Eugenia the Argentinian found it. Tomasz is saying that why he was attracted to bellydance (=mysterious, erotic, interesting), that he had seen it as a child, that a male has to dance differently without a female body you have to make the moves bigger, more clear, that he gave up his photographer job and tries to live of the art but it isn't easy. He hints at the beginning at the fact that stage in the oriental world was forbidden for women so men used to dress up like women and play their part.