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Belly Dancing Shimmies: 3-Quarter Drill

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Summary: Practice three-quarter shimmies at slower speeds before moving on. Learn how to do belly dancing three-quarter shimmy drills in this free dance video from a belly dancing director.

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By Johanna 'Xenobia' Krynytzky
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Johanna 'Xenobia' Krynytzky began her studies in belly dance while at the University of Chicago in 1996. Krynytzky's style fuses Classical Egyptian technique with fire performance,...read more

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"Let's drill our three quarter shimmy. We're going to take it at a slow speed, then medium and then faster. So let's first start out nice and slow. So we're going to shift our weight right, right, left and left. Right and right, good, let's go a little faster. Right and right, left and left, right and right, left and left. Keep the feet nice and low, I'm lifting my heel a little bit right now so you can see where my weight is shifting too ok. And then faster, tacketatacketack. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six a little faster, tack tack tacktackatack tackatack tackatack good. Now let's speed it up again. Tacketatacketatacketatacketatacketa good. Make sure your belly button is pulled in. Keep your chest lifted and slow again. Slow, slow and slow. Medium and faster. Good. Make sure you practice this going slow, medium and fast so that you get the control and endurance to have a real nice clean three quarter shimmy."

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