How much should my hips move? I vary between trying to shake my hips and not. Also are there 2 types one moving hips and shivers/freeze which is a tiny movement. Or is this all western invention again?
One for A'isha???
I'm as good as the next person at remembering something for 2 hours!!
Dear Jen,
Oh my goodness, I LOVE that! Can I use it, too?
Regards,
A'isha
Exactly! Listen to the music.Dear Jenc,
How big an Egyptian shimmy is relates directly to what the music is doing. There are big blurbly shimmies and tight little freezes and shimmies, big and little and loose and tight and traveling and stationary and up and down, etc. I teach a series of classes called "Exploring" and one set of classes in the series is called "Exploring shimmy". It talks about the different kinds of shimmies we can do, variations, layers, relating them to the music and the emotional statement, etc. Shimmy is one of the most versatile of movements and can be as big or as little as the music allows. It is so difficult for me to talk about movement without showing you on our bodies.... please forgive me and I hope this did not just make things more frustrating.
Regards,
A'isha