In this workshop we will develop the foundational skills needed to dance the fun, elegant and beautiful dance of 'Raqs Sharqi,' or Egyptian style bellydance. We will learn basic posture, movements and weight shifting. You will practise hip and chest isolations, travelling steps and the all-important shimmy! We will learn a short choreography oriental choreography to a staple bellydance song – Batwanees Beek by Warda. Lucy is bellydancer who spent 3 years training in Cairo, Egypt, with some of the best Egyptian teachers including Dandash and Safy Akef, granddaughter of the great Naima Akef. She is passionate about sharing the core cultural concepts around bellydancing.
