Quotes:

"Nothing is ever wrong in this dance."

"Imagine your body is cut in half when you dance. Think about which side is independent right or left, horizontal or vertical."

"You can't start at the top.  Even a pianist must play slow first."

"If you want to be a good dancer, you can't start from the end."


Notes:

1) Arm excercises

a) L arms
left arm sweep
right arm sweep
both arms sweep

b) ballerina arms overhead fingertips touching
sweep R arm behind and up in a vertacle circle
L arm
shoulder shimmy to R 1/4
to L
bring arms together overhead in a wrist kiss

c) ansuya style (she often does this with a walking horizontal circle) arm sweep
in to overhead and out
R
L
together inwards to R
plie and shoulder shimmy

2) Weight Distribution and Muscle Control

a) step side with toe
drop the weight
lift up and pull in from your side
slide the foot in

b) step back with the oe
drop the weight
come up from the diaphragm
arms open and close with a wrist cross in front

c) half mya large on right
small on left
small on right
large on left
small on right
small on left

d)  2large half vertacle circles on one side
mya (vertacle 8)

3) COMBINATIONS

a) walk L, walk R arabesque
finish the arabesque with a touch (like step touch)
mya

b) walk 1,2,3 arabesque
rep
1, arabesque
1, arabesque

c) double turn with arm sweep (like on jillina's hakim choreography video)
hagalla (up, down, out, pause)

d) hip horizontal RRLR
1/2 down on L hip, 1/2 down on L hip, up, down
LLRL
1/2 D, 1/2 D U D

e) modified grapevine step (step side, cross, side)
while crossing and opening the arms
ultimates (hip sit kicks, drop the hip on 2 drop the hip and release the foot)

f) 3 pt turn
ultimates x2
3 pt turn
ultimates x2 to front
ultimates x2 to all corners in a backwards circle

g) horseshoe hips
Front, back, front, front, back
BFBBF

h) shimmy and horseshoe hips
FBF pause
RLR pause