VIDEO CLIPS TO HELP WITH SHIMMIES

I HAVE FOUND THROUGH EHOW VIDEO SET ON SHIMMIES, HOW TO DO BASIC SHIMMY , CHOO-CHOO SHIMMY,AND EVERY OTHER SHIMMY WITH MOVES, WHICH STARTS BREAKING DOWN LAYERING ALL SORTS OF BASIC MOVES WITH SHIMMY LAYERED TOGETHER. IN CLASSES, WE DO A LOT OF EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN THOSE QUADRICEPS(LARGE THIGH MUSCLES, PLIES, ARE GREAT FOR BUILDING LARGE MUSCLES OF REAR,NAMED GLUTEUS MAXIMUS. THEY MUST BE STRONG TO DO A LOT OF DANCE MOVES IN BELLYDANCE. THERE IS AN ENTIRE SET OF VIDEOS I WILL LIST, WHICH ILLUSTRATE SHIMMIES. PRACTICE THESE ON A DAILY BASIS. THE HIP SHOULD BE VISIBLY MOVING UP AND DOWN. SLOW AND FAST, THIS IS AWKWARD AT FIRST, BUT YOUR KNEES REMAIN SOFT, NOT RIGID, DEPENDING ON SPEED OR BEAT OF SONGS USED,YOU KEEP THE TIME TO MUSIC WITH THE SHIMMY. WHEN LAYERING THIS ON A HIP FIGURE EIGHT OR WITH ARM MOVEMENTS,ETC., YOU WILL NEED TO CONTINUE STEADY SHIMMY ALONG WITH ADDED MOVES. HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT SHIMMIES.  THIS SERIES HAS REALLY HELPED ME TO DO A HIP CIRCLE OR ARM MOVES, WHILE MAINTAINING A REGULAR SHIMMY. PRACTICE EVERY CHANCE YOU GET. IF YOU USE A VIDEO, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO MUSIC AND HOW TEACHER COUNTS BEATS, THIS WILL GIVE YOU BEAT WHERE ARMS WILL BE IN TIME WITH COUNT OR RHYTHM OF SONG YOU ARE DANCING TO. SOME OF THE EHOW VIDEOS MAY STILL BE LISTED ON UTUBE AS EXPERT VILLAGE. THEY ARE GREAT RESOURCES ON UTUBE. JUST TYPE IN BELLYDANCE OR BE SPECIFIC ON EGYPTIAN, TRIBAL, OR PREFERRED STYLE AND SPECIFIC MOVES YOU DESIRE AND START YOUR OWN VIDEO LIBRARY.I HAVE STARTED INCORPORATING ZILLS IN MY INTERMEDIATE CLASS. I WANTED TO LEARN ZILLS(FINGER CYMBALS), WHILE I AM LEARNING OTHER MOVES, TO MAKE IT EASIER TO COUNT THE DRUM RHYTHMN BEING PLAYED. ANASAYU HAS GREAT DVD ON PLAYING ZILLS AND BEATS OF THE DUMDEC DRUM. I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GREAT INSTRUCTOR, WHO HAS TAUGHT ME THOSE THINGS THE DVD IS NOT ABLE TO HELP WITH., EX. BODY POSTURE AND LEARNING THE CHOREOGRAPHY AND CORRECT BODY POSITIONS.HERE ARE SOME GREAT RESOURCES.

EXERCISE AND MUSCLE GROUPS TO STRENGTHEN FOR DANCE

I FOUND SOME GREAT EXERCISES TO SHARE,THEY REALLY STRENGTHEN THAT HARD TO PINPOINT MUSCLES OF INNER THIGHS,EXPERT VILLAGE HAS A LOT OF DANCE VIDEOS TO HELP YOU ON YOUR DANCEQUEST, WHETHER IT BE MIDDLE-EASTERN OR BALLET, TAP OR JUST HAVIN FUN DANCING. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THEIR COLLECTIONS.THEY ARE POSTED, WITH LINKS ON PREVIOUS POST-PAGE. I FOUND ,ALSO, THAT WHEN PERFORMING CERTAIN MOVES, THAT THERE IS THE MUSCLE GROUPS CLOSE TO ILLIUM, WHICH UNTIL DEVELOPED, MAKE THOSE MOVES AWKWARD. DANCE ADVANTAGE HAS AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON THE ILLEOPSIS, WHICH EVEN FOR A RETIRED NURSE, WAS GOOD TO REVIEW. THIS IS A BALLET BLOG, BUT HAS A WORLD OF GREAT INFO TO IMPROVE YOUR ENTIRE BODY,ARMS,HANDS,HEAD TO TOE. SO STOP BY THERE AND ENLIGHTEN YOURSELF WITH IMPORTANT FACTS TO FACILITATE INJURY PREVENTION. MUSCLES ARE AMAZING TO ME, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CELLS WITH MEMORY, AND UNLIKE YOUR BONE STRUCTURE, THE MUSCLES CAN BE MOLDED, LIKE CLAY. YOU MUST STRETCH,AND WARMUP PROPERLY, AND WORK OPPOSING GROUPS AS WELL. UNEVEN BUILDING OF MUSCLE IS NOT ONLY LESS ATTRACTIVE, BUT PREDISPOSES THE ATHLETE TO INJURY. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY, AND NEVER FORGET TO BREATHE IN THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU SHOULD. I LIKE YOGA FOR LEARNING HOW/WHEN OF USING THE BREATHE TO EXERCISE WITH OXYGEN(AEROBIC).HAPPY NEW YEAR,KEEP ON DANCING. ALLOWING YOURSELF TO WORK AT YOUR PACE OR LEVEL. DANCING IS VERY DRAINING AT FIRST,I GO TO CLASS 3X/WEEK, AND THE FIRST MONTH I HAD TO REST MORE BETWEEN DANCE CLASSES. NOW, I DANCE AND CROSS-TRAIN MORE OFTEN. SO DON'T GIVE UP, UNLESS DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES. YOU WON'T REGRET IT, AT ANY AGE,GYPSY INGRAM-STOW.