“Orientation for Continuing Belly Dance Beginners: Alignment and Placement Overview with Autumn Ward”

Class steps through descriptions and breakdowns for: hip rotation; pointing the feet; the 9 landmarks that define stance; basic stance; staggered stance; staying centered and balanced with unequal weight distribution; spiraled stance variations; heel lifts; heel drops as a unit of dance vocabulary; knee bends; the concept of weighted and unweighted movement; and the concept of pushing and lifting.