Belly Dance: Rocking Undulation Turns

Series Summary

The various strains and versions of Middle Eastern dance have become commonly referred to as belly dancing in the West, despite the multiple origins and cultural mysteries. It is generally accepted that the tribal and religious dances that are recognized as belly dancing originated in Egypt, though it's also true that Turkey and the Roman people practiced versions as well. Today, belly dancing is performed in the Western world as a form of entertainment, exercise and as a hobby. Interested in learning how to belly dance? In this free dance lesson video series, an expert dance instructor will demonstrates a variety of belly dancing moves that focus on rocking undulations. Dance the rocking camel and rocking undulations with a grapevine step or an advanced sloping arms moves. Get tips on the right and left side travel foot move, as well as rocking undulations with the sunrise sunset arms. Belly dancing is about movement in the hips, belly and shoulders, and an expert in beginning to advanced belly dancing moves will demonstrate each movement in detail so that anyone can learn belly dance rocking undulation moves.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Johanna, and this is Karen. And we're here with Hip Expression Belly Dance Studio in St. Petersburg Florida. Let's work on our rocking undulation, and we're going to take it in a circle. So we're going to start with our right foot forward, and we're going to turn to the right, okay. We're going to take 8 counts. So it's going to be, forward, back, 3,4,5,6,7, hold on 8, switch, now left side; left, right, left, right, left, right, left, and switch, good; right, left, good, right; now remember add your undulation. We've gone over this undulation in an earlier- in a different clip. So what you want to do is practice that until you get it nice and smooth, and then you can add the turn with it. Alright, let's try it a little faster. Ready, and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, switch; 1,2, stay on the balls of your feet, 5,6,7, switch, good. Practice in front of a mirror to make sure you're not bobbing up and down. You want a nice smooth turn, and clean isolations. Good job."