Video: Egyptian Belly Dancing : Posture

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In Egyptian belly dancing, proper posture involves feet shoulder-width apart, pelvic tucked and pulled underneath, chest lifted and shoulders relaxed. Learn basic movements and posture of Egyptian belly dance with help from a professional Middle Eastern dancer in this free video on Egyptian belly dancing.

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hollywoodglamou Aug 02, 2008
difficult to do. Better to have a little knowledge or at least one class before she will make sence
radicaledward Aug 02, 2008
>.> Maybe I don't know something, but eh, I can't see the video either.
iris4 Aug 02, 2008
its very good
iris4 Aug 02, 2008
its very good
hollywoodglamou Aug 02, 2008
difficult to do. Better to have a little knowledge or at least one class before she will make sence

Video Transcript

So, with belly dance you always want to remember your basic dance posture, your feet are going to be slightly in from shoulder width apart, you want to keep your pelvic tucked and pulled underneath you, chest lifted and shoulders relaxed at all times. We’ll start with the first basic movement the hip circle, which is comprised of four parts, it slides to one side, it has a front piece, the left side and the back side, you want to think of this circle as being parallel to the ground, so your hips slide right, is a straight line across, you have pull down with the right hip to maintain that straight line, push slightly forward, you can engage your glut muscles to help keep this strong, the left side is the same as the right, a horizontal slide directly to the left pulling down on your outside muscles to keep the hips leveled, and the back you want to be sure to keep your pelvis tucked, it’s like pulling a drawer out of a dresser, so directly behind you, connecting these four points together and a nice, smooth circle you can create the first basic belly dance movement, the hip circle.

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Egyptian Belly Dancing : Posture

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