Side Arabic Belly Dance Drill

Video Transcript

"Let's drill our folkloric move of the side Arabic smooth circle with alternating with the sharp hip movement. So let's first do it in place and then we'll start traveling with it. Let's put one foot slightly forward, the ball of our foot into the floor. Make sure you have your belly button pulled in and chest lifted. So let's first start with the sharp movement pull it in, in and a circle, circle. In, in, and circle, circle. Good. In, in and circle and circle. Now remember as the hip comes up, that is going to propel us forward and take the weight so that our foot in the front can move. So let's try it traveling to the side. Here we go. And in, in, circle. Let's switch sides. And in, in and circle, circle. Other way, in, in, smooth, smooth. Sharp, sharp, smooth, smooth. Make sure you keep your chest nice and lifted here and keep your belly button pulled in so that you have a really nice posture while you're doing this. And in, in, smooth, smooth. One more time. In, in, smooth, smooth. Practice that in the mirror."