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New Term starts 27 August - see Souhair.com

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Sigh. I’m getting tired of getting so may scam emails from ‘foreigners wanting dance classes’. I’ve been getting two or three a week recently. How to spot a scam Someone out of the blue emails asking for a place for some dancing classes. Usually for a group, usually for a month worth of classes of 4-5 hours per day. Usually there is some bizarre story about how they have to prepare for a

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Kismetisms emporium of the old: "Egyptian Ella": "This video which I share with you is from the weekend just gone. It is of my teacher Azura dancing to the Cairo Club Orchestra 's 'Egypt..."

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Things to practice this week:Posture and alignment.Drills from previous weeks.Hand floreosBody wavesShimmy drills: Part 1: Begin with single-time, relaxed/soft shimmies using modern Egyptian knee driven technique. Increase to double-time. Part 2: Progress to a loose jelly like wobble. These are shimmies in which your knees are working double-time, but your quads, gluts, and torso are relaxed and

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Beginner Hip Opening Vinyasa flow: (Use commonsense and good body awareness and work within your limits)If you are an experienced yogini you might enjoy the following clips: (not suitable for beginners -use commonsense and good body awareness and work within your limits):

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One of my all time favourite master instructors is Kit Laughlin who has an excellent series of DVDs and books. Kit's websiteHe's also got some useful clips on youtube.

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Here are some great drills for improving your ability to do the flamenco inspired hands of tribal fusion dance:

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Sonya's Veil

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Homework for this week:Floreo handsChest CirclesHip CirclesOmmisMayasBody wavesSnake armsSetanu TurnsBolero walkTango stepBody snapsR lift hip up down up, L hip up down with ball change.Try the song PINK PANTHER as a maya drill song. Play with expression and timing!Try some shimmy drills to I WANNA SEE YOU BELLYDANCE and HANNA DRUMZILLZIA

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Silvia and Sahira at 3rd Coast Tribal 2011Urban Gypsy 3rd Coast Tribal 2011

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Homework for this week:Chest CirclesHip CirclesOmmisMayasBody wavesSnake armsSetanu TurnsBolero walkTango stepBody snapsR lift hip up down up, L hip up down with ball change.Drills:Try the song Percumania as a shimmy drill song. Try to drill your standard egyptian shimmy for the whole 8 minutes! Try the Pink Panther for drilling your mayas! Lots of texture and variation possible!Listen to the

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Egyptian Ella Bad Girls Go to Hell Souhair's Tabla Percumania Pink Panther

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Zikrayati ذكرياتي + Hassan ya Khouli حسن يا خولي from Amber Hansen on Vimeo.

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Hi FolksPractice the basics from last weeks list.New things to practice:Hip DropsBelly Dancing Hip Lifts & Drops | eHow.comBelly Dancing Drill: Hip Lift Drop | eHow.comStomach PopStomach LocksExtension work:Shimmy LayeringMayas with 3/4

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Beats Antique are offering a free download of their Album Collide.

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This term we have a very eclectic mix. Some tribal, some old school!Arabian Spices - DJ Kambo - Arabian Spices Sahirrnee (Bewitched) - George Abdo - The Magic of Belly Dancing Hanna Drumzilzia - Eddie The Sheik Kochak- Strictly Belly Dancing Volume 5 Percumania - Body Shock - The Bellydance Project Wanna See You Bellydance -The Red Elvises - I Wanna See You Belly Dance Chicky - Oojami -

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Happy World Bellydance Day!!!Remember to start your practice session with at least a 5 minute whole body warm up.Start with walking and traveling steps and then progress to limbering and warming up the major muscle groups from head to toe. Work progressively, starting out slowly and gently and then gradually increasing intensity. When you are warm then you can begin to drill the moves that we

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It is really important to understand the lyrics of the music that you dance to. Not only does it prevent offending your audience, or embarrassing yourself, but it increases the emotional depth of your dancing. There are now some great internet sites which have the lyrics of songs written in Arabic, transliterated and translated. Some even have video clips too.Some of my favorites include:

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The delightful Modi of Lebanon who I had the pleasure of taking a couple of classes with a few years ago. He is a master teacher who is renowned for his energy - as you can see from the following clips.

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Great Choreography DVD - Highly Recommended!Have a look at youtube - there are a number of interpretations of the choreography around. For example:

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Things to practice this week:[R = right; L= left]Horizontal Egyptian hip circles - small, large (keep abs and pelvic floor engaged)Chest circles - small largeSetanu turnOmi hip circle - tilting or polynesian/african hip circle (engage pelvic floor, don't crunch into lower back!)Lotus hands sequence - Draw hands down, offer right (look R), offer left (look LO), cross wrists (start left in front)

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A clip from the Golden Age Egyptian film “ Ana Al Dacteur” (“I’m A Doctor”) released in 1953.The dancer is Nawal El Saghera - very baladi. The four Mazin sisters (Banat Mazin - Ghawazee) are also featured. You can also see male dancers performing tahtib. The sInger is Fatma Serhan. Known as “The Queen Of Balady”, she still performs with contemporary dancers such as Dina.

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This week we worked more deeply on improvisation and interpretation - particularly stage presence. • Arm paths• Abdominal locks and pops & Belly rolls• Figure 8 – horizontal, vertical and maya• Upper body slides• Shoulder rolls • Hip slides• Hip circles and semicircles• Shoulder shimmy• Shimmy• Hip lift, hip drop• Side hip locks• Up and down hip locks• Hip with kick• Chest locks, lifts and drops•

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ENTER LIKE YOU MEAN ITEven if you don't yet feel confident enter like a star. Enter boldly. Claim your dance space. Pause. Greet your audience. Allow them time to appreciate you. You have one chance to make a first impression. It will take approximately 30 seconds for your audience to make up their minds about you. Inexperienced performers often inadvertently send out the message that they

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Hi folksHope that you had a great week! Hope everyone who was sick feels better now. Continue on with with practicing the steps in the last classes' homework list. Improvisation skills:Check out the Taktaba video podcast on itunes or from Nadira's website. Three great free video classes on improvisation. Her DVDs are fantastic too!Don't forget that next week is the last class.

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This week we worked more deeply in sekkat and Q& A interpretation. We worked extensively on hands and percussive movementsWe did some more core strength work and some hip stabilization work.We looked at light and shade in taqasim.Beginners• Arm paths• Abdominal locks and pops & Belly rolls• Figure 8 – horizontal, vertical and maya• Upper body slides• Shoulder rolls • Hip slides• Hip circles and

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This week we worked more deeply in taqsim interpretation and sekkat and Q& A interpretation. We worked extensively on shimmies and accents.We did some core strength work and some hip stabilization work.Beginners• Arm paths• Abdominal locks and pops & Belly rolls• Figure 8 – horizontal, vertical and maya• Upper body slides• Shoulder rolls • Hip slides• Hip circles and semicircles• Shoulder shimmy

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I'm so excited!!! Ranya Renee's LONG awaited taqsim DVD is now shipping. I am really looking forward to this one! Her Baladi DVD is one of my all time favourite technique DVDs.Ranya's shop

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This week we worked more deeply in taqsim interpretation and sekkat and Q& A interpretation. We worked extensively on shimmies and accents.We did some core strength work and some hip stabilization work.Beginners• Circles and semicircles• Arm paths• Belly rolls• Figure 8 – horizontal, vertical and maya• Upper body• Chest and ribcage movements Shoulder rolls • Hip slides• Hip circles• Shoulder

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Fun Modern Baladi

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Spontaneous Modern Baladi with Randa and Tito

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Accordeon Solo 2

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Homework for my Saturday Class on Raqs Baladi• Listen to music.• Watch taqsim and baladi clips on blog.• Posture: Practice your posture all through your daily activities. Take moments out to see how tall you can become. Think about lifting your ribcage with a each inhale and pulling in your core with each exhale, keeping your shoulders relaxed. Think about what direction your pelvic triangle

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Souhair Zaki was famous for her baladi performances. She often used them as the second number in her set after the mergence or entrance.Souhair Zaki dances to Hassan Ya KhouliSouhair dances a baladi taqsim (c 1::20 into show).Taqsim starts about 42 second into the clip:The very famous song Shik Shak Skok has a taqsim in the middle:There are a couple of nice articles on baladi by two teachers I

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Music we are using in class: Taxim Beledi (Improvisation) Yousry Sharif - Wash Ya Wash Vol 1 - This is the piece of music that we will look at in depth. Unfortunately the CD has been recently removed from itunes. It is available in mp3 format from Maqam - Wash Ya Wash Vol 1 (Track 10) I highly recommend this whole album! One of the most useful ones you will buy.Baladi Taxsim - Yousry

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Yesterday I was privileged to start a new term of dance classes with a very talented group of women - some new dancers, some returning students and some old troupe mates. I had a blast teaching them - a class full of people who rhythm and have an intuitive understanding of the music is a rare and beautiful thing.Homework for this week:Everyone:• Listen to music.• Watch taqsim and baladi clips

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Looking for a fun addition to your daily drilling? Check out Mahin's Daily Bellydance Quickies! She's got hips!Here is an example:

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I'm sitting here thinking of my friends who live and work in Cairo. Even if many of them are physically safe at the moment this political upheaval will likely mean the loss of their livelihood for some time. Times have been very tough and are going to be even tougher. My thoughts go out to all those affected by this crisis, particularly those who have lost loved ones.السلام عليكم As-Salamu

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While I was surfing this morning I noticed that BHUZ has launched a video down load service. (No affiliation, and I've never used them, but there is some great stuff there including an old favorite - Suzanna Del Vecchio's Precision Motion Workout! I'd be interested to hear any feedback!

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Taksim Balady from "Alwan min Alsharq" by Bassam Ayoub. Time: 2:16 Great music by MaralSong link

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Episode 2 is live!

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And of course my all time favourite:

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The film from which the then Tahia Mohammed got her dance name.

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Project Belly Dance New free web based tv show from Michelle Joyce! Episode one is up now. Don't miss the uncut performances either! Really fun!

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