Video: Belly Dancing Gymnastics Arms

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Belly dancing is a very expressive form of dance. Learn how to do gymnastics arms in this free video clip on Egyptian dancing.

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A great arm position to use is what we call a gymnastic arms. Now again you want to keep the arms fairly simple so there not interfering with what the body's doing. But creating a nice frame to showcase your body movements. These arms are up above your head and the palms are facing out, K. You want to make sure in this position the palms are out; elbows are slightly bent so you don't get strange stiff arm position. And keep the shoulder dropping down the back. So the shoulder blade pulls down the back. Make sure that in this position you don't start over extending like you see the gymnasts do. You want to make sure your knees are bent and your belly buttons pulled in. So you're engaging your core muscles. And then lifting the chest and pulling the shoulder blade down. So here we are with our gymnastic arm position. One or both. It's a great intro, just to stand; bring the arms up slowly into position. Finger tips are drifting along the sides as if they?re coming up a wall; where as if there you're inside of a bubble and there brushing the sides of your bubble. Here, shoulder blades down. Here we can use stationary or move with it.

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Belly Dancing Gymnastics Arms

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