Tribal Fusion Bellydance July/Aug Series - Class 5 Notes

Hi there!
We covered a whole new section of the piece yesterday. Essentially, the fundamental movements are:

• hip twists
• chest circles
• hip drops (or hip downs)
• shimmy

With style, body placement, feet placement, we have the following movements:

1. Basic Egyptian - This is an ATS (American Tribal Style) movement. Starting with the right foot, right hip comes up the same time the ball of the right foot makes contact with the floor. Place the right foot back in place. Following with the left foot, left hip comes up the same time the ball of the left foot makes contact with the floor. Place the left foot down. This movement can be done in place or walking. For the choreography, we do the right hip, wait, left hip, wait; then, right, left, half turn, right, left, and half turn to the front.

2. Two-hip-drops and Chest circle Combination - Facing the left diagonal with right hip to audience, right hip drops twice, followed by a chest circle starting left-front-right-neutral. Use the momentum of the chest circle as it travels from left to right to pivot your body to face the right diagonal. Now with the left hip to audience, left hip drops twice, followed by a chest circle starting right-front-left-neutral. Use the momentum of the chest circle as it travels from right to left to pivot your body back to face the left diagonal. Repeat both sides again.

3. Shimmy with back to the audience - This is exactly how it sounds. We will take 3 counts to face the back; then shimmy for 9 counts. I'm leaving the 'style' of shimmy open to you, whether you want to go for the Egyptian leg shimmy or keep it at the hips (or a combination of both); explore and find your comfortable shimmy spot.

Here are the new sections to the choreography:

1:42 Basic Egyptian

1:48 Arabic Arc (with arm, see last week's notes)

1:55 Basic Egyptian

2:03 Two-hip-drops and Chest circle Combo

2:10 Hip Downs 2,3,3,3 (see last week's notes)

2:17 Take 3 counts to walk back starting left foot, turn over right shoulder. Shimmy for 9 counts. Then pivot on left foot, turn over left shoulder back to face front.

You are all doing great! Keep up the good work!

Lily

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