Vintage Bellydance

Here's a fun clip.  Vintage bellydance set to modern music.  Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko1FsDGO_G8

Relax and Breathe.

This website was recommended to me by my friend Nadia.  Free downloadable meditations.  Take 10 minutes for yourself.

www.fragrantheart.com

                                                 Alex Grey

Learning Undulations and Bodywaves (Reverse Unduation)

One of the easiest ways to learn and perfect your undulations and bodywaves is to bring them down to the floor.  By doing a dynamic bridge pose like the one you do in your yoga class you will inrease your flexibility and  strengthen your abdomen and thighs all while creating that snake wave up and down your spine.

1. Lie on your back with feet flat on the floor and palms pressing down beside your hips.  Your Knees should be pointing straight up, neither in nor out

2. Draw your belly button in and curl your tailbone under.   Press into your heels and palms as you peel your spine off the floor one vertabra at a time.  End the movement when you have reached the vertabra in between your shoulder blades.   Make sure you are not jamming your chin into your chest.  This is your bodywave.

3.  Roll down your spine slowly to end in your start position.  This is your undulation.

Intermediate Thursday Choreography- Mabeyarafsh

“Mabeyarafsh”  

Artist: Saad

Album : Dance of my Heart

You can find the music on itunes

Intermediate Choreography by Ilona Muraca

Start at 20sec in

8-twist step R L // twist R + turn back, twist L + turn front

8- rpt above

Accent R (L-arm) Accent L, pelvic Lock (hold belly), shoulder shim (offer arms)

Part 1.

8-hipkick R 4x

8-hipkick corner, center // weighted twist R 4x

8-und 4x to face back

8- accent hip back RLRL

8-und walk RLR to face front //jack in box turn

8-shim walk (raise arms) // fig 8 (hold hair)

Music

8- fish walk 2x R // alternate LR

8- rpt to L

8-double drop turning ccw  ¼ turns

8- ...cont

8- fish 2x R, 2x L

Part 2

8- Dina hip cir // sh shim

8-step twist R L // fall back und RLR ,prepare to turn

8-3 step turn R, twist high, low, high

8- rpt to R

8-heel bounce to forward fold (twist on teks)

8-shim to rise // bw + backbend

8- sway L // bw +backbend

8- Mambo leading L  to corners + shoulder shimmy

8- rpt + hip accent

8- push step 4x downstage L

8-push step 2x downstage R // pivot turn

8- Dina circle and hip down up to accent

8- alternate undulations RLRL

Music

8- Walk 4 // triple step

8- step turn 2x, walk 4

8- on toes vertical drop R , pelvic drop // vertical drop L, chest drop R L

8- rpt

8- triple step back

 Part 3

8-Walking cir 2x R // undulate walk 2x L

8- Walking cir 2x R turning cw // reverse circle

8- 2x und L // 2x bodywave R

8- sway // maya

8- heel bounce pull across R // alternate und L R

8- rpt to L

8- big hip circle // fold over circle

8- Run downstage L // shim

8- Run downstage R // shim

8- triple step undulations travelling backwards

8- rpt

8- sway // whip around circle (end arms up)

Part 4

8- R hip to beledy beat

8- fig 8 to face back

8- look over L shoulder and 2 slow undulations

8- mambo 2x to face front

8- fig 8 + jewel

Accent R, L, arms up and quick shimmy

Part 5

Rpt Part 1  changing last hip accents back to hair swing

End: 

Shim walk forward // Reach L, turn R and end with hands on hips

Project Bellydance

Have you watched this yet?  You should.  The awesome Michelle Joyce is the co-creator. 

 http://topbellydancer.com/

Fun Podcasts

Here's a Fun site...Interviews, Music, Downloads...
Have a listen! 
http://www.yippodcast.com/

**Reminder that there will be NO Classes during March Break except for Tuesday Fit City Class.