Basic Steps & Movements...
Radhiya's Middle Eastern & North African Dance, Inc.
| Beginning Basic Steps "Classical Egyptian" *While practicing all movements in a mirror and be sure to be in your proper dance posture! It takes time to learn the right posture, and your basic steps, Don't Rush! Learning them correct is so important and you can NEVER practice your basic too much. (Dance Posture is knees slightly bent, pelvic area tucked, rib cage lifted & arms up and out, with a slight curve.) Head slides, Head circles Shoulder Shimmies Backbends Snake Arms, Bird Arms Classical Arms Wrist Circles, Wrist Wrap Turkish Arm Pose, Egyptian Arm Pose Offering Hands Waving Hands, Hand Ripples Arm Sways(in figure 8 pattern) Rib Cage Slides, Circles, Ups, Downs Hip Drops, Lifts, Circles, Twists Hip Drop w/kick Belly Rolls, Forward, Backward Upper & Lower Body Undulations Figure 8's, Forward, Backwards, Ups, Downs Basic Shimmy, 3/4 Shimmy, Side to Side Vibrations Arabic 1, 2 Pivots, & Turns Shuffle Step Basic Egyptian Step Dancer's Walk |
| Practicing your basic steps will help you to learn the art of Middle Eastern Dance. Doing them in combinations of 8's will help build muscle memory. And from your muscle memory they get easier with time. Basic steps are the beginning for easy practice routines. Once you have mastered the basics you will "Dance Like Nobody's Watching". |
Intermediate Steps:
These steps are for those who have mastered the "basics" &
want to move on to the next level. That will also include art of
layering the movements.
Airplane Turn (veil)
Arabesque
Arabic 3,4
Backwards Crescent
Balancing Sword on head
Basic Turn (veil)
Bouncing Hip Circle
Butterfly Turn (veil)
Descent to the floor
Duckwalk
Envelope Turn (Veil)
Eyebrow Lifts
Forward & Back Shimmy
Forward & Back Hip Lift
Flutter (veil)
Grapevine
Hip Drop w/kick
Jump Shimmy
Karslimar
Maya
Peeking Out (veil)
Pearl Step
Phony Step
Running Shimmy/Chinese Shimmy
Sail Turn (veil)
Samiha
Step, Ball, Change
3 Step Turn
Tunisian Hips
Turkish Shimmy
Ummies
Walking Hip Circle
Windmill (veil)
*more to be added.....
These steps are for those who have mastered the "basics" &
want to move on to the next level. That will also include art of
layering the movements.
Airplane Turn (veil)
Arabesque
Arabic 3,4
Backwards Crescent
Balancing Sword on head
Basic Turn (veil)
Bouncing Hip Circle
Butterfly Turn (veil)
Descent to the floor
Duckwalk
Envelope Turn (Veil)
Eyebrow Lifts
Forward & Back Shimmy
Forward & Back Hip Lift
Flutter (veil)
Grapevine
Hip Drop w/kick
Jump Shimmy
Karslimar
Maya
Peeking Out (veil)
Pearl Step
Phony Step
Running Shimmy/Chinese Shimmy
Sail Turn (veil)
Samiha
Step, Ball, Change
3 Step Turn
Tunisian Hips
Turkish Shimmy
Ummies
Walking Hip Circle
Windmill (veil)
*more to be added.....
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Tribal Steps:
This style of dance is very unique, it is usually done with
a group of dancers. It has various floor placements &
formations. There will be a dance leader; it can alternate
from dancer to dancer or remain the same. It works on a
follow the leader principle. What makes the dance look
so beautiful is the uniform disciplined movements of the
dancers.
Most of the movements come from basic "belly dance"
with the exception of moves that are just seen in Tribal
dances. Tribal style a combination of moves from all
forms of belly dance.
Some of the Tribal Steps are:
Amaya's Box
Arabic Basic
Arabic Walk w/Hip Sway
Backbends
Basic Ghawazee
Basic Tribal Egyptian Walk
Basic Tribal Shimmy
Belly Roll
Berber Knee Walk
Camel 1
Camel Mount
Carolyn's Walk
Choo's
Circle
Corkscrew Turn
Crescent Hips
Flutters
Forward, Forward, drop~drop~drop
Ghawazee 3
Gypsy Bumps
Headslides, Headcircles
Hip Offering
Hip Twists
Moroccan HIp Hop
Pestle w/Half Turn
Propeller Turn
Reach & Sit
Reverse Taxeem
Shoulder Shimmy
Torso Rotations
Tribal Arm Positions
Tribal Shimmy
Turkish Shimmy
Up, Up, Circle, Sit
*To be continued..............
This style of dance is very unique, it is usually done with
a group of dancers. It has various floor placements &
formations. There will be a dance leader; it can alternate
from dancer to dancer or remain the same. It works on a
follow the leader principle. What makes the dance look
so beautiful is the uniform disciplined movements of the
dancers.
Most of the movements come from basic "belly dance"
with the exception of moves that are just seen in Tribal
dances. Tribal style a combination of moves from all
forms of belly dance.
Some of the Tribal Steps are:
Amaya's Box
Arabic Basic
Arabic Walk w/Hip Sway
Backbends
Basic Ghawazee
Basic Tribal Egyptian Walk
Basic Tribal Shimmy
Belly Roll
Berber Knee Walk
Camel 1
Camel Mount
Carolyn's Walk
Choo's
Circle
Corkscrew Turn
Crescent Hips
Flutters
Forward, Forward, drop~drop~drop
Ghawazee 3
Gypsy Bumps
Headslides, Headcircles
Hip Offering
Hip Twists
Moroccan HIp Hop
Pestle w/Half Turn
Propeller Turn
Reach & Sit
Reverse Taxeem
Shoulder Shimmy
Torso Rotations
Tribal Arm Positions
Tribal Shimmy
Turkish Shimmy
Up, Up, Circle, Sit
*To be continued..............
| By using the floor patterns listed below you will make your dance presentation more interesting to the audience. Try these: Forward, Backward, Left, Right Circling, Boxed, Triangle Figure 8 Back facing your audience Various levels(standing flat, on toes, basic position & on the floor) |