Video: Sensual Belly Dancing: The V

The V is one of the sensual moves all belly dancers master. Belly Dancing is an ancient form of female dancing using the hips as the main form of communication. Learn how to do a sensual hip movement called The V correctly from an experienced belly dancer in this free video.

Video Transcript

Let's practice an unweighted hip movement called the V. Let's start with our feet slightly apart. Our weighted leg is going to be bent. Our unweighted leg is going to have the big toe pressed into the floor. The heel up all as far as you can go and the ankle in. The knee is going to be pointing either straight off the hip forward or slightly in so you have a nice line. Pull your belly button into your spine. Lift your chest and relax your shoulders. It's very important to keep your weight right over your feet. You want to keep it centered. So we're going to angle the hip slightly forward and lift it and at an angle we're going to bring drop it nice and sharp down to the middle of our body. And then when we come up, we're going to go toward the back. So we're going to make a nice sharp motion forward and back making the point right there in the middle. Down and forward. Down and back. Down and forward. Down and back. Make sure as you make this motion, that the shoulders do not come along with the hips. Otherwise you'll move your lose your movement in your hip. Down and forward. Down and back. A little faster. Down forward. Down back. Down forward. Down and back. Make sure your standing leg doesn't go up and down. Otherwise you'll start bobbing around. Be sure to practice this in the mirror and try it on both sides.

Sensual Belly Dancing: The V

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