Future Language of Tribal Belly Dance Class Series

3-week focus: Shimmies and layering shimmies
Warm up: Opening the hips
Slow moves: Vibrating shimmy and 3/4 shimmy layered over slow moves, shoulder shimmy
Med/fast moves: 4/4 shimmy, Ghawazee, 3/4 shimmy up hip and down hip, shimmy twist forward and
back, shimmy twist pyramid (UG), walking pelvic tilt shimmy (UG), layering
shimmies over Arabic, Turkish (FCBD), and figure 8 hips
Ayurvedic yoga focus: Fear

3-week focus: Levels and floor work
Warm up: Strength building for thighs
Slow moves: Camel walk (FCBD), lowering down and getting back up, moving across the floor
Med/fast moves: Transitioning between slow and med tempo moves, quick drops
Ayurvedic yoga focus: Grief



3-week focus: Dancing with a sword and balancing props
Warm up: Balance
Slow moves: Walking, figure 8 hip work, circles, levels and floor work
Med/fast moves: Shimmies, jumps, and spins
Ayurvedic yoga focus: Anger

3-week focus: Choreography
Warm up: Opening the hips
Slow moves: Front and side undulation combos (Indigo), layback, figure 8 hips and chest combos
Med/fast moves:Choosing moves based on phrase, musicality, and style of choreography
Ayurvedic yoga focus: Fear

3-week focus: Improv
Warm up: Opening the chest
Slow moves: Reverse turn (FCBD), circles, figure 8 hips and chest, torso rotation, camel walk
Med/fast moves: Musicality, cues and transitions for dancing Turkish (FCBD), Arabic and Arabic variations, X move (UG), washer women (UG), Ghawazee, Egyptian (FCBD), Choo Choo (FCBD), double bump (FCBD), reach and sit (FCBD)
Ayurvedic yoga focus: Grief

3-week focus: Arm and hand movements
Warm up: Building arm strength
Slow moves: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position and everything in between, snake arm variations and layering over hip and chest work, arm and hand combos
Med/fast moves: Flamenco arms and Turkish variations (UG), up down around (UG), washer woman (UG)
Ayurvedic yoga focus: Anger






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