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'''Eshan Hilal''' is a male Indian belly dancer.<br />
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He grew up in [[Delhi]], India in a Muslim family.<ref name="laughingcolours">{{cite web|url=https://laughingcolours.com/eshan-hilal-indias-male-belly-dancer-challenges-societal-norms-mentality-97612/|title=Eshan Hilal: India&#039;s First Male Belly Dancer Challenges The Societal Norms and Mentality|website=Laughing Colours|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref><ref name="whiterslates">{{cite web|url=https://www.whiterslates.com/single-post/2018/01/26/Eshan-Hilal---Belly-Dancer|title=Eshan Hilal - Belly Dancer|website=whiterslates|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref> He trained in the classical Indian dance technique [[kathak]], the folk technique [[kaalbelia]], and in [[bellydance]].<ref name="polkacafe">{{cite web|url=http://www.polkacafe.com/eshan-hilal-the-first-male-belly-dancer-from-india-4263.html|website=polkacafe.com|title=Eshan Hilal: The First Male Belly Dancer From India|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref> He performs professionally as a belly dancer.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-45134758|title='My parents beat me to stop me becoming a belly dancer'|website=BBC News|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref><ref name="thecitizen">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/10762/The-Saga-Of-Indias-First-Male-Belly-Dancer|website=thecitizen.in|title=The Saga Of India's First Male Belly Dancer|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref><ref name="youthkiawaaz">{{cite web|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/09/indian-male-belly-dancer-eshan-hilal/|website=youthkiawaaz.com|title=Indian Male Belly Dancer Eshan Hilal Challenges Gender Stereotypes|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref><br />
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In 2017 he walked the runway at NIFT cultural festival in designs by Devanshi Tuli, Tamanna Mehra, Sonal Bhardwaj, and Mansi Dua.<ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/clothes-don-t-define-gender-eshan-hilal-india-s-first-male-belly-dancer/story-uQ7Yyc9Lcycp0nCBsMjkyJ.html|title=Clothes don't define gender: Eshan Hilal, India's first male belly dancer &#124; fashion and trends|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian dancers]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Belly dancers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male dancers]]<br />
[[Category:LGBT Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Dancers from Delhi]]<br />
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