A beautiful and exciting Baladi song at one of my favorite belly dance festivals – Migrations Austin.
I put together this piece in the two weeks before the show – so there’s just a bit choreography mixed into the improvisation. The music is the kind that just sweeps you away… so I suspect I would have forgotten choreography in the moment, anyway!
Music is “Feeling Baladi” by Gaston Chaade
“Princess of Cairo” is one of my absolute FAVORITE classic belly dance composition.
Arguably one of the top 10 songs every belly dancer should know, this video will teach you a complex and nuanced advanced combination to Nagwa Fouad’s performance version of this iconic song.
In this video I’ll take you through the combination step by step, explain how I choreographed the movements to match the music and then practice the combination several times with music.
If you liked this combination you are going to LOVE learning the entire 5 minute choreography. SahiraBellyDances.com/Intensive
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Sahira’s Shimmy Sirens perform to the classic belly dance song “Princess of Cairo” at the 2020 Migrations Festival in Austin, Texas.
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Arm and hand movements have great power to make or break a belly dance performance. Beautiful, intentional muscular movements can add incredible polish and pizzaz to your dance.
In this video, you will learn the theory and step-by-step technique behind incredibly liquid hand waves that will totally mesmerize an audience.
Level up your arms and hands and take your dancing to new heights with me!
Now that you understand how important intentional hand movements are for a polished performance, I invite you to join me for my signature course “Elegant and Powerful Arms and Hands” – your complete guide to dancing with stronger, more graceful and more intentional arms and hands.
It’s time to banish confusion and throw boring and repetitive arm work out the door! Let’s focus on arms and hands.
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A huge thank you to the amazing Lauren Checchio for the use of her music in this video. Find her album here: https://laurenchecchio.bandcamp.com/releases
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Some of the most exciting and engaging belly dance performances include a variety of spins and turns… so getting a few of these movements under your hip belt is a great way to expand your vocabulary and increase the excitement factor of your dance.
And while some students prefer to avoid spins for fear of dizziness, not every turning movement needs to end with the room swaying around you.
Join me for this tutorial where I’ll teach you one of the most foundational and straight-forward belly dance turns, the 3-Step Turn.
I’ll break the movement down into simple step-by-step concepts that will have you up and turning like a pro in no time!
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The 3-yard silk veil is one of belly dance’s most beautiful and flowy props. It teaches grace and builds strength and flow, all while toning the arms in a fabulous way!
In this video I invite you to join me for an entire 20 minute class where I will break down some great veil technique and tricks and then build it into a fabulous combination that you can use in your dance right away!
If you love this and are ready for more, check out this fabulous online course that will teach you an entire choreography that opens with some stunning veil work!
http://learn.sahirabellydances.com/p/ya-helwa
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A huge thank you to Rom Ryan and Moodafaruka for the music used in this video. http://Moodafaruka.com
You know when you hear a song and you just HAVE to dance to it?
That’s how I felt when I heard this one.
(And I’m pretty picky when it comes to performance music.)
This fabulous song, Al Amoura, is such a wonderful mix of sounds, textures and folklore, and so much fun to dance to!
Enjoy this performace of Al Amoura and Hipalicious Drum Solo from a showcase in Houston, Texas.
There is nothing quite as powerful as dancing to the beat of your own drum… or in this case, your own finger cymbal creation! Belly dancers who play finger cymbals to create music for their dance are total super heroes in my opinion. So get heroic right here. In this video I’m teaching you a sweet little combination to dance with the “Flip Riff” finger cymbal pattern you can find on my channel here.
So be sure to learn the zill part first, and then dive into the dance to put it all together with me! Rock on, zillstar!
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