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Old 04-14-2007, 10:21 PM   #7
DeborahDances
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I have Jamila's "The Danse Orientale", to me it's written exactly the way a teacher would say it. I can give you an excerpt, here is the description of a basic egyptian, complete with typos:

"BASIC EGYPTIAN
Feet flat, bend your knees, the body leans back and arms are up and forward. With weight on the Left foot bring the Right foot forward on the ball of the foot and pivot the Right hip IN Counterclockwise (ct. 1). Take your foot off the ground and step shifting the weight to your Right foot (ct. 2) bring your left foot forward on the ball of the foot and pivot the Left hip IN Clockwise (ct. 3). Take your foot off the ground and step shifting the weight to your Left foot (ct. 4) bring your Right foot forward on the ball of the foot and pivot your Right hip IN counterclockwise (ct. 1) And repeat: Step one pivot with the Left, Step on the Left pivot with the Right, And step and lift, and step and lift. Step and pivot, step and pivot."

I love this book, it's one of my favorites.
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