Belly Dance Level 1 Beginner's Course

Master knee drops in belly dance by maintaining a proper posture with heels anchored, micro-bent knees, and a tucked tailbone to engage glutes and abs, without hyperextension.

Learn hip slides and hip hits with belly dance posture, engaging the abs and glutes to keep the torso centered while moving the hips to the sides.

Master hip drops in belly dance by using a 70/30 weight split, six inch high heels, tucked tailbone, engaged abs, and a sharp downward drop from the armpit.

perform a hip twist variation from a side angle with a wide stance, weight on the back knee, a tucked tailbone, and swiveling on the ball of the foot.

Master fluid hip twists and a figure-of-eight in this beginner belly dance course, using a shoulder-width stance, twists with slides, weight transfer, breathing, tucking the tailbone, and engaging the abs.

Master large hip circles in belly dance with skeletal, spine-aligned movement, side-to-side and forward rotations. Visualize a hoop around the body to trace front and back semicircles.

Learn hip shimmies in the belly dance level 1 beginner's course, focusing on knee drops, loose dead-weight movement, fast vibrational shimmies, and variations like slides and hip circles.

Master chest lifts by maintaining posture, imagining a magic string pulling chest to ceiling and releasing on beat, with torso extension and back contraction for sharp movement while breathing.

Master chest isolation through side slides and forward-back movements, keep hips still and shoulders down, then add arms and prepare for chest lifts, drops, and circles.

master chest circles in four ways by practicing horizontal and vertical patterns, including forward, back, lift, and release, then connect movements into smooth circular lines.

Drill knee drop walks to travel smoothly in belly dance. Practice flat-footed steps, baby steps with heels on floor, bending to lift and switch, hips flinging with engaged abs.

Master hip lift walks with a grounded, non-elevating hip motion, pressing into the ball of the foot. Add Aladdin lamp arms and travel forward or backward while squeezing the glutes.

Follow the combination routine with guided counts, camel lifts, shoulder shimmies, and hip turns to music, looping from the top for rhythm and coordination.

Combine figure of eight sequences with chest circles, shoulder hits, and a shimmy, then apply the movements to music in this belly dance beginner routine.

Learn arm movements in belly dance, including shoulder, elbow, and wrist release, and large semicircles called snake arms, while maintaining spine-safe posture and deep breathing throughout the routine.