Belly Dancing Shimmy: Reverse Maya

Video Transcript

"Are you ready to spice up your shimmies with some layers? My name's Karen and this is Johanna. We're with Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio, in Saint Petersburg, Florida. We're going to work on a reverse vertical figure eight on top of our shimmy. So, let's just review the reverse figure eight first, and you might want to look for some other clips on this, to get the move nice and solid before putting the two layers together. So, we're going to go down, out, up, and in; down, out, up, and in; down, out, up, and in, and then a little bit faster so it's nice and smooth. So you'll make sure your belly button is touching your spine. Keep those knees nice and soft; keep those heels pressed into the floor. Keep that chest lifted, so you have a nice long torso as you do this. Let's get our shimmy going, and let's put the two together, all right? Down, out, up, and in; down, out, up, and in. Now smooth it out. Make sure you keep that chest nice and lifted, and breathe. Need lots of oxygen when you're doing shimmies. So, practice this in the mirror, and you'll have a real nice reverse vertical figure eight shimmy."