil and spinning before him to let him see the entire movement of her body.
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