Summary: For the figures eight move in belly dancing the hips will follow a basic figure eight motion. Learn more about belly dance figure eight moves with tips from a professional dancer in this free dance lesson video.
Nadia Moussa, an international Middle Eastern Dance artist, has performed throughout the U.S. and internationally in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belarus and the Caribbean. Moussa has been...read more
"In this clip, let's learn how to do the Figure 8. So feet are slightly apart. Arms can be in our basic Belly Dance position. We're going to twist one hip forward, bring it to the back, come through center, twist the other hip forward, circle it back, twist forward, circle back. Twist forward, circle back. Forward, circle back. Forward, circle back. Twist forward, circle back. Twist, circle back. A little bit faster. One, and two, and one, and two. We're tracing a figure 8 parallel to the floor. One and two. One and two. Twist circle, twist circle, twist circle, twist circle, push back, back, really thinking of carving out the back space. Twist and twist."