Video: Reverse Horizontal Figure Eight Belly Dance Move

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Reverse chest figure eights in belly dancing and practice moving the body in both directions. Learn belly dance chest movements like figure eights from a dance instructor in this free dance video lesson.

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Let's learn how to do a Horizontal Figure 8 going the Reverse direction. Remember with chest movements, they're very subtle and they're very hard to learn how to do, so be patient with yourself and just practice these in the mirror and refer to some of our other clips that break down some of these other movements that you're using in combination. Let's start with our feet being parallel, our knees are nice and soft, slightly bent, the belly button's pulled in toward the spine. The chest is lifted, the shoulders are relaxed, arms are out to the side. Let's begin by slightly angling one of your shoulders to the front. The other one will be in opposite direction toward the back. And let's slide the body toward the back, keeping that range of motion. Bring it forward and then slide it through the center of the body toward the opposite direction. Bring that forward. You're going to imagine making an X through the center of your body as you bring it around. As you get more control over it, you will try to keep the shoulders more still and of course the lower half is going to remain still. Let's try it with some music. Five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

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Reverse Horizontal Figure Eight Belly Dance Move

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