Summary: Proper transitioning between belly dancing hip clicks and figure eight moves is very important. Learn more about hip clicks and figure eight belly dance moves and combinations with tips from a belly dancer in this free dance lesson video.
Tara Termini began her dancing career at the age of two studying and performing tap, ballet, jazz and roller skate dancing. A gifted artist as well as a gifted performer, she later...read more
"In this combo, I'm going to show you hip clicks and figure eights. I'm going to show you how to transition from one to the other very gracefully. So again, your hip clicks, push away out to one side and then the other side. One side, then the other side, shifting the weight, hip clicks, shift, shift, shift, shift, shift, we're going to the end on the left. And then, we're going to bring the right hip forward, out and around for a figure eight, slide it over to the left. Bring it out and around, slide it right over to the right, slide over to the left. Hold it out, your foot, right foot should be able to be picked up and shift your weight and back into a hip click. This is how you transition from one move to the other. Five, six, seven, eight, hold it there on the left. Right foot's free to push it out and around. Left for the figure eight. Right and left. One more, right and left. Hold it there on the left, your right foot is ready to go into the hip click, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left. At full pace, figure eight, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight."