Tribal Fusion Bellydance July/Aug Series - Class 3 Notes

Hi Ladies,

Thanks for working so hard last night! Here is a recap:

1. Review of pelvic locks and hip singles.
2. Putting together the pelvic locks and hip singles into an interior hip square.
3. Smooth out the internior hip square into an interior hip circle, also known as "omi".
Practice starting front and going in both directions!
4. Hip downs (also known as hip drops). Using the asterics points (right front corner, right side, and right back corner, left front corner, left side, and left back corner) drop the hip at each point.
5. Arabic Arc. Starting with the arabic undulations with weight change right/left foot. On count one, step the right foot diagonally to the left front corner and bend the right knee (level change) as you swing the right arm back down, chest lift here. On count two, weight change to the left foot (both legs straight now) as you pull the arm through front and back up, undulation down here.

Here is the choreography so far:
0:00 Intro "Rakataka" - wait
0:14 Choochoo Hip singles 16 counts. Pivot Hip Doubles 16 counts as you take 1/4 turns around.
0:29 Intro "Rakataka" - hip articulations to the rhythm.
0:44 Choochoo Hip singles 16 counts. Pivot Hip Doubles 16 counts as you take 1/4 turns around.

0:59 Locks: Interior hip squares starting front clockwise 5 accents. Interior chest squares starting front clockwise 5 accents. (Repeat this 4 times. Each time alternate the direction.)
Side note here... I had previously said 6 accents on the hips, but after listening to the music carefully, the bass (low tone) accents is really 5. Sorry!

1:13 2,3,3,3: Hip downs in the asterics formation (except the first set with just front and back corner). Followed by: _breathe_ omi+omi

1:27 Arabic Arc

Listen to the music... it'll tell you what to do!
Good work everyone!
See you next week!
lily