Double Hip Bump in Belly Dancing

Video Transcript

"Let's work on the double bump. We're going to start with our feet slightly apart, our knees bent slightly; our belly buttons pulled in to our spine, our shoulders are relaxed and down. We're going to be shifting our weight inside our feet from right to left. So we're going to push the hip out and bring it in slightly to the center and then out again. So you have to come from somewhere to be able to go somewhere; so even though it's a double bump on one side you still have to come back, you don't want to leave your hip out there trying to get that double bump; it has to go out in out. And so the accent will show up on that one side just because you're moving more on that side as you move your hip. So let's try it on the other side, so we're going to go out in out; other side cross in out. Now all the way across, side in side; across side in side, side in side. Now the knees are going to bend slightly, depending on which side that you're on; you're going to pull your hips up toward your rib cage. This is a precursor to a 3/4 shimmy. Practice this in the mirror and make sure your shoulders are nice and still, and all the weight is in your feet and make sure it looks nice."