Bellydance Basics () von Atéa

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

1. What is Bellydance and What Can It Do for You?

2. How to Use This Book

3. Getting Started

4. What to Wear for Practice

5. Warming Up

6. Posture, Stance, and Breathing

Basic Stance

7. Arms - Poses and Freestyle Moves

8. Isolation Concept and Fundamental Techniques

Ribcage Lift and Drop (Arch and Contract)

Ribcage Slide

Hip Slide

Pelvic Tilt

9. The Basic 12 Bellydance Moves - Quick Study Guide

10. Staccato Hip Moves and Dance Demo

(1) Hip Twist

(2) Up and Down Tips

(3) Hip Bump (Hip Thrust)

11. Rolling Hip Moves

(4) Hip Circle - Horizontal Version

(5) Figure 8 Hip Rolls - Horizontal & Vertical

(6) Bicycle Hips (Vertical Hip Circle)

12. Ribcage Circles (Chest Circles)

(7) Vertical Ribcage Circle

(8) Horizontal Ribcage Circle

(9) Diagonal Ribcage Circle (Clock Circle)

13. Arms, Shoulders, and Head

(10) Arm Waves

(11) Shoulder Rotation with Arm Ripple (Snake Arms)

(12) Head Slide

14. More Moves

Hip Shimmies

Undulation

Belly Roll

Hip Pivots

Traveling Steps

Basic Walk

Common Walk

Walking, Turns, and Spins

15. Applying the Moves to Music

Dance Demo

16. Essential Techniques: Movement Transitions and Variations - Quick Study Guide

Dance Demo

17. Improvisation and Choreography

18. Introduction to Veil Dancing

Dance Demo

19. Introduction to Finger Cymbals

20. Finger Cymbal Patterns - Quick Study Guide

21. Performance Costumes

Dance Demo

22. Props

Sword Dance Demo

23. Floor Work

24. Essential Bellydance Rhythms

25. Bellydance Styles

26. Western Bellydance Styles

American - Classic and Modern

Tribal

Gypsy

Goddess/Spiritual

Fusion

Fitness

27. Eastern Bellydance (Oriental Dance) Styles

Egyptian (Raks Sharki)

Turkish (Oryantal Dansi)

Lebanese

Greek

East Indian - Bollywood

28. Bellydance History

29. Diet and Lifestyle

30. About Atéa

Glossary

Credits