Belly Dance Moves
 

The basic posture for Belly Dance is:

Feet are hip width apart

Knees are slightly bent

Pelvis is slightly tilted forward

Chest is raised and open

Shoulders relaxed and down

Head held high and balanced

Arms held shoulder height, with elbows slightly bent

This may sound complicated, but to becomes easy with practice. It is basically a ‘grounded' position, such as is used in yoga, Tai Chi or marshal arts.

 

Belly Dance Moves

Some of the beginner and intermediate level moves that you will learn during classes are listed below.
Note the list here is sequenced by body part which is not necessarily in the same as the order in which the moves are taught.


A comprehensive listing of Belly Dance moves is under development COMING SOON!

HEAD

Head slides (side-side, forward-back)
Head diamond
Head circle

 

GENERAL ARM/HAND MOVEMENTS

Snake arms
Classic arms
Broken arms
Wrist circles
Hand figure 8
Hand undulation
Egyptian (Pharonic) positions
Turkish arms
Lotus hands

RIBS

Rib cage slide (side to side, front to back)
Rib cage lift/drop
Rib cage diamond
Rib cage circles (horizontal, vertical, tilted)
Ribcage Figure 8s (forwards, backwards, vertical)

SHOULDERS

Shoulder roll
Shoulder push/pull
Shoulder shimmy (Shoulder shimmy walking,
;Shoulder shimmy combined with Three Step Turn with touch)

ABDOMEN/BODY MOVES

Belly Roll
Belly Flutter
Undulation
Body Wave
Camel
Grapevine (with and without arms)
Three Step Turn (with touch)
Paddle Turn

HIPS

Hip slide
Hip pivots (forward, sideway, backward, in circles)
Hip lifts/drops/twists
Hip circles (large, small, one-hip, vertical, flat, tilted, turning)
Figure 8 (forwards, backwards, over and under)
Pelvic (circles, tuck/drop)
Shimmies (side-to-side, twist, choo-choo, walking, figure eights, circles)

     
 
Belly Dancing in Rockhampton, Yeppoon, Mount Morgan and Districts
•14 Gillespie Street • Rockhampton • QLD 4700
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