Hip Open and Close: Intuitive Skill-Builder Workshop
You know how when you really know a move, you barely have to think about it, or really you don’t even think about it at all, your body just does it for you? This...
Author: Autumn Ward
Style My Hipdrop!
Dancers, has this ever happened to you? You have picked out the perfect costume, you have the perfect music, your makeup is perfectly done, you even have perfect technique to pull off any kind...
Absolute Beginner Course: Lesson 1 of 8
Covered in Lesson 1 General notes on how to use the course basic stance, and the 9 landmarks of basic stance (hips over knees, knees point forward, feet under knees, neutral pelvis; neutral spine;...
Absolute Beginner Course: Lesson 2 of 8
Covered in Lesson 2 balancing on one foot concepts: weighted and unweighted movement how to tie a hip scarf ball change unweighted lift side tuck and release vocabulary: drop, release and change weight, samba...
Absolute Beginner Course: Lesson 3 of 8
Covered in Lesson 3 Hip Rotation Hipwork Review Tilting Hip Circle Half Circles Hip Lift Front Footwork Review Back-back-front Step-ball-change Introduction to Arm Pathways Lesson 3 Video Bookmarks 0:00 Orientations of the Leg/Hip9:14 Warmup23:05...
Absolute Beginner Course: Lesson 4 of 8
Finished? Onward to Lesson 5 Lesson 4 Video Bookmarks :16 Warmup:19 Music: “Karuna,” Stellamara9:21 Music: “Ciftetelli Takasim 2,” Bellydance NY15:40 Music: “Inta Omri,”B. and H. Cifuentes15:41 Footwork Technique Flow23:28 Concept: Weight Distribution26:19 Concept: Heavy/Light26:53 Timing...
Absolute Beginner Course: Lesson 8 of 8
To practice the course choreography on its own, please see parts 9, 10, and 11, below.
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