ABellyC’s-11/20/24

$15.00

“ABellyC’s with Diosa” is a foundational class to learn the fundamentals of belly dance.

Wednesdays from 6:00-7:00 pm

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Description

“ABellyC’s with Diosa” is a foundational class to learn the fundamentals of belly dance.

Monthly sessions begin with a brief history and/or interesting facts about belly dance. 

The first class reviews the FUNDAMENTALS:

  • Belly Dance Posture (Stance)
  • Head, Shoulder, Torso & Hip Isolations (skeletal & muscular)
    • Slides
    • Lifts & drops
    • Twists

SUPPLIES recommended:

  • Hip scarf (with coins, fringe, etc.)
  • Dance shoes (jazz, ballet, flexible)
  • Veil
  • Zills
  • Water bottle (water dispenser is available)

CLASS SEQUENCE:

  1. Dynamic Stretching/Warm-up
  2. Learning
  3. Practice
  4. Cool down/Static Stretching

Over repeated monthly sessions, students will learn a variety of the moves listed below.

TORSO & HIP ISOLATIONS

  • Head, Torso, & Shoulders
    • Circles
    • Horizontal/Vertical Figure 8s
    • 1/2 Moons
  • Hips
    • Horizontal/Vertical Circles
    • Horizontal/Vertical Figure 8s
    • Big Rolls
    • Omis
    • Sways
    • 1/2 Moons

ARM & WRIST ISOLATIONS

  • Arms
    • 1st position (framing hips)
    • 2nd position (shoulder level)
    • 4th position (split arms vertical and horizontal)
    • Split side to side 
    • 5th position (above head)
    • Cradle (behind the head)
    • Tribal (to hips)
    • Ghawazee (open or closed to front or in 5th)
    • “S”
    • High V
    • Snake/undulation
    • Paint the fence
    • Siren (pulling)
    • Spellcaster (pushing)
    • Medusa (candle)
    • Fountain (up through middle, and out to down)
    • Vogue (Strike a pose)
    • Genie
    • Rolling Genie
    • Temple (palms together)
    • Goddess Temple (twisted palms together)
    • Sunset (cross down)
    • Sunrise (Shirt removal)
    • Side to Side (chest level)
    • Venus (Cross behind/front/below)
    • Aladdin (Lebanese headache-coined by Sahira)
    • Circular (roundhouse)
    • Backstroke
    • Hair toss/face caress
    • Cross front/behind
  • Wrists
    • Seaweed
    • Falling Leaf
    • Figure 8s out/in (floreos)
    • Undulation
    • Lotus
    • Waterfall

POPS, SHIMMIES & UNDULATIONS

  • Shoulder 3/4, 4/4
  • Hip ups 3/4, 4/4
  • Heel Drops
  • Twists
  • Knee

TRAVELING

  • Basic Walk
  • 4-point Pivot turn
  • Hip-ups
  • Rock Step
  • Crossé
  • Zenouba
  • Grapevine
  • Three-step

PROPS and ZILS (provided)

  • Veil
  • Zills (rhythms)
  • Cane
  • Poi
  • Voi
  • Fan
  • Tray

Students will also have access to Zoom into class or attend in-person. Recordings will be available in Google Classroom as a supplement to the class.

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