Friday challenge! I used to post these every week, but got out the habit, so here we go trying to get back into it. Please note the challenges are supposed to be hard for the advanced level dancers so if you are a beginner, please don’t be discouraged if it seems impossible!
Do you remember this challenge?
Level one, start by doing a segmented horizontal/large/exterior hip circle: left, front, right, back. Next do clockwise omi/interior hip circle in each of those positions, so one omi to the left, one omi to the front, one omi to the right one omi to the back.
Level two, smooth out your clockwise exterior hip circle so it takes a total of 16 counts, 8 to the front and 8 to the back. At the same time do four 4-count omis (the omis will be in the same positions, left, front, right, back, as before – 2 cts forward, 2 cts backward).
Level three, speed up your exterior hip circle to 8 counts and your omis to 2 counts.
Level four, speed it up again, 4 count exterior hip circle (2 to the front, 2 to the back) and single count omis.
It was the very first challenge I ever posted, lets add half levels in by adding the hip lift shimmy, so 1.5 is doing level one with a hip lift shimmy layered on top of the omis layered on top of the horizontal circle. The same is true for level 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 smoothing it out and speeding it up and keeping those hip lift shimmies going! Don’t forget to try the whole exercise (all eight levels) to the other direction!
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