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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Mixed-Level Bellydance Class 7 Notes

We added a new step to the choreography. It is from the American Tribal Style repertoire called "Double Back" step.

Explanation:
Image yourself standing at the tip of an up-side down triangle with an upper right corner and upper left corner.

Right side: On count 1, step on the right ball of the foot on the upper right corner. On count 2, step on the left ball of the foot on the upper left corner. On count 3, step the right foot flat back to the starting point (bottom tip of the up-side down triangle). On counts 1,2,3, the hip is up on the same foot that steps. On count 4, with the feet remaining in the same place, the right hip lifts up. Let your torso pivot with your foot.

Left side: On count 1, step on the left ball of the foot on the upper left corner. On count 2, step on the right ball of the foot on the upper right corner. On count 3, step the left foot flat back to the starting point (bottom tip of the up-side down triangle). On counts 1,2,3, the hip is up on the same foot that steps. On count 4, with the feet in the same place, the left hip lifts up. Let your torso pivot with your foot. The "Double Back" step evolves then to a Double Back Half turn. Add the arms, using the leading arm (same as foot) with some momentum to turn.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Mixed-Level Bellydance Class 6 Notes

In a nutshell, we covered interior and exterior hip and chest circles... just barely skimming the surface of these circles. Remember you can go clockwise (cw) or counterclockwise (ccw) and you can start at any of the four points (F, B, R, L).

Here's the new section we added to the choreography...

Circles combo: (all downbeat front)
head circle cw 2ct, chest circle cw 2ct, hip circle cw 4ct;
interior hip circle ccw 2ct; interior chest circle ccw 2ct, head circle ccw 2ct; arms up 2ct.


Finally, here is the video of part 2 of the Naga choreography:


Mixed-Level Bellydance Class 5 Notes

Very quickly...
The two new sections we added to the choreography are:

Time 2:25 -
Singles FT (8 cts).
Right arm wave HT, left arm wave HT, and scoop both arms back to front QT(8 cts).

Time 2:36 -
Arabic 3 + Running Choo Choo turning over right shoulder (8 cts).
Repeat but on the left side.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Mixed-Level Bellydance Class 4 Notes

Very quickly and briefly... here's what we covered:

  • Figure 8's back to front
  • Figure 8's front to back
  • Chest circles clockwise
  • Chest circles counterclockwise
  • Alternating chest circles
Combo: 
Figure 8 back to front on the Right hip (ct 1, 2)
Interior hip circle cw dbR (ct 3, 4)
Figure 8 fron to back on the Left hip (ct 5, 6)
Interior hip circle ccw dbL (ct 7, 8)
Repeat

Alternate Combo (Basic):
Figure 8 back to front dbR (ct 1-4)
Figure 8 fron to back dbL (ct 5-8)
Repeat