Belly Dance Every Day - Sweeping Hip Circles
A sweeping hip circle is a huge, exaggerated hip circle that also involves the upper body.
Start in your basic stance with your arms held out to the side and do a couple basic hip circles (drawing your circle on the floor) to get in rhythm. As you take the hip circle to the back, lean your upper body forward. When the circle comes to the left, lean your upper body to the right. When your hips come to the front, your upper body goes back and when the hips are right, the upper body is to the left. Don’t forget to try this move in reverse!
Adjust your stance so that your feet are a little further apart and now try the move. Try it leaning further as well as making your lean slighter. You might try the move so that you are standing straight in place of the lean back or lean forward. Feel how the move differs with each adjustment you make.
When you are comfortable with the move, try moving your arms. What I like to do is bring my arms together and cross my hands in front of me when I am leaning forward and then move them so they are out to the sides again when I am leaning back.