Belly Dance Every Day - Belly Flutters
This is fairly simple. Belly flutters are done by tightening and releasing the stomach muscles repeatedly and rapidly. The trick is not holding your breath while you are doing them.
Belly Dance Every Day - Belly Rolls
Focus your attention on your abdominal muscles. Try to locate a top set (up near your ribcage), a middle set, and a lower set (just above the pelvis). There are, of course, more than three sets of abdominal muscles, but locating
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 […]
Belly Dance Every Day - The Body Wave
A body wave is an undulation that is a camel in reverse.
Start in your basic stance. Tuck your pelvis forward, roll the move up and drop your ribs (you will be in a slight slouch - please note that this is when someone will decide to take your picture!), and straighten your body by releasing […]
Belly Dance Every Day - Camels
Sorry to have been away so long. The office is finally moved and I can get back to dancing! I’ll try to find something new to post on weekdays.
Let’s try a camel today. A camel is an undulation that starts at the top. Begin in your basic stance (feet planted firmly on the floor pointing […]
Belly Dance Every Day - Egyptian Hip Circles
The Egyptian hip circle is a little more complicated “traveling” move. I put traveling in quotes because, while you are doing footwork, you essentially stay in the same place.
Start with your feet together. Step forward on your right foot. Slide your left foot to the right so it is behind your right foot. Now, swing […]
Belly Dance Every Day - Hip Moves Part 4
Just like you can “rock around the clock” with your ribs, you can do it with your hips.
Start by imagining that you are standing at the center of a clock. Slide your hips forward to 12 o’clock and then back to center. Slide your hips to 1o’clock and then back to
Belly Dance Every Day - Rib Circles Part 2
My teacher calls this “rock around the clock” and I can’t think of a better way to describe it.
Start by imagining that you are standing at the center of a clock. Slide your ribcage
