The long awaited class notes for the Thursday 8pm Tribal Fusion class is finally here. Lots of details here. I hope they are useful!
Choreography to “Khamsa W’khmesa” (SeptOct 2013)
From the CD “Sabla Tolo 3i” by Hossam Ramzy
Length: 4:08
Time
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Movement
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Music
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Bars
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0:01
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Improvisation
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Intro: Dum-tak-tak
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2 x 8
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0:09
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Chest locks: Down-Up-Up
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2 x 8
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0:16
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Running Choo Choo (JSBD)
Running Choo Choo
with Chest locks Down-Up-Up
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Dum-tak-tak
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2 x 8
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Running Choo Choo
with improvised arms
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2 x 8
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0:32
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Flamenco step combo (JSBD)
Flamenco step
with palms alternating in/out and arms at 5th, 2nd, 1st, and 2nd positions:
- 8 cts going forward
- 8 cts going back
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Fallahi rhythm
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2 x 8
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Flamenco step (JSBD)
with quarter turns left; arms at tribal 2nd position.
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2 x 8
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0:47
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“Hip Drops”
Left arm at 5th, right arm at 2nd position.
Body facing left diagonal; left foot flat, right foot on the ball.
Left hip twist, full time.
Optional: add right leg kick on even counts.
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Balady rhythm
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8
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“Hip Drops with a twist!”
Left arm at 5th, right arm at 2nd position.
Body facing left diagonal; left foot flat, right foot on the ball.
Right hip twist, full time.
Right foot in place for cts 1-2; steps back for ct 3; pickup leg to 90 degress (“Egyptian Horse”) for ct 4. Remaining in this position, right hip twist for cts 5-8.
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8
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0:55
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“Stop and Shimmy Combo”
Ct 1: Weight on right foot; right hip up.
Ct 2-4: Shoulder shimmy to face right diagonal.
Ct 5: Wait.
Ct 6-8: Left hip slide layered with shimmy.
Ct 1: Wait.
Ct 2-4: Shoulder shimmy to face left diagonal.
Ct 5: Wait.
Ct 6-8: Undulation up-to-down layered with shoulder shimmy.
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4 x 8
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1:02
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Sunanda (ATS) - inspired*
Body facing stage left.
Right arm at 5th, left arm at 2nd; on cts 7 right arm lowers to 2nd, left arm raises to 5th; torso rotates to stage right.
Arabic 1 layered with shimmy.
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2 x 8
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1:10
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“Typewriter combo”
Facing front; arms at 2nd.
- Head slide right, accent on ct 2.
- Chest slide with shoulder shimmy ct 3, accent ct 4.
- Hip slide with hip shimmy ct 5, accent on ct 6.
- Heel taps on ct 7-8 to bring everything back to center.
Repeat left side.
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4 x 8
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1:17
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“Hip drops forward-back-forward” - Right
Body facing left diagonal, right arm at 2nd position and hand pointed at right diagonal, left arm at 5th.
Cts 1-3: Right heel up. Right hip twists forward with a drop, twist back with a drop, and twists forward with a drop. [or you can think of it as left hip twist back with a hip single, twist forward with a hip single, then twist back again with hip single.]
Ct 4: Turn over left shoulder.
Cts 5-7: Left heel up. Left hip twist forward with drop, twist back with drop, twist forward with drop.
Ct 8: Turn over right shoulder.
Repeat.
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4 x 8
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1:25
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¾ Shimmy on the down
with arms pressing down and drawn out and up.
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2 x 8
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1:32
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“Hip drops forward-back-forward” - Left
(mirrored version of “Hip drops forward-back-forward” - Right)
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4 x 8
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1:40
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¾ Shimmy on the down
with arms pressing down and drawn out and up.
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2 x 8
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1:47
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Floorwork section
Cts 1-3: Lunge right with right arm wave
Cts 4-5: Lunge left with left arm wave
Cts 6-10: Level change to knees with first undulation on cts 6-7 and second undulation on cts 8-10.
Cts 1-5: On the knee full turn over right shoulder.
Cts 6-7: Hip twist shimmy
Cts 8-10: Release/drop the hip while bringing arms together in front of body.
Cts 1-5: Ext hip circle dbL
Cts 6-7: Ext ½ hip circle dbL
Ct 8: Side plank
Cts 9-10: hold
Cts 1-5: Undulation u2d
Cts 6-7: Undulation u2d
Ct 8: Quick transition to vertical torso, right knee on floor, and left leg extended.
Cts 9-10: hold
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Samaii rhythm (10/8)
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4 x 10
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2:05
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Chest Pyramid combo - Left
Ct 1&2: chest pyramid dbL HT
Ct 3: hold
Ct &4: hip single dbR
Ct 5: chest lock up
Ct 6: hold
Repeat 3 times
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4 x 6
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2:14
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Feet: dbL HT
Hips: singles dbR QT
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2 x 8
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2:22
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Fast Hip Squares combo
Facing left diagonal with left heel up. Arms at high 1st.
cts 1-6: Hip Squares HT cw, level change down
cts 7-8: Body pivots to right diagonal, level up.
cts 1-6: Hip Squares HT ccw, level change down.
cts 7-8: Body pivots to left diagonal, level up.
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2 x 8
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2:29
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Chest Pyramid combo - Right
mirrored version of previous
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4 x 6
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2:38
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Prancing combo
Cts 1-3: Singles on the down HT
Ct 4: Shoulder shimmy with arabesque pivoting towards back.
Cts 5-7: Singles on the down HT
Ct 8: Shoulder shimmy with high posse, pivot toward front.
Repeat
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2 x 8
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2:46
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Double Over & Omi combo
Right side first:
Ct &: Bring shoulder and hip up and over.
Ct 1: Drop Shoulder and hip forward.
Ct 2: Bring shoulder and hip up.
Ct 3: Shoulder and hip drop back.
Ct &: Head slide right.
Ct 5-8: Interior hip circles (omi) dbF FT.
Repeat on Left side.
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2 x 8
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| MORE TO COME! |
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