Sexy Hips - Belly Dance Drum Solo Choreography, Intermediate

11 drum solo belly dancing combinations that fall into a choreo - breakdown + practice, practice, practice - with Neon

What you'll learn

Learn and practice beautiful intermediate-level belly dance drum solo combinations

Work on speed, ease & grace of your percussive movement

Develop muscle memory for a wide range of belly dancing combinations to use in improvisational dance

Excellent muscle conditioning practice

Requirements

Requires knowledge of basic belly dance percussive moves, such as hip drops, slides, arcs, etc.

Description

Learn a fast-paced and playful classic belly dance drum solo (intermediate level) choreography. Neon teaches it step-by-step, combination by combination. With its sensual, light-footed and flirtatious flair, this dance is perfect for a performance and as a practice piece to work on developing nimble ease of movement and suppleness of percussive hipwork. It includes a wide array of expressive well-resolved combinations linked with clean effortless transitions you can use in the context of many belly dance genres and styles.Neon introduces each move step-by-step and places each one in the context of a dance combination that works just right with intricate maksoum rhythm variations. Practice section features a beat counter, helpful in learning dance rhythm and timing. As you follow Neon while practicing, you can check your timing against the beat counter onscreen to learn the optimal ways of placing accents and transitions.Music: Maksoum Akabir (drum solo) by Amir Naoum ChehadeIf you would like to brush up beginner belly dance moves in the context of a choreography, take a look at our course "You Can Bellydance!"A belly dance drum solo is actually a duet: Together, a dancer and a drummer create a unique piece of performance art. For the belly dancer, the drum solo is a uniquely exciting experience demanding a profound understanding of rhythmic patterns and a wide vocabulary of belly dancing moves and accents, all necessary to enable her to interact at will with the music created by the drummer.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction/Trailer for the mini-course & Choreography Demo/Practice

Lecture 1 Introduction/Trailer for the 11-combination course

Lecture 2 "Sexy Hips" Drum Solo choreography demo/practice run for daily practice

Section 2: 11 Drum Solo combinations breakdown (3 classes) + "Sexy Hips" choreo practice

Lecture 3 Combinations 1-4 + practice

Lecture 4 Combinations 5-8 + practice

Lecture 5 Combinations 9-11 + practice

Belly dancers, intermediate level