
Welcome to Luscious Belly Dance for beginners! In this video we talk about what to expect from the course. Let's get started!
In this video we talk about safety and posture. Please keep these techniques in mind throughout the whole class. We want to dance and stay healthy as long as possible!
In this section we are going to prepare our body for the dance practice.
In this video we will thoroughly work on our arm positioning, posture and gaining joints flexibility.
In this video we practice shoulder rolls and snake arms.
In this video we practice shoulder rolls and snake arms with music.
In this video we go over shoulder shimmies.
In this video we practice shoulder shimmy with music.
In this video we get introduced to horizontal and vertical chest circles.
In this video we practice horizontal chest circles with music.
In this video we get introduced to an upper body camel
In this video we practice upper body camel with music.
In this video we get introduced to belly vacuum exercise.
In this video we learn how to belly roll.
In this video we learn how to do belly locks and pops.
In this video we practice belly locks and pops with music.
This video is to prepare our hips for hip technique exercises.
In this video we are practicing heavy hip technique with music.
In this video we learn large hip circles.
In this video we practice hip circles with music.
In this video we get introduced to Egyptian shimmy.
Learn grounded belly dance technique with an Egyptian shimmy, combining hip work, breathing, and tempo changes. Practice with music to master an uninterrupted shimmy and weight shifts across both legs.
In this video we get introduced to vibration shimmy.
In this video we practice alternating Egyptian and vibration shimmies.
In this video we get introduced to lower body camel
In this video we practice lower body camel with music.
In this video we combine chest and shoulder moves.
In this video we combine upper body camel with travelling steps.
In this video we learn the favorite dance step of all Egyptians.
In this video we learn a fun upper and lower body combination!
In this video we combine heavy hip technique with pelvic circle (omi).
With this video we wrap up the course. Cool down and stretch.
Welcome to the Luscious Belly Dance Technique for Beginners!
If you have never done belly dance before - this course will get you started.
Belly dance truly attracts women from all walks of life. Not only it's a great way to exercise safely, but it also boosts your self-esteem, helps develop musicality & connects you to like-minded people!
This course focuses of the very basic moves of belly dance and consists of three parts:
- Safety & posture, a warmup, and upper body work (including the belly)
- Hip work (lower body work)
- Belly dance combinations
All the belly dance moves can be divided in three categories: staccato-like moves (pops & locks), flowing moves (circles, rolls etc.) and shimmies. We are going to work with all these types of moves, so be patient and repeat the moves as many times as you need until it sinks into your body.
The main Arabic rhythm we are going to use during this course is baladi (masmoudi saghir). You will hear it in most of the training videos.
I have been teaching and performing belly dance around the world for over 12 years (Europe, Asia, Australia) and feel very passionate about passing the love for the dance to others. My students are generally women (and sometimes man) of all ages (the most senior student is 82!) so safety is my main priority.
My goal is to teach you to gain a better control over your body, to loosen up tight chest and hip area, to help you discover hidden abilities of your body through belly dance!
If you have any questions about the course - please, do not hesitate to contact me via DM.
I hope this course helps you fall in love with belly dance like I do every day, when I teach dozens of my students.
Enjoy :)