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Absolute Beginner Tribal Fusion Belly Dance with Melissa
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Absolute Beginner Tribal Fusion Belly Dance with Melissa

Introduction to Tribal From The Trap style tribal fusion with Melissa BellyDance
Last updated 8/2023
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What you'll learn

  • Learn about the style and art of Tribal From The Trap - Melissa's style of tribal fusion
  • Learn the famous Sidewinder dance move
  • Learn tribal fusion / Tribal From The Trap Technique
  • Learn Tribal From The Trap principles, stylisations and feline type movements

Course content

2 sections26 lectures9h 51m total length
  • MELISSA BELLY DANCE TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP COURSE TRAILER3:00

    Master the gritty tribal from the trap style in this beginner tribal fusion belly dance course, learning Sidewinder technique, isolations, undulations, hip work, and a practical warm-up routine.

  • Introduction5:56
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP - WHAT IS TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP9:15

    Explore tribal from a trap, a modern tribal fusion born from tapping into inner energy and harmonizing it with music, movement, and the amalgamation of self.

  • MBD - HOW WE LEARN TALK8:39

    Discover the robot stage as the mechanics of movement, learn to feel the motion before seeing it, and use the ladder of progression to overcome frustrations in belly dance.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 1 - THE WARM UP BREAKDOWN35:20
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 2 - THE WARM UP17:26

    Engage in the tribal from the trap 2 warm-up to stretch, mobilize, and practice fascia-focused movement, shimmy options, and shoulder work for dance readiness.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 3 - CHEST 8S AND SIDEWINDER SINGLE ARMS45:56
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 4 - GLUTE TALK!2:26

    Learn how to engage and protect your glutes in belly dance, including the gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus, through sharp and soft contractions and a knee drop sequence.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 5 - KNEE DROPS AND GUTES EXTRA CLASS FOR DETAILS24:53
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 6 - KNEE DROPS AND SHOULDER ROLLS35:51

    Master small, isolated shoulder rolls and sharp knee drops in absolute beginner tribal fusion belly dance, using breakdowns, wall drills, and precise shoulder socket alignment to cultivate space and grace.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 7- UNDULATIONS IN DETAIL21:38
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 8 - UNDULATIONS AND SIDWINDER ARMS ALTENATING30:10
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 9- HIP SLIDES AND SIDEWINDER WITH HEAD35:32

    Learn to execute the mbd sidewinder with head-to-arm coordination and hip slides, keep the chest lifted and ribs still, and practice to tribal from the trap music.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 10- CHECK POINT VIDEO17:42

    Join a follow-along checkpoint to practice tribal fusion from the trap moves learned so far, including hip circles, hip slides, undulations, chest states, and arm patterns.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 11 - MASSAGE HIP CIRCLES AND FULL SIDEWINDER ARMS WITH40:24

    Master massage hip circles and sidewinder arms with hip slides and thrusts to massage internal organs and digestive system, building fluid, upright proprioception.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 12- HEAVY TAQSIM SIDEWINDER WITH HEAD AND CHEST58:22

    Learn the MBD tribal sidewinder with head and chest, combining a deliberate chest figure of eight with the heavy taxi to create a grounded tribal fusion belly dance flow.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 13- THE 8 WINDER25:12
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 14 - MASSAGE CIRCLES ROTATING AND FULL SIDEWINDER35:13

    Master the internal hip circle massage with rotating circles and learn the full sidewinder, combining two-arm chest, hip, and arm mechanics through guided drills, revisions, and practice.

  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 15- HORIZONTAL CHEST CIRCLES AND TRAP WALK50:33
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 16- CHECK POINT VIDEO24:09
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP 17- STRETCH CLASS48:02
  • MBD TRIBAL FROM THE TRAP - COURSE OUTRO - CONGRATULATIONS!1:09

    Celebrate completing your course, reflect on what you learned and the challenges you faced, and connect with me on social media or my website to take your learning further.

Requirements

  • Open level

Description

Welcome to my introduction to Tribal From The Trap course. Tribal From The Trap is my style tribal fusion.

You can think of Tribal From The Trap being the grittier, darker side of belly dance that taps into our primal instincts.


In the course you will learn how to do the famous sidewinder - Tribal From The Trap style and all of the mechanics behind it as well as other key movements.

You'll learn my slinky feline style, muscle control and some of my signature movements and techniques all broken down to their most basic elements.


Learn the what , when's, and how's of each movement.

Learn how to access your inner self for grace, power and internal control .


Tribal From The Trap is about learning how to access ourselves on a primal level, harnessing the inner interplay of masculine and feminine energies, our own internal power and channeling them through movement.


In this introductory course we cover;

• Tribal From The Trap techniques and stylisation

• Important development exercises in the warm up

• The warm up

• Chest figure 8's

• Glutes and their relevance to belly dance

• Knee drops

• Shoulder isolation's

• Undulations and the 4th dimension Undulations signature to Tribal From The Trap

• Hip slides

• Sidewinder breakdown and technique

• Internal massage hip circles

• The heavy taqsim (vertical hip 8)

• The 8 winder

• Horizontal chest circles

• Tribal From The Trap walk

• And a detailed stretch class based on my own stretching method for dancers to assist in in the feline type movements of Tribal From The Trap.


Discover muscles you never thought you had, and learn to move in ways you never thought you could in my supportive, encouraging and informative belly dance classes.

My belly dance classes are a great challenge. Build your fitness, tone your body, and improve your confidence in my self-empowering online courses.


I'm well known for my modern style, and mentor style teaching methods.

Once signed up to the course you can contact me for help and advice, or to simply share your progress.


I look forward to teaching you!


Melissa BellyDance

Who this course is for:

  • This course is an introduction to Tribal From The Trap which is Melissa's style of tribal fusion. This course is for those who either want to see what tribal fusion is all about, or for those with tribal fusion experience wishing to try Melissa's style and method. If you don't have any prior belly dance experience, it is recommended that you take this course with the absolute beginners course to get used to using your muscles in a "belly dance" type of way.