
Explore belly dance essentials for complete beginners, including warmups, glute contractions, knee drops, tummy pops, shimmies, hip circles, figure of eight variations, chest isolations, and fitness and confidence.
Master a foundational warm up for absolute beginner belly dance, including step out step in, a vibration shimmy, and posture drills with releve and plie.
Master knee drops, hip circles, and figure-of-eight travel in this absolute beginner belly dance class. Focus on posture, footwork, weight distribution, and controlled, grounded movement.
Learn hip drops, lifts, and side hips through a classical stance, with weight on the heel, ball-of-foot pressure, and controlled glute and oblique engagement to maintain neutral hips.
Join a final belly dance follow-along drill session that combines hip circles, chest and belly work, knee drops, shimmies, and freestyle at your own pace.
Here is one of Melissa's favorite modern rum solo choreographies, music by Tribal From The Trap.
Melissa's music (Tribal From The Trap) is available on all streaming platforms.
See a sword performance on my YouTube channel to the track "Hubris" by Tribal From The Trap.
https://youtu.be/piihEyY0K_I
Welcome to the wonderful world of belly dance with Melissa Bellydance.
This is a purpose built course designed for complete beginners looking for a detailed breakdown of techniques. This course is based on my syllabus, style and method.
The context of this course focuses on belly dance movement and technique.
I invite you to join me on a journey of inner discovery through movement and the healing, feminine art of belly dance.
Discover muscles you never thought you had, and learn to move in ways you never thought you could in Melissa's supportive, encouraging and informative belly dance classes.
In this introduction belly dance course we cover:
• Belly dance warm up break down
• Belly dance warm up
• Post class stretch
• Glute contractions and their importance to belly dance
• Belly dance: Knee drops + variations
• Belly dance: Tummy pops
• Belly dance: Vibration shimmies
• Belly dance: Hip circles + variations
• Belly dance: Figure 8's + variations
• Belly dance: Hip drops
• Belly dance: Hip lifts
• Belly dance: Side hits
• Belly dance: Arm / hand positions
• Belly dance: Drills/ combinations
Melissa's belly dance classes are a great challenge. Build your fitness, tone your body, and improve your confidence in her self-empowering online courses.
In Melissa's belly dance school, she offers live online courses, online course video memberships, private lessons, teacher training, workshops, and regularly hosts "Bite Size Belly Dance Lives" on her facebook page.
She is famous for her style, and mentor style teaching methods.
Melissa's classes are so much more than "just dance" classes. Join and see just how amazing you can be.