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"Wonderful Hips"
Concentrates on more hip techniques.
More ways of warming up and getting flexible.
Continuing on with "Hear and feel the Music"
Highlighting an Artistic and Refined approach to belly dance.
Improving posture.
HIP ARCS are created from flexible hip lifts - following on from "hip lifts alternating" (Volume 7)
You learn to roll forward and roll backwards with your hips to create an arc like movement.
HIP DROPS - dancing and practicing in 2 - 4 & 8 rhythm counts with smooth and flowing changes. Fundamental arm techniques are refined to co ordinate with hip movements.
Learn to drop through your hips & not through your knees. Think of the knees as only holding you up.
EGYPTIAN VERTICAL FIGURE EIGHTS -
Over Eight - often referred to as "Maya".
Under Eights - often referred to as "Sway".
The vertical figure eights are a challenge. Once mastered Maya and Sway will set your hips free to tackle many of the Egyptian intricate hip techniques. There is ample practice time to varied music and combinations.
HIP DROPS DESCENDING in ¾ rhythm or timing. With or without arms.
Learning to drop the hip descending as if going down stairs.
POSTURE
Learning ways to improve your posture to an intermediate/ advanced level.
Teach your mind and body to remember this formation automatically.
SHOULDER SHIMMIES - following on from Volume 7
Learning to shimmy with one shoulder only. This develops into a cheeky and fun practice dance. Alternating from one shoulder dancing alternating to hip twist. Then combining the shoulder shimmies and hip twist together.
STEPS & TURNS - continuing on from Volume 6 and 7
This is a joyful practice dance. There are many ways of joining hip techniques with steps and turns. We are developing simple steps into more complex ones. Including walk the eight, three quarter timing, walking with hip rotation,
travelling with hip twist, Cross over to change direction, Centre Steps (Arabic) converted into Grapevine and
travelling with Lower Undulations.
GETTING FLEXIBLE with some warm up movements.
COMPLETED DANCES
1 - A Choreographed fun dance, performed by Renee's students, for solo or Duet, illustrating most of the techniques taught, at a simple intermediate level.
2 - One solo performance by Renee, danced in free style, highlighting more complex hip techniques with elegant arm and hands. Making it come together with artistry and balance.
Hear and Feel the Music.
Renee's Special
WORKSHOP
The workshop, at the end of the DVD, highlights two Egyptian vertical figure eights, Mayer and Sway.
This workshop also lets you nix and alternate the vertical figure eights with other hip techniques, including more complex elegant arm techniques.
PRACTICE DANCES
All new techniques have ample practice time, utilizing rhythm and beat.
Please Note - VOLUME NINE has no spoken instructions. New techniques are broken down. However all new techniques are layered or comprised from basic movements learned from volumes 1 to 8. Instructions are easy to follow with the eye. New techniques also have visual drawn instructions to show the directions of hip movements. Techniques are shown very clearly from from 3 angles, front, back and sides.
VOLUME 9 "WONDERFUL HIPS' is also suitable for students who go to class and want to practice or learns something extra.
This DVD is not suitable for the NOVICE BEGINNER, could be useful for BEYOND BEGINNERS,
Certainty for INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.
Also suitable for some ADVANCED STUDENTS that need more practice or catch up on
elegance, better posture, better arms and learning to feel the music.
Contains
CHOREOGRAPHY for DUETS or SOLO performances as well as freestyle INTERPRETATION
Useful for
TEACHERS furthering their education.
Duration 78 minutes.
Excellent quality.
Also view pink heart TIPS.
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Easy to learn, step by step
Volume 9 - Wonderful Hips is a new addition for 2008. Volume 9 marks the start of the new series for intermediates and for teachers education. Breaking down Intermediate Level techniques.
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