Belly Dance for beginners

Name: Belly Dance for beginners
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: The fundamental movement library

Created byJoanna Ferret

Last updated 7/2021

English

What you'll learn

Belly Dance isolations of movement
The anatomy of how the movements are created

Course content

7 sections • 30 lectures • 8h 43m total length

Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 1. Dance posture4:51

Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 2. Hip Slides5:18
Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 3. Chest Slides5:37
Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 4. Hips on the Up8:46
Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 5. Chest Lifts and drops7:12
Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 6. Hip Shimmy7:05
Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 7. Shoulder Shimmy8:09
Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 8. Arm, hands, Lotus & Floreo12:27
Belly Dance Movement Fundamentals Library: 9. Undulations and Belly rolls11:25

Core Conditioning warm up for Belly Dance; Beginners30:11
This is a short 38min core conditioning warm up for belly dance; for cross training and strength building. One of the best ways to prevent dance related injury is to properly warm up the body and to cross train. Do this practice before you dance or in-between dance practices.
Core Conditioning warm up : upper body strength28:22
As dancers we do alot with our arms; it's best to make sure we have some kind of conditioning practice to help us stay strong for dance and to compliment our dance movement.
"quick n dirty" warm up6:15
for when you want to dance but you don't have time for a full elongated warm up

Drill the movements with me30:27
No talking, just dancing
Mini choreography / Combo class16:24
Here we put the movements together into a combo you have practice over and over and use as inspiration to create your own combinations
Drill the combo5:44
Now you've learnt the move, drilled the moves into muscle memory and learnt the combo - fast forward to just drilling the dance combo without tuition.
A Fusion Arms workshop; adding the arm wave43:59
This class came from a lockdown Live class I filmed where I was requested to teach some of the arm patterns we use in fusion bellydance. I decided to edit it and include it in this course as an extra class for you to practice arms and undulations
Fusion Arms Combo only7:33
JUST THE COMBO: This class came from a lockdown Live class I filmed where I was requested to teach some of the arm patterns we use in fusion bellydance. I decided to edit it and include it in this course as an extra class for you to practice arms and undulations

Fig 8 in the Hips; Horizontal9:46
Learn the breakdown for the horizontal figure 8; both forwards and backwards.
Fig 8 in the Hips; Vertical13:25
Learn the breakdown for the vertical figure 8's; Mya & Taxeem.
Fig 8 in the torso; Chest Taxeem / Mya7:09
Learn the breakdown for the chest taxeem & chest mya.
Hip circles ; internal and external15:36
Learn the breakdown for the hip circles; both internal and external circles.
Chest Circles; How we do it in fusion bellydance12:29
Learn the breakdown of 3 different kind of chest circle and then drill the one we use for fusion bellydance.
Arm undulations19:53
Learn how to execute arm waves and snake arms. Fusion style.
The Body Wave13:54
Learn the breakdown for the Body wave movement ; coupled with floreo hands.
Shoulder locks13:15
Moving on from the shoulder shimmy ; we have locks we can create in our shoulder movements. Shoulders forward, back, up, down and diamonds!

Liquid fusion; serpentine movement in the body38:10
A short class to review and drill some of our beyond basics moves and how you can put them together into a sequence that links the movements smoothly; like liquid.
Locks and pops31:24
A short class / mini workshop on the idea of popping and locking and a combo (combination of dance moves) put together for you to drill.
Putting it all together ; a drill companion48:07
Here we learn a choreography of sorts; something you can use when you want to drill the movements but you dont have a lot of time. for an extra challenge; try to do this on BOTH sides!
The drill choreo (no breakdown)9:56
Once you have learnt all the moves; use this video to practice putting it all together

Requirements

complete beginners welcome!

Description

If you've ever wanted to try out the beautiful art form of Belly Dance, but you've been too nervous to try out a group class or perhaps you just don't have a class nearby; then this is for you. Learn the basics, the foundations, the stuff you need to get your head around; in the comfort of your own home / space. There is no difficult confusing choreography in this course; it is aimed at complete beginners to give them a chance to really get these movements into their bodies.

When I first wanted to learn belly dance, I was 15yrs old... but it would be another 10 years before I set foot in a 'scary' classroom full of strangers. I went with a friend, who dropped out after only a few classes, but I was hooked. I was lucky; my first dance teacher was kind, patient and nurturing. I wish I hadn't waited so long to get started.... but it's scary being a beginner.

With this course I hope to enable the complete beginner to confidently take their first steps on their belly dance journey.

Almost every move in our dance form is created with these basic movements. If you can master these isolations and get them in your muscle memory (which can take some time so do be patient with yourself!) then you should feel confident either taking a real live class, or, moving on to more advanced online classes.

If you feel like you already have the basics under your dance belt; then this course can be used as a deeper dive into the anatomy used to create the movement, as dancers, drilling the basic movements is always a good thing to come back to.

Who this course is for:

Budding dancers who are completely new to Belly dance
Belly dance students looking to deepen their knowledge of the basics

Belly Dance for beginners

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Course content

How to stand in dance posture1 lecture • 5min

Movement Fundamentals Library8 lectures • 1hr 6min

Warm up3 lectures • 1hr 5min

Drill the movements5 lectures • 1hr 44min

Cool Down1 lecture • 51min

Beyond the Basics: adding more movements8 lectures • 1hr 45min

Drill the movements 24 lectures • 2hr 8min

Requirements

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