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  • 15 minutes to complete

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Drill some of the most quintessential, classic bellydance movements that are used over and over in this dance!

1. Front-to-Back Figure 8

Included Drills

Front-to-Back Figure 8

1 . Front-to-Back Figure 8

Level 1

  • Hipwork
  • Fluid
  • Foundational
Horizontal front-to-back figure 8 in the hips.Horizontal front-to-back figure 8 in the hips.

Back-to-Front Figure 8

2 . Back-to-Front Figure 8

Level 1

  • Hipwork
  • Fluid
  • Foundational
Horizontal back-to-front figure 8 in the hips.Horizontal back-to-front figure 8 in the hips.

Sways planted

3 . Sways planted

Level 2

  • Hipwork
  • Fluid
Vertical down-to-up figure 8 in the hips, keeping feet planted. Vertical down-to-up figure 8 in the hips, keeping feet planted.

Mayas planted

4 . Mayas planted

Level 2

  • Hipwork
  • Fluid
Vertical up-to-down figure 8 in the hips, keeping feet planted.Vertical up-to-down figure 8 in the hips, keeping feet planted.

Snake Arms big

5 . Snake Arms big

Level 1

  • Hipwork
  • Fluid
  • Foundational
Arms undulations: shoulder- elbow- wrist- fingers, undulating outwards from the body, alternately right and left. Hands travel from shoulder to hip level.Arms undulations: shoulder- elbow- wrist- fingers, undulating outwards from the body, alternately right and left. Hands travel from shoulder to hip level.

Undulations

6 . Undulations

Level 1

  • Upper body
  • Fluid
Smoothly connect by traveling through a chest slide forward, chest lift, chest press back, then rolling down the spine, releasing into the pelvis.Smoothly connect by traveling through a chest slide forward, chest lift, chest press back, then rolling down the spine, releasing into the pelvis.

Reverse Undulations

7 . Reverse Undulations

Level 1

  • Upper body
  • Fluid
Beginning with a pelvic tuck, roll up the body into an upper abdominal contraction, then into a ribcage lift.Beginning with a pelvic tuck, roll up the body into an upper abdominal contraction, then into a ribcage lift.

Hip Drops around-the-world right hip

8 . Hip Drops around-the-world right hip

Level 3

  • Hipwork
  • Sharp
Standing in a beveled position (often called Showgirl), with weight on the left leg, drop the right hip while taking that same hip in a circle, dropping the hip front, side, back, and drawing the hip through.Standing in a beveled position (often called Showgirl), with weight on the left leg, drop the right hip while taking that same hip in a circle, dropping the hip...

Hip Drops around-the-world left hip

9 . Hip Drops around-the-world left hip

Level 3

  • Hipwork
  • Sharp
Standing in a beveled position (often called Showgirl), with weight on the right leg, drop the left hip while taking that same hip in a circle, dropping the hip front, side, back, and drawing the hip through.Standing in a beveled position (often called Showgirl), with weight on the right leg, drop the left hip while taking that same hip in a circle, dropping the hip...

Shimmy

10 . Shimmy

Level 1

  • Shimmies
  • Layers
Allowing the knees to bend alternately, maintaining bellydance posture, maintain an even shimmy powered by the legs, obliques, glutes or any combination of these muscles.Allowing the knees to bend alternately, maintaining bellydance posture, maintain an even shimmy powered by the legs, obliques, glutes or any combination of thes...

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