Hip Placement in Belly Dancing

Part of the Video Series How to Belly Dance

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Learn where to place the hip for belly dancing in this free video dance lesson.

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Posted by tifale on Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 at 11:35 PM

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i've seen other video's on belly dance, but this is one of the few that shows me slowly and yet quickly at the same time, so thanks!

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Hip Placement in Belly Dancing
Hi! I am Kerri Hernandez and I am here today on Expert Village to talk to you about belly dancing. This is a hip up in belly dance, stand facing forward, bend your knees slightly, tuck your tail bone under, hold your midsection in and your hands can be like this or like this. You will put the ball of your foot forward and you will bring your hip up. The accent is on the up, it is up two, three, four. So what it is is you take it up fast, slowly lower, fast, slowly lower, it is almost like you are beating a drum up here, okay and try the other side up, two, up four and then down, hip down is the opposite, you slowly raise your hip up and down, up down, up down, up down, up down, same thing on the other side, raise it up, down. You should feel like you are beating a drum. Down, down and that is hip up and hip down.

About the Expert

Expert: Kerri Hernandez is the beginning Egyptian belly dance instructor at Cynergy Dance Company in San Antonio, TX. Read More