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Belly Dancing Shimmy: Horizontal Circle
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Upward Figure-8
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Downward Figure-8
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Shoulder Drops
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Shoulder Rolls
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Arm Undulation
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Press Down Arms
Belly Dancing Shimmy: T-Shirt Arms
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Body Outline Arms
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Side Step
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Layering
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Hip Slide
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Hip Slide With Arms
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Hip Slide Forward & Back
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Hip Circle
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Maya
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Reverse Maya
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Undulations
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Pelvic Drop & Tuck
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Chest Lift
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Vertical Chest Circles
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Backward Figure-8
Belly Dancing Shimmy: Forward Figure-8
Summary: An upward figure-8 belly dancing shimmy isolates the hip and lower abdomen. See an upward figure-8 shimmy with tips from a dance director in this free belly dancing video.
Karen Sun Ray Coletti began belly dancing in 1976 and has focused on dance styles from around the world from the time she was a little girl. Coletti has performed, choreographed and...read more
"Are you ready to spice up your shimmy with some nice layers? My name is Karen and this is Johanna we're with Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida. Let's do a vertical figure 8 that travels up and then we're going to layer that with a shimmy. So let's, I'm going to stand to the side so you can see the movement first, so we're going to pull it in and back. Forward and back so bring shift your weight to the front and then pull in through your belly and keep it there and press it back without sticking this out. Keep your belly really engaged to the spine here so forward and back and forward and back. Good. Keep the chest lifted. Keep those heels pressed into the floor. Are you ready to add the shimmy? Let's get it going nice and strong. Good. Let's bring it forward. Pull it back and forward and back and let's speed it up a little bit. Forward. Back. Forward. Back. Forward. Back. Stay lifted. Keep breathing. Little faster. Forward. Back. Forward. Back. Forward. Back. Forward. Back. Good. Practice this in the mirror and you'll have a nice vertical figure 8 shimmy layer too."
eHow Article: Belly Dancing Shimmy: Upward Figure-8
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