Beginner and Intermediate class this week

In beginner we reviewed the moves covered thus far and then worked on traveling and turning with the unweighted hip lift, we also learned the double hip lift walk and broke down the mechanics of the ¾ shimmy. We then did some group improv using the choochoo (unweighted hip lift) and the ghawazee (3/4 shimmy/double hip lift walk).

In Intermediate we warmed up with 3s then worked on a couple of variations for playing chiftitelli. We then reviewed our ¾ on the up and the down shimmies. We did a session of improv arms and worked on half circular veil technique (loop-d-loop, on handed matador, one handed horizontal figure 8, one handed vertical figure 8). We learned the Arabic 4 point turn, Arabic with a twist, Arabic with a twist and dip (a Troupe Duende combo) and the Groovy Christina (a Diva Soma combo). We then did a traveling circle so everyone could practice cuing a few moves.