Today we continue our balancing drills - we'll cover percussive moves: hipwork and upper body percussive accents. So prepare your balancing object - a sword, a tray, a shemadan or just a book. Remember, as always, that the heavier your balancing prop, the easier it is to balance.

Today we'll work on isolations for balancing acts. And it's not just for balancing acts. If you are not interested in balancing a sword, a tray of candles or a shemadan, resist temptation to skip this class. These drills will make you a better dancer with more organic and precise isolations, simp...

1:06 Belly dance with wings - mini-course with Neon - Class 1 Technique and Practice. Neon teaches technique, vocabulary and showmanship of belly dance with the wings of Isis with emphasis on improvisational dance. Level: Open Music: "Ottoman Lobotomy" from the album Kara Nomadica by Kara Nomadi...

Belly dance technique, vocabulary and the "River" veil bellydance choreography with Autumn Ward. Each class includes warmup, technique section, practice movement flow and choreography.

Shemadan/Belly Dance Candelabrum dance combinations Class 1 - combinations step-by-step and practice, plus a non-stop candelabrum routine to develop technique and showmanship skills for professional candelabrum performance. Music: "Bint el Shalibiyeh-Middle" from the album Lavender by Middle-Ear...

0:52 Belly Dance "Circle" Veil Routine with Neon; Open Level. A mini-routine module for improvisational bellydance performance with a veil - great as part of a picture-perfect dance entrance. "As you start your performmance, your audience wants to check out your costume and body, they frantically...

STEP-BY-STEP SECTIONS

1. Grip
2. Basic Principles
3. walking
4. poofing
5. crossover
6. shoulder to shoulder
7. sagittal swirl
8. close front and open
9. close up and close down
10.figure 8
11. catch and release
12. twist and drop
13. footwork
14. direction change under the veil
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