Thread: Something alittle more serious by a student

some will follow what the title implies...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMMme6HoeEI]YouTube - Baladi Belly Dance to Jillina Tahtil Shibbak[/ame]

I want to see in your face that it's deep in your hips where your focus is when dancing to that song - not in the clouds
Engage your pelvic floor + lower abs more, feel the weight of your hips really dragging you down to the ground, it's the mighty center of gravity in this earthy song.

think of Dina...she sometimes looks like she's drowning, like her heavy hips pull her underwater and she waves goodbye to the world with her arms.....l;,

I'm not the expert really, but this song is full of underlying passion, and all who've interpreted well (have a look at Ranya Renée's clip) they have amazingly expressive hips and expressive hips come from what I described above.

keep up the practise, you're doing well!

do you know the lyrics? I'm sure you can find them on shira.net

I enjoyed that - Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by Nouria

do you know the lyrics? I'm sure you can find them on shira.net

yep i understand the song. there's a thread somewhere on here on the song too!

Originally Posted by Nouria

I want to see in your face that it's deep in your hips where your focus is when dancing to that song - not in the clouds
Engage your pelvic floor + lower abs more, feel the weight of your hips really dragging you down to the ground, it's the mighty center of gravity in this earthy song.

think of Dina...she sometimes looks like she's drowning, like her heavy hips pull her underwater and she waves goodbye to the world with her arms.....l;,

I'm not the expert really, but this song is full of underlying passion, and all who've interpreted well (have a look at Ranya Renée's clip) they have amazingly expressive hips and expressive hips come from what I described above.

keep up the practise, you're doing well!

sure!

Originally Posted by Lesgemini_Zafirah

I enjoyed that - Thanks for sharing!

thankyou! x

Originally Posted by Nouria

I want to see in your face that it's deep in your hips where your focus is when dancing to that song - not in the clouds
Engage your pelvic floor + lower abs more, feel the weight of your hips really dragging you down to the ground, it's the mighty center of gravity in this earthy song.

think of Dina...she sometimes looks like she's drowning, like her heavy hips pull her underwater and she waves goodbye to the world with her arms.....l;,

I'm not the expert really, but this song is full of underlying passion, and all who've interpreted well (have a look at Ranya Renée's clip) they have amazingly expressive hips and expressive hips come from what I described above.

keep up the practise, you're doing well!

Nouria,

I wanted to acknowledge that your statement of in the hips and not the face got something to "click" into place for me. I'm also working with some beladi pieces and I wasn't quite getting the feel that I wanted. Really sunk down into the hips (I tend to be a floaty airy dancer) and BAM!! Thank You!..g.:

ababalond - thank you for sharing your progress :D

Very nice, thank you for sharing!

Nilaja

This could have gone here!

Originally Posted by NancyAsiya

Nouria,

I wanted to acknowledge that your statement of in the hips and not the face got something to "click" into place for me. I'm also working with some beladi pieces and I wasn't quite getting the feel that I wanted. Really sunk down into the hips (I tend to be a floaty airy dancer) and BAM!! Thank You!..g.:

Thank you very much. I owe this to my teacher Yaminah. Like I saw this before, too, but through her I understood it.

One of the most effective excercises for me is still the big hip-circle, on flat feet. When pulling back, I have to use all my strength with pelvic floor and lower abs to pull it as much back and in as I can, which makes the back long and also strengthens the place beneath the shoulderblades. On the balls of feet it's also great.

Originally Posted by beafarhana

This could have gone here!

oh wow thanks for that bea, bit late now though! :(

NOt at all, the bhuz projects are ongoing...

You are showing great progress. Congratulations.

Arms are better. Good job. But be careful when you are doing arm paths that the arms and hands don't look like, "Oh, look at my beautiful body." Which I am sure was not your intention, but that is how it appears during some of the arm work in the beginning.

I agree with Noura about becoming more earthy with the hip movements. Baladi is really supposed to be heavy hipped. By the same token - and keep in mind that I am a former bun head - just because baladi is more relaxed, doesn't mean that Upper Egypt can be neglected. In other words, keep an eye on you shoulders and chest. You started out strong, then got a little sloppy, allowing the shoulders to roll forward and your chest to sink in a little.

The last thing: Please don't buy Chinese made costuming pieces. They don't last, they aren't that much cheaper than Egyptian, and by buying Egyptian (or Turkish, etc.) you help support the cradle of this art.

{{{HUGS}}}

I think a great challenge for you would be to try this to live music, if available. Not that you are doing this necessarily, but the live music tends to keep you ("you"-in general) out of your head and more in your body, in the moment.

Whatever technique and dance knowledge you have in your muscle memory will come out more naturally and free-flowing, without conscious thought and bring you to a deeper, more physical space.

Originally Posted by tahiradancer

You are showing great progress. Congratulations.

Arms are better. Good job. But be careful when you are doing arm paths that the arms and hands don't look like, "Oh, look at my beautiful body." Which I am sure was not your intention, but that is how it appears during some of the arm work in the beginning.

I agree with Noura about becoming more earthy with the hip movements. Baladi is really supposed to be heavy hipped. By the same token - and keep in mind that I am a former bun head - just because baladi is more relaxed, doesn't mean that Upper Egypt can be neglected. In other words, keep an eye on you shoulders and chest. You started out strong, then got a little sloppy, allowing the shoulders to roll forward and your chest to sink in a little.

The last thing: Please don't buy Chinese made costuming pieces. They don't last, they aren't that much cheaper than Egyptian, and by buying Egyptian (or Turkish, etc.) you help support the cradle of this art.

{{{HUGS}}}

duly noted! cheers!

Originally Posted by Azhia

I think a great challenge for you would be to try this to live music, if available. Not that you are doing this necessarily, but the live music tends to keep you ("you"-in general) out of your head and more in your body, in the moment.

Whatever technique and dance knowledge you have in your muscle memory will come out more naturally and free-flowing, without conscious thought and bring you to a deeper, more physical space.

okey dokey..!

OMG I think I have a little bellydance crush on you!

Very nice. You're really getting that nice gooeyness and your opening taxim was languid and nice.

I love watching your progress, I can really see how you integrate the feedback from previous posts each time.

I liked this much more than the Lady Gaga piece. It may be personal preference but I feel like you show through much more here then in that one! Thank you for sharing, it takes guts! (so says one that has not posted a clip yet!)

Originally Posted by Lauren_

Very nice. You're really getting that nice gooeyness and your opening taxim was languid and nice.

I love watching your progress, I can really see how you integrate the feedback from previous posts each time.

cheers me dear! I'm trying, after some 1-2-1 with a local hilal trained teacher, i'm starting taking with a master teacher who dances professionally, who's from Egypt. so I'm really looking foward to that!

Originally Posted by Linnyg

I liked this much more than the Lady Gaga piece. It may be personal preference but I feel like you show through much more here then in that one! Thank you for sharing, it takes guts! (so says one that has not posted a clip yet!)

i lllooovvveee this song, sooo much! i've four versions of it, and always come back to them in my practices, when i've picked new things.

Originally Posted by gretchendances

OMG I think I have a little bellydance crush on you!

awe gee thanks, thats made me smile!