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EntertainmentHow to Belly Dance

How to Do Hip Circles & Layer Shimmy

Transcript

Next let’s combine vertical hip circles with vertical push, or opposition push hip lift. So we’re going to start with our feet underneath the hipbones. Knees are soft just a little bit.

Remember to always tuck the lower abs in. Always tuck the tailbone under. You don’t want to have a full curvature in the lower back. That’s not really good or safe.

So you want to make sure you have (?) below the belly button. So I’m going to take a step with the right foot and shuffle the left foot next to it. Take a step and shuffle, step, and shuffle.

With a hip lift, we’re going to push our weight out to the side. Lift the hip up and drop it down. So these are circles lifting up and over, in, up, over and in. Now with the opposite hip pushes with the same footwork, but the accent is sharp.

So we’re going to straight up and up, and up. So let’s alternate the two. So we’re going to start with a circle first. Up and over and up. Up and over and up. Let’s try the other side. Up and over, up. Up and over, up. Outside hands.

So we’re going to extend the arms in the direction of where we’re going. Switch. Let’s try that with music. Double time.


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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