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...
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...
Put a “velvet glove” on your drum solo, and learn a complete choreography that commands attention without aggressive styling or hard edges. Going light on the shimmies and locks, we’ll instead use a mixture...
Today we’re starting at the end, learning the finale of the drum solo. Moving backwards allows us to always start choreography run-throughs with material we just learned. Choreography notes for this lesson are attached...
Building on last week, we move forward/backward in the choreography to Section R, and add R, S, T, U, and V. Also: saguaro arms. Bookmarks for Ismail Lesson 2 0:23 Arm Technique Flow0:24 Music:...
In this lesson: N, O, P, and Q. Bookmarks for This Program :09 Music: Caravan to Cairo:10 Arm Technique Flow3:12 Music: “Al Hinna,” Sherefe5:30 Technique Flow9:57 Music: “Ganil Hawa,” B. and H. Cifuentes17:08 Music:...
Lesson 4 covers sections I, J, K, L, and M. Bookmarks for This Program 0:09 arm technique flow0:20 Music: Karuna3:55 technique flow9:10 Music: Caravan to Cairo12:54 Music: Ganil Hawa20:03 Music: Bir Demet23:32 Music: Ala...
In lesson 5, we cover sections C, D, E, F, G, and H. Bookmarks for This Program 0:01 Music: Ra Returns0:02 Arm Technique Flow3:40 Music: Azzuri4:06 Technique Flow8:20 Music: Ottoman Lobotomy13:29 Music: Ya Ain...
We’re at the finish line! In this final class, we learn sections A and B. To make repeat practice more convenient, the full choreography is split out into a separate video. After you finish...
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