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EntertainmentHow to Belly Dance

How to Sway with a Veil

Transcript

So now let’s try a little sway combination at the veil.

So we’re going to bring the veil forward in front of us, and lead to the right, lead to the left, bring the right foot in, and then we’re going to take a step forward.

So just the footwork leaning to the right, leaning to the left, bring the foot in, and forward.

Side, side, together and up.

Through the veil, we’re going to, into shoo the fabric away from the body and we’re flicking the wrist quite forcefully to let the whole fabric fly. And you don’t wanna pull the fabric back.

The idea is especially if you’re using the silk veil, you want to let the fabric come down naturally. That’s the most beautiful part of the veil movement. So, you don’t wanna force it.

So, we’re going to reach, reach, and we’re going bring our hands together and back to back. And push the veil through so it’s the same kind of movement only both hands are working at the same time. It’s coming through the center.

We’re gonna do it one more time.

And next time we’re going to step through the fabric.

So the hands are coming straight up and then open behind you to let the fabric come down in its full length. So, one.

Let’s try that with music.


Lessons in this Guide

How to Do the Veil Lift into a Butterfly Move

How to Do the Envelope & Butterfly Move with a Veil

How to Balance Something on Your Head

How to Belly Dance with a Veil

How to Play the Gallop & Doubles on Finger Cymbals

How to Do the Envelope with a Veil

How to Play the Gallop on Finger Cymbals

How to Do Level Changes

How to Play Doubles on Finger Cymbals

How to Do Stationary Hip Circles

How to Combine Egyptian Basic & Hip Double Hip Lock

How to Do Egyptian Basic & Hip Lock & Hip Drop

How to Combine Hip Drop & Kick with Traveling Hip Circles

How to Combine Shoulder Circles w/ Chest Circles, Lifts, Drops

How to Combine Mayas, Belly Pops & Reverse Undulation

Combine Shoulder Circle Combo w/ Big Hip Circle into Maya

How to Combine the Maya Combo with the 3-Point Turn Combo

How to Do Shoulder Shimmy & Hip Slide Moves

How to Combine Vertical Hip Circles with Hand Undulations

How to Do a Veil Switch

How to Combine Snake Arms with Piston Hips

How to Combine Traveling Hip Lift Combo w/ Vertical Hip Lift

How to Combine Hip Slides & Horizontal Figure 8s with Twist

How to Combine Snake Arm Walk into Hip Slides & Hip Lifts

How to Do a Veil Switch & Sway

How to Do Hip Shimmy & Hip Slide Moves

How to Sway with a Veil

How to Combine Snake Arm Combo with Hip Slide with a Twist

How to Combine Double Hip Locks with Undulations

How to Do Shoulder Shimmy & Chest Lift Moves

How to Add the Hip Shimmy to Chest Slides & Lifts

How to Do a Figure 8 with a Twist

How to Combine Shoulder Circle Series w/ Big Hip Circle

How to Combine Vertical Hip Circles with Hip Drop Combo

How to Do the Egyptian Basic & Shimmy Moves

How to Combine Big Hip Circles into Head Slides

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