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.
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