2012 Mar/Apr series: Class 4 Notes

We're mid-way through the series! Hope you're enjoying the Jamila Salimpour format. It's totally old school belly dance!

	Class 4
	Review the choreo
	JSBD Movements:	Counterclockwise Pivot Family	Essentially, twists with right foot on ball and left foot flat. With all these variations, add a quarter turn to go around.
		Counterclockwise Pivot Half Time	Twisting right hip up on the downbeat, half time.
		Counterclockwise Pivot Full Time	Twisting left hip on the downbeat, full time.
		Counterclockwise Pivot Double Time	Shifting weight between the right ball and the left heel. Hips up with the feet. Double time.
		Counterclockwise Pivot variation "One up one down"	Similar to the Counterclockwise pivot full time, the back leg almost straight on count 1 and then bent on count 2, almost straight again on count 3, and bent again on count 4.
	Finger Cymbals:	Review	Patterns
			3
			5
			31313
			3513
			355
			553
		New	Patterns
			337
		Choreography to "Ya Ain Moulayiten"
		Time	Movements	Music	Counts	Finger Cymbals
		0:09:00		Intro	8 counts	Together
		0:13:00	Basic Egyptian traveling forward (8 cts) Basic Egyptian - Step Forward Back Forward (8 cts) Basic Egyptian traveling back (8 cts) Basic Egyptian - Step Forward Back Forward (8 cts)	Mizmar Solo	32 counts	31313
		0:32:00	Twist Step - traveling in a circle counterclockwise	Mizmar Melody A	16 counts	3
		0:42:00	Baraka	Violins	8 counts	Double Time Singles
		0:47:00	Running Choo Choo #1 quarter turn right on count 4 (4 cts)	Mizmar Melody A		3513
			Running Choo Choo #2 quarter turn right on count 4 (4 cts)
			Running Choo Choo #3 half turn over right on count 4 (4 cts)
			Running Choo Choo #4 (4 cts)		16 counts
		0:56:00	Circle Step Variation 2 (4 times)	Violins	8 cts	Double Time Singles
		1:00:00	Turkish Walk (8 cts) - facing left diagonal	Intro / Break	8 counts
		1:05:00	Arabic 1 (8 cts) - facing front. Arabic 2 (8 cts) - turning over right. Arabic 3 - with quarter turns left(16 cts). Repeat	Mizmar and Orchestra Q&A #1	32 counts + Repeat	355
		1:42:00	Circle Step Variation 2 (4 times)	Violins	8 counts	Double Time Singles
		1:48:00	Turkish Walk (8 cts) - facing left diagonal	Intro / Break	8 counts
		1:52:00	Counterclockwise Pivot Half time (8 counts) with quarter turns. Counterclockwise Pivot Full time (8 counts) in place. Counterclockwise Pivot variation "One up one down" (16 counts) with quarter turns every 4 counts. Repeat	Mizmar and Orchestra Q&A #2	32 counts + Repeat	337