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Summary: Learn the vertical figure eight belly dancing technique in this free video dance lesson.
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Portia Portia is the Founder, Director, and Chief Instructor of Belly Motions, a belly dance academy in Miami/Coral Gables, Florida. In its first year Belly Motions ... read more
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Questions & AnswersHello again, this is Portia at bellymotions.com. We are going to continue with our last two figure eights. We are going to learn the Maya and the Sway or vertical figure eights. We are going to start in one and a half, which means your right foot up on the toe, left leg bend. I want you to lift up your obliques and push your hip out. Lift up with your obliques and push your hip out. Try it now. Lift and push. Lift and push. Now, 1 and 2. Maya reach, reach, out, out, right, left, good, 5, 6, 7 now reverse, bring it in… in… this is for the sway and sway and sway, bring it in, in, last one and release and I will show you from the front Maya, 1 and 2, 1 and 2, isolate these muscles, contract and push, let us reverse, 4, 3, 2 and release.
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