Learn to belly dance online with free belly dance moves below. Belly dancing has many different styles depending on the region it originated from. Some of the most popular styles include tribal belly dance, arabic belly dance, egyptian belly dance and turkish belly dancing. The following belly dance videos will give you a good foundation no matter what style you do.
How to Belly dance – Beginner level:
Belly dance Mini-Series #1– These 3 videos will give you a great introduction to the most basic Belly dance moves. The videos will cover the following moves: Large hip circles, Chest lifts and Hip drops. The teacher breaks down all the important details to help you get these moves right away.
Belly dance Mini-Series #2– These 3 belly dance videos will give you a great introduction to the most basic Belly dancing moves. The videos will cover the following moves: Step & Bump, Lower body shimmy and Shoulder shimmy. The teacher breaks down all the important details to help you get these moves right away.
Belly dancing Posture & Technique– In this video you will learn how to use your feet, legs and upper torso in order to prepare the body for belly dancing. You will also learn the correct posture.
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Movements found in belly dance
Many of the Belly dance figures could be found in one of the following categories:
Staccato movements – These are movements are made to accentuate the music’s beats and rhythm. Most of the time these are sharp and quick movements such as hip drops, hip rocks, hip circles, shoulder drops and ribcage isolations. It is important to understand that to achieve this you must strong pressure into the floor and use the correct footwork.
Fluid movements – These movements are meant to express the “mood” or the melodic part of the music. These tend to be lines that can be held in a pose or stretched out for numerous counts. There is a strong usage of the “center” and abs to create these movements. Most common figures that would fall into this section would be: 8-figure hip circles, slow abdomen lifts, arm lines, head tilts and various body shapes.
Shimmies and shivers/shakes – These tend to be hip or shoulder oriented movements. Very similar to the staccato movements, except these are mainly done in the form of shimmies. In order to these correctly you must have an understanding of your “center” and at the same time find the “freedom” in your body to shimmie or shake. There are fast hip and leg shimmies, twisting hip and shoulder shimmies, bend to straighten leg shimmies and whole body vibrations.
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