Belly Dance Lessons with Sahira | Shimmies - Advanced Triplet Shimmy Variations

Shimmies are a quintessential part of a belly dancer's movement vocabulary.
There are dozens of beautiful shimmies to learn, and each can be used in different ways within the dance. And above and beyond learning "all" the shimmies, there is an entire world of textures and variations to be explored once the basics have been mastered.
I was putting my triplet shimmy under the microscope when I started to peel away layers and soon came across this amazing realization.
If I really get specific about how I create this shimmy I have EIGHT different variations (and counting) I can use to really be able to express the music exactly as I want to when I dance.
Eight different triplet shimmies? Have I gone mad?!?!
Maybe.
I'm going to let you be the judge. Try this exercise for yourself and let me know what you find!
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So what do you think? Have I totally lost it? Or were you also able to create a few distinct triplet shimmies, all with a similar pulse but with a slightly different look and feel?
Which variation is your favorite?
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[@1nilu1]

U really are a fountain of bellydance knowledge young lady 😘

[@SahiraBellydances]

I’ve been doing my research 🤓

[@AvengingNative]

WHOA!! Lol. Amazing!! Thank you so much!!

[@SahiraBellydances]

You’re so welcome 😉

[@mapeppers04]

Thank you so much I really enjoy trying to learn the moves

[@SahiraBellydances]

Glad you like them!

[@mother0ftheforest]

Thank you for sharing! How would you break apart the Egyptian walk (not sure if you call it that also) We teach it as a weigthed hip push/slide with an unweigthed hip up and down on the other side. So then it's similar to what you call the Moroccan shimmy. Would it be the timing perhaps (with or without a pause?) I'm just curious and always interested in learning more in the bellydance 'language' :) Thanks again!

[@sjdhsmfbsdhmfbsdhmfbsd6290]

Well done!! ♡

[@michelledillman6381]

Thank you!🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@SahiraBellydances]

You’re welcome 😊

[@karit9366]

🙏🏼💕🙏🏻

[@sandrameier9684]

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