I'm a bit behind on updating, but here we go :) the last three weeks of Beginner

Ok, the first three weeks of the session have flown by! Here is what we have covered in class so far:

Glute Squeezes

Dance Posture
Tummy pushes
Basic Arm positions: Pretty Hands, Tribal Torture, Belly dancer Second position, Low Second, T-rex, Fifth Position, Temple Arms, L arms, Arabesque, S arms, Pharonic Arms, Hip frame, Aladin Arms, Egyptian Headache, Genie Arms, Side sweep Arabesque to L arms

Inward Arm circles Together & Alternating
Outward Arm circles Together & Alternating
Arm circles one in one out
Shoulder thrust
Shoulder shimmy

Hip Slides
Pelvic Tuck/drop

Hip Lifts (soft and accented)/shimmy
Omi

Ribcage Slides
Ribcage Lift/Drop

Vertical Rib cage circle

Styles of Bellydance
• Cabaret – veil, floor work, sword balancing, finger cymbals aka zills or sagat
• American Tribal – may include some aspects of cabaret (sword, zills and floor work)
• Hula/Polynesian Dance, including Poi
• Gypsy – lots of skirt work, tells story of everyday life
• East Indian – traditional dances of India
• Folk dances (cane etc) – traditional dances of Northern Africa and Mediterranean Europe
• Egyptian Oriental – the dance as it is presented in Egyptian night clubs, more subtle than the Cabaret style of the US, usually lacking veil or floor work.

maqsuum 4/4  rhythm

1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-
D-T-__T-D-__T-__
D-T-kkT-D-kkT-kk

For an example of the rhythm you can dowload this song Maqsoum or this one Maqsoum by Guy Schalom.