Beginners - Week 2

 This week we worked on more technique:

• Circles, including half circles. Remember the glute squeezes to make those half circles more juicy.
• Figure 8s, including the Reverse figure 8. Same as the plain one, just travelling in the opposite direction.
• Hip Drops. Remember to keep the standing hip firm, and not let it "pop" when the dropping hip drops.
• Abdominal Pull in

We used our basic techniques from the first week to do a warm up dance, and the new material in our group dance at the end of the session.

HOME PRACTICE

Practise the Hip Shimmy, see how long you can keep it going. Aim for a couple of minutes, but you might surprise yourself!

Remember, keep the movement small so that you can build up speed more easily, and keep breathing! 

There is a shimmy practice video in the Practice Youtube Playlist.

You can use this music playlist to shimmy along to:

UPDATED TO ADD:

There was some talk in class of trying to arrange a meal out to a Lebanese or Turkish restaurant that has bellydancers. I'm trying to check out what the options are locally. There are two that I've been to before and I think they provide delicious food at a reasonable price - Beit Beirut in Woking and Cappadocia in Walton. I would need to check that they still have bellydancing. If they do, maybe we can arrange an end of term meal out.