Hand Shimmy

-  shimmy around centre finger

- great starter pose

- practice to build up stamina and technique

- put music on to practice with

 

7 Different Ways to Shimmy with Hips

- posture very important

- how you stand

- hold lower abs a bit - contract butt muscles

- shimmy comes from hips - keep strong, percussive

- feet parallel - close together - bend knees for flexibility

- carry weight forward - this is the best place to dance from

   as it takes energy out of torso through heart

- you have to emote

 

Twist Shimmy - Ghawazee Shimmy

- turn hips back and forward like washing machine

- straight legs with relaxed knees

- add movement to this

- hands under chin or under hair

- up and down on toe - front and back small movement

- shift weight side to side moving arms up and down

- if you get stitch, lift and breath more

- EARTHY GROUNDED SHIMMY

 

Tilt Shimmy

- proper posture moving forward and back

- swing like a pendulum

- pull in lower tummy - up - in - release

- weight towards ball of foot

- move back or forward or side to side with feet

- use temple arms - one arm up one down for pose

- move by opening and closing legs slightly

EARTHY SHIMMY

 

Circular Shimmy

- lift to separate - soft knees - feet parallel

- upward movement - use abdominals

- up side - up front - up side - back

- movement up and down - side to side - forward and back

- move slowly - cross legs

EARTHY AND GROUNDED

 

Vibration

- feel a fist tightly then do that with leg

- if you held a fist long enough it would start to vibrate

- feet flat on ground

- grip feet - ankles - calves - thighs - gluts

- take care of how and when to do this movement

- great with costume with fringes

- (NO OPEN PITA)

- has to look like "oh is something happening" 

 

Choo Choo Shimmy

- weight centred on feet

- transfer weight from leg to leg

- move flat foot

- legs together

- this shimmy moves - work up and down with hips

- going up on toes SAVE FOR LATER IN Drum SOLO

- move side to side - back and forth

- up on toes one foot in front of other

- change feet in front and twist with it

- arms can be snake like

 

Hip Down Shimmy or Suhair Zaki Shimmy

- step and drop hip - down, down, down

- forward and back

- knees slightly bent - turn in circles

- be long in waist

 

Vertical Hip Shimmy - Like Choo Choo

- used most of the time

- other shimmys for differences in choreography

- contract butt

- this is the "icing on the cake" as you layer on top of move

- circles, forward, back, fig 8's upward

- pose - arms up in air

- open pose - arms out front

- move forward, back or side to side

- head circles - rib cage circles 

- undulations

- bellyroll

- up on toes with hands out - palms up

- cross your heart

- lift arms up and walk with this move

- many different things to do with this move