Lessons
Here, so I don't forget them, are the things we learned in class. I remembered to write the first three down, but I'll have to try to come up with the rest of it later.
Class 1 - Slow Movement: Upward Figure 8 (takseem)
This can be done with floreos (sp?) - hand turns under as it moves to the outside (remember the hourglass, flipping it over) and flips over the top as it moves back to the inside, the downward part of the floreo is done as the righ hip goes out and up, top part with the left hip.This can also be done with snake arms...remember to keep hands from going too low, don't use too much shoulder, right arm goes up as right hip moves upward.
Class 1 - Fast Movement: Half Time Shimmy
This is usually done with arms at shoulder level...I think? Possibly they can move around, as long as you keep your frame. May have a turn in it, the full time shimmy does.
Class 2 - Slow Movement: Downward Figure 8
Once again can be done with floreos, only this time they go the opposite direction. Bottom half of the circle moves inward, top half moves outward again. Bottom half still goes with right hip, and top half with left.Also can be done with snake arms, arm moves down as hip moves down, as if pushing.
Class 2 - Fast Movement: Hip Turn (can't remember the name)
This is done with arms over head, right arm pulling back as right hip goes foreward, left back as hip goes foreward, remembering extra beat in the middle (Step, together, step, together).Turning - If you're facing forward you can go either way, only turning to forward and back, right and left directions. If you're at a diagonal you face front first. Example: If you're to the right diagnonal, you'd go center, left, back, right, then either repeat or go into your next move. You can only repeat once before doing something else.
Class 3 - Slow Movement: Body Wave
Remembering to keep hips completely still and tailbone dropped, shoulders back.Done with hands forming a frame, usually at chest level, can have audience side arm up or maybe down. NEVER done straight on to the audience. To do a big one, slight step forward with right leg, very exaggerated lean back, curling back to straight, hands come in towards the body and push out before resuming prior position. Turning...free form turn, arms come together overhead at the back then switch to the opposite of what they were at before. Example: Right arm up, left arm in front...as you turn to face back, left arm comes up together with right, then right arm comes down to form the mirror of the original position.
Class 3 - Fast Movement: Fast Body Wave (once again has a name I don't remember)
Keeping tailbone dropped at start, allow it to come TO NEUTRAL as the ribcage comes back, but never dropped. Arms same as body wave. Cue to start it is always hands go down through the center and back up to the top before setting up where they want to go.
((more to follow...))
Class 1 - Slow Movement: Upward Figure 8 (takseem)
This can be done with floreos (sp?) - hand turns under as it moves to the outside (remember the hourglass, flipping it over) and flips over the top as it moves back to the inside, the downward part of the floreo is done as the righ hip goes out and up, top part with the left hip.This can also be done with snake arms...remember to keep hands from going too low, don't use too much shoulder, right arm goes up as right hip moves upward.
Class 1 - Fast Movement: Half Time Shimmy
This is usually done with arms at shoulder level...I think? Possibly they can move around, as long as you keep your frame. May have a turn in it, the full time shimmy does.
Class 2 - Slow Movement: Downward Figure 8
Once again can be done with floreos, only this time they go the opposite direction. Bottom half of the circle moves inward, top half moves outward again. Bottom half still goes with right hip, and top half with left.Also can be done with snake arms, arm moves down as hip moves down, as if pushing.
Class 2 - Fast Movement: Hip Turn (can't remember the name)
This is done with arms over head, right arm pulling back as right hip goes foreward, left back as hip goes foreward, remembering extra beat in the middle (Step, together, step, together).Turning - If you're facing forward you can go either way, only turning to forward and back, right and left directions. If you're at a diagonal you face front first. Example: If you're to the right diagnonal, you'd go center, left, back, right, then either repeat or go into your next move. You can only repeat once before doing something else.
Class 3 - Slow Movement: Body Wave
Remembering to keep hips completely still and tailbone dropped, shoulders back.Done with hands forming a frame, usually at chest level, can have audience side arm up or maybe down. NEVER done straight on to the audience. To do a big one, slight step forward with right leg, very exaggerated lean back, curling back to straight, hands come in towards the body and push out before resuming prior position. Turning...free form turn, arms come together overhead at the back then switch to the opposite of what they were at before. Example: Right arm up, left arm in front...as you turn to face back, left arm comes up together with right, then right arm comes down to form the mirror of the original position.
Class 3 - Fast Movement: Fast Body Wave (once again has a name I don't remember)
Keeping tailbone dropped at start, allow it to come TO NEUTRAL as the ribcage comes back, but never dropped. Arms same as body wave. Cue to start it is always hands go down through the center and back up to the top before setting up where they want to go.
((more to follow...))
posted by Safi at 10:11 PM
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