Homework Saturday 27 March

Hi folks

Hope 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.

Djamila - Saidi

Fun Troupe drum solo - RaksPro

Saturday 12 March

This week we worked more deeply in sekkat and Q& A interpretation.
We worked extensively on hands and percussive movements
We 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 semicircles
• Shoulder shimmy
• Shimmy
• Hip lift, hip drop
• Side hip locks
• Up and down hip locks
• Hip with kick
• Chest locks, lifts and drops

Stretches
• Calf stretch sequence
• Quadriceps stretch
• Pirifomis stretch
• IT band stretch

New moves:
• Souhair Zaki Hips
• Hip drop variations
• Horizontal 8s and Jewels

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