Beginner and Intermediate classes this week + Cartouche open house

In beginner class this week we reviewed hip and rib cage slides and circles, weighted hip lifts and the hip lift shimmy, weighted hip twists and the hip twist shimmy, shoulder thrusts and the shoulder shimmy. We then worked on snake arm derivative arm movements (medusa arms, Persian arms, fish tail, katia arms and low snake arms). We then worked on unweighted hip lifts, unweighted hip drops and unweighted hip twists. We finished the class working on single hip lift walk, single hip down walk, double hip lift walk and traveling with hip bumps.


In intermediate class we learned another way to play kashlima on the finger cymbals, the pelvic shimmy and the rotational shimmy. We then learned some “Turkish Hand Jive” and started learning the choreography to Hoplanda. The song can be found on the CD Bellydance With Ozel: How to Make Husband a Sultan

The information on the Cartouche open house I mentioned in class is as follows:

Cartouche takes pleasure in inviting you to our Open House
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
From Noon until 5:00 P.M.
at our Belly Dance Garage just North of 1344 Massachusetts St. (14th & Mass.) Lawrence, Kansas 66044

There is a phone number in case you get lost, if you think you might attend, please email me and I’ll send you the phone number, I don’t want to post it to the blog.