Bellydance Basics Mar/Apr Class 5 Notes

Hi Ladies!

It's our fifth class together... which means there is only 3 more to go! Hope you're planning to continue on with the next session. It's been a real joy to spend these Wednesday nights with you.

Our main topic of this fifth class is the interior chest circles and the interior hip circles. But first, we start out with interior chest squares, then we move on to the interior hip squares, which are made up of pelvic locks and hip singles.

We practiced downbeat front clockwise: front, right, back, left; and also downbeat right counterclockwise: right, front, left, back. Once we have the four sides of a square, we can smooth it out into an interior circle.

We also reviewed the exterior circle to make sure we can feel the difference between the interior and exterior.

Our new combination is:

Two interior chest circles + One exterior chest circle
Two interior hip circles + One exterior hip circle
16 counts total
* interior chest circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* interior chest circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* exterior chest circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (8 counts)
* interior hip circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* interior hip circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* exterior hip circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (8 counts)

So, here's the choreography so far:
[Sorry about my memory lapse!]

0:10 Intro

4 x 8 counts: Arm waves & Cross Touch

* Right arm wave and right foot cross - 4 counts
* Left arm wave and left foot extends - 4 counts
* Right arm wave and left foot cross - 4 counts
* Left arm wave and right foot extends - 4 counts
* repeat



0:30 Vocal

4 x 8 counts: Hip Slides & Hip Circle

* Hip slide right - 4 counts
* Hip slide left - 4 counts
* Hip circle downbeat left clockwise - 8 counts
* repeat


4 x 8 counts: Chest Circle & Arm Waves

* Exterior chest circle downbeat front clockwise, while turning to stage right - 8 counts
* Arm waves downbeat Right - 8 counts
* Exterior chest circle downbeat front clockwise, while turning to upstage - 8 counts
* Arm waves downbeat Right - 8 counts


1:09 Theme

4 x 8 counts: Figure 8 Down to Up variations[Facing upstage]

* Figure 8 down to up, downbeat right - 8 counts
* Figure 8 down to up, downbeat right - 8 counts

[walking ¾ T to face front]

* Figure 8 down to up, ¾ T (RLR, LRL) - 8 counts
* Figure 8 down to up, ¾ T (RLR, LRL) - 8 counts


1:29 Vocal

4 x 8 counts: Undulation & Broken Undulation in circle formation

* Undulations up to down QT, walking right QT- 4 counts
* Broken Undulation: Chest lock up down, Pelvic lock front back. Walking right QT - 4 counts
* Repeat 4 times, traveling in a group circle (facing outward from circle)


NEW
4 x 8 counts: : Interior and exterior circles

* interior chest circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* interior chest circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* exterior chest circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (8 counts)
* interior hip circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* interior hip circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (4 counts)
* exterior hip circle downbeat right, counterclockwise (8 counts)

For those that haven't gotten the music, here it is:
You can download the music here (right-click and select Save Target As), since it's not available for purchase anywhere.


Have a great weekend!
See you all next week!
Lily