This week’s challenge!

Start with our accent drill:

Lower Body Accent Drill
4 unweighted hip lifts R
4 unweighted hip drops
2 drop-kicks
4 weighted hip drops
4 weighted hip lifts
4 hip bumps
4 weighted twists forward
4 weighted twists backward
4 unweighted twists forward
4 unweighted twists backward
Step back RL, then forward RL
Rpt. on L

Upper Body Accent Drill
4 shoulder thrusts forward R
4 shoulder thrusts backward R
4 shoulder lifts R
4 shoulder drops R
Rpt. L
4 rib lifts
4 rib drops
Rib lift, rib drop, pelvic tuck, pelvic drop
4 pelvic tucks
4 pelvic drops
Pelvic tuck, pelvic drop, rib lift, rib drop

Next add finger cymbals. Start with 3s, then 5s, then 7s then something a little less regular, beledi, saidi or chiftitelli (or if you are feeling really brave, go for Kashlima, just remember to change the pattern of your moves as well).

Once you are doing the drill with your zils, add a shimmy. First try the whole thing with a hip lift shimmy, then the whole thing with a shoulder shimmy. Oh and keep the zils going, just because you added the shimmy doesn’t mean you get to stop playing your zils.