Belly Dancing Shoulder Rolls

Video Transcript

"We're going to work on a shoulder roll. This is a movement that starts from the inside of the body and the energy travels away from the body. So it's a really good basic movement for other arm movements. We're going to start with putting our arm out. So you get a nice, clear shot of my shoulder, here. We're going to press the shoulder forward. We're going to lift it up slightly, not too much because we don't want to lose our nice, long neck here. We're going to slide it as far back as we can. And then press that shoulder down. And then bring it all the way to the front. So I always like to start with a box movement first to make sure you're hitting all of those points. And then you're going to round it out and make it smooth. So let's try that with a count of four on our movements. We're going to go one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Now we're going to round it out. So just smooth out those corners. Make it nice and round. Try to keep the hand still. It's going to move slightly, but you want to move naturally. You don't want the movement out here to be bigger than what your shoulder is doing. Practice this on both sides of your body. And then you can practice alternating them."