This follow-along nonstop technique flow begins with a
short warmup, quickly drills the foundation building blocks of ribcage circles, and leads into a practice for unlayered ribcage circle isolations using several arm positions. Then we practice ribcage circles in layered variations—with arm ...

A tutorial on the Middle-Eastern 2-handed snap or
"Persian" snap, followed by tips on how to incorporate the snap into belly dance presented in cultural context.

In today's class we'll practice clean details that make entrance and
travel sequences look polished, professional, and fully put together.
Building on a simple footwork sequence—step-hold, step, step—we'll
create interest by varying the styling for count 2, the hold. First
we'll practice laye...

How many hip drops and double drops do you know? How many do you use? Our workshop today gives you options, and, more importantly, context for how, where, and why to use those options. Our primary focus is style and stylization, but because we need a solid foundation to create successful variatio...

Each class includes a warmup, technique and vocabulary section, choreography breakdown, technique movement flow and choreography practice sections.

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

Level: Low Intermediate and up
This class teaches and practices a little over a minute of easy-paced choreography with three distinct sections: gliding travel steps and turns; an earthy shimmy; and slow sinuous vertical-plane up figure-8s. Class includes a short warmup, a short technique flow f...

This follow-along technique flow drills the family of moves that build on tilts at the hip joint, starting with foundation building blocks and then advancing through progressively more complex material. We flow through: weighted side-to-side tilts, in place, traveling with push and pull steps, on...

Develop precision with foundational rotating articulations for crystal-clean placement and transitions.

"Assemble and dance four 16-count combinations into a long flow with a nice mix of crisp and elastic elements. Once we have the sequence of steps down, we'll map the combos onto several different pieces of music, working on transforming technique into expressive dance movement by making our movem...

This quickie class starts with a 24-minute warmup and technique flow, then we'll dance through a 32-count combo with pivots, full-body undulations, and fast double drops.

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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1. Belly Dance Arm Embellishments Technique Drill with Autumn Ward A follow-along bellydance technique flow for arms, hands, wrists and elbows. Included: amplifying wrist articulations and sweeps; wrist circles; elbow circles; arm undulations...Build stamina and maintain clean technique with this...