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Summary: Practice belly dancing pelvic drop with different tempos. Learn drills to improve your belly dancing moves in this free belly dance lesson from a professional belly dancing performer and instructor.
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Karen Sun Ray Coletti Karen Sun Ray Coletti began belly dancing in 1976 and has focused on dance styles from around the world from the time she was a little girl. Coletti has perfo... read more
Now that you've learned the mechanics of the hip, the pelvic drop and tuck, we're going to drill it and we're going to do it at different tempos and also accent it on the down and on the up. Let's begin by having the feet slightly apart, the knees are going to be soft, make sure the feet stay parallel to each other and close together. So bend those knees a little bit, bring that belly button in; lift your chest and we're going to accent on the down. Go 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, 1 2 3 4 and a little bit faster; 1 and 2, and 3; and 4, and 5; and 6, and 7; and 8, and 1; and 2, and 3; and 4, and 5; and 6, and 7; and 8. Now let's accent on that up; so we'll go up 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; and 1, and 2; and 3, and 4; and 5, and 6; and 7, and 8. Be sure to keep your chest lifted, keep your shoulders still; get all the action right here. Make sure those abs are engaged the whole time.