Summary: Belly dancing shoulder lifts and drops can be done at any speed depending on the movement of the particular dance. Learn how to do the shoulder lift and drop belly dancing move with tips from a dance expert 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
"The next thing I'm going to talk to you about is shoulder lifts and drops. What you want to do is make sure you're in correct posture, starting with the shoulder. We're going to bring the shoulder up and down. Up and down, up and down, keeping the rest of your body very still. Up and down, up and down. And now the other shoulder. You want to bring it up and drop, up and drop, up and drop. Putting them together, you bring them up and drop, up and drop, try to keep your body very still, keep your tail bone tucked under. Again, up and drop. This move is also used as an accent move. The way you can apply it to your dance, is you can bring it a little faster up and down, up and down, up and down. You can also do it very slow. You can walk with this, you can make it even slower, up and down, up and down. Again, a lot of people typically use it at this pace."