I've created this blog so that my students can review what was covered the prior week from home or, if they had to miss, can see what was covered. We are on the third week of the current session.
So far in beginner we have covered:
Week 1: proper dance posture, various arm positions, hip slides and rib cage slides
Week 2: the falahi rhythm, snake arm family of arm movements, rib cage arch and contract, horizontal hip circles and rib cage circles.
So far in Intermediate we have covered:
Week 1: how to wear zils and the sounds they can make, playing 3s with zils, 3/4 shimmy on the down and its cue, learned the lower body accent drill, intro to the kash rhythm, arabesque walk, kashlimar walk, fall step, Turkish skip, turning basic Egyptian and its cue. We also reviewed all beginner level tribal moves.
Week 2: reviewed falahi, maqsoum and masmoudi rhythms, learned the upper body accent drill, reviewed 3/4 on the down, learned folkloric shoulder shimmy, adding heel drops and/or bounces to hip circles, rocking step w/hop, foot int he mud, pelvic tuck or drop walk, hop downs. For tribal we learned the cue for basic Egyptian hip twists and the basic Egyptian full turn.
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