News: 2 December, 2019
I finally finished, and uploaded, the new and vastly improved “Orientation for Continuing Beginners 1: Alignment Overview.” The new version is just a new edit of the old video, but now it is fully...
Author: Autumn Ward
News: 23 November, 2019
Well, hello there! I’m not sure how you found your way to my site, but you’re here a little ahead of the official launch. (Or, maybe it is more accurate to call it a...
Orientation for Continuing Beginners 1: Alignment Overview
When you have an organized understanding of principles and build on a rock-solid foundation, not only do you get better faster and with less effort, but you have more fun in class and take...
Lyrical Fantasy: “Scheherezade,” Choreography Excerpt 1
After a short warmup and long technique flow, this class teaches and practices a lyrical sequence set to music adapted from Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherezade,” specially arranged for Oriental Dance. Lyrical Fantasy is designed for students...
Intricate Isolations: “Scheherezade,” Choreography Excerpt 2
Once you’ve reached an advanced level, you have a good technical command of most belly dance vocabulary, but is your instinct for transitions equally developed? In this class, we’ll learn and practice an intricate...
Elastic Fantastic: “To Morocco With the Stars,” Combo 1
We prepare with a short warmup and technique flow, then learn and practice a detailed 32-count combo. Our vocabulary today includes undulations and circles, and our sequence emphasizes elastic phrasing, drawing out the timing...
Textured Flow: “To Morocco With the Stars,” Combo 2
In this quickie 35-minute class for intermediates, we dance through a 32-count combo with pivots, full-body undulations, and fast double drops, Our music is “To Morocco With the Stars” from the album My House...
Glide-Anchor-Pull: “To Morocco With the Stars,” Combo 3
After a short warmup and technique flow, learn and practice a little over a minute of easy-paced choreography with three distinct sections: gliding travel steps and turns; an earthy shimmy; and slow sinuous vertical-plane...
Persian Snap
A tutorial on the Middle-Eastern 2-handed snap or “Persian” snap, followed by tips on how to incorporate the snap into belly dance presented in cultural context.
Arm Pathways Practice
Use this follow-along nonstop flow to build or maintain clean precise placement for arms. We reinforce muscle memory with repetition through seven basic paths, sequence basic paths into longer compound paths, then finish with...
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