Cassiopeia Belly Dance How To - Rocker Shimmy

[kloveys]

Love the song! Sidi Mansour by Saber Al Rubai!

[RllTll]

I like it.

[theawakened2012]

It always amazes me how different this style of belly dance is from tribal fusion. It's hard to believe tribal fusion derived from this. (I don't mean it in a bad way, it's just the way everything is executed is so different.)

[kattmat]

Fun videos, you are a great teacher

/The drop-in belly dance student from Sweden ;)

[HundparkenSvisse]

Thank you SO much! You took me one step closer to my goal :)

[VAMPIRICROCKSTAR]

How much are we supposed to bend our knees??

[cassiopeia222]

Enough to keep the knees unlocked but not so much that there is too much stress on your quads and knees.

[VAMPIRICROCKSTAR]

Thank you!!

[sunshinehoda519]

my favourite belly dance teacher .. thanks alot

[LeandreaLeialoha]

You are an Amazing Teacher! Im so excited to get in a Belly Dance class sometime in the future. Till then Im going to keep on practicing your awesome vids!

[cassiopeia222]

Thanks!

[xxkill9]

my hips cant do that popping thing and my shimmy looks scary...hmm

[cassiopeia222]

Try doing this shimmy on one leg... put all your weight on your left leg, lift and drop the right hip, repeat for 16 counts then repeat on the right leg. This will help your hips become familiar with the move and create some muscle memory. Let me know your progress! Have fun!

[estellly]

i like the musik ...

[LalluSmash]

Your the best bellydance teacher cassopeia, i love ur videos. i'm trying hard to practice this too.. bt i can't seem to isolate my shimmies!

[cassiopeia222]

Keep practicing!

[AwesomeOrange2319]

HI! i lOVE you vids..but on this on..i think it would be helpfull if we could see your feet!!!

[cassiopeia222]

My feet are flat on the floor, weight is on my heels.

[syriha]

Your videos are awesome, Cassiopeia! Thank you so much, I already learned a lot from you, but I just can't do this one :( It makes me go crazy, but I just don't understand how what you're doing. It looks so stupid when I try..

[cassiopeia222]

Practice hon! I promise it will work one of these days. You might try one of my other videos on controlled shimmies.

[Vermilion042]

oh thank you so much for all your videos! i just started a few months ago with a college belly dance club, and i love it, but we don't really work on technique and there is not studio nearby. so, these have been very helpful. thank you! :)

[girlove55]

Do someone knows the name of this song and the performer?

[cassiopeia222]

Sidi Mansour - Saber Al Roubai - Belly Dance Fever CD

[girlove55]

thanks!!

[yasmin867]

Cassiopeia you have inspired me.. Your videos are great!! Im hooked.

Im literally just starting out.. any advice?

[cassiopeia222]

Practice, practice, practice (when you're doing nothing, shimmy) hold your chin up, smile and have fun!

[otherwheregirl]

How is this shimmy different form the Turkish shimmy? o.O I was just wondering.

[cassiopeia222]

They could be the same. I am not familiar with a Turkish shimmy.

[genieshanu]

i love u...i just adore u...and ur previous comment was so funny...do u create all these variations or are they really from belly dance...its so creative...so smart...so beautiful...i wish u wld come and perform in singapore

[cassiopeia222]

They are really bellydance moves. I create some of the moves, but I am sure they are not original. I would love to come to Singapore!

[freespeachrulez]

the one on the left.. who is she? She is really cute, my type fer sure..

[cassiopeia222]

She is one of those girls (underage) who is extremely turned off by internet predators.. She is way out of your league.

[peanutsmum]

You get em Cassiopeia! LOL This totally made me laugh because I know my dance instructor would be the same way and me and her are not related! You are an inspiration! Your videos help me get a visual on some moves I'm not getting when I can't see my teacher. This is not one I've learned yet but it looks like fun!

[muritkayungan]

ah.. where do you buy those shimmer or whatvere they called?!... can you find those at the malls?!?...

[genieshanu]

i love this song so much and i love u people

[Bellydancer241]

thanx so much for posting this!! and all of your vids,, also the music is beautiful ,,watching these has taught me alot, please do not take the vids away!!!

[nilza14]

ya'll good this was easy 4 me to learn holla

[MidnightNostalgia07]

I love the music, particularly for this video, it has so much rhythm to it, what is the name of the music? I'd love to know!

[cassiopeia222]

Sidi Mansour - Saber Al Roubai - Belly Dance Fever CD

[FankiG2]

Your vids are simply great!!

[daiminya]

i think ur hips do go up and down, right? i heard u saying "back and forth"... are you saying hips should or should not go back and forth?

Also, where do the movement come? from the bottom of the butts or from the legs?

thanks a lot for posting and answering~~~

[cassiopeia222]

Hips go back and forth in the washing machine shimmy. The movement comes from the side of the hips. Change all your weight to one leg while doing the shimmy, you will feel where the movement comes from.

[lovexletters]

I have always loved belly dancing, but i have no rythmn whatsoever. maybe someday, i will say that your videos are very easy to follow for someone who's never danced a day in her life!

[ptownsonenonly]

i cant do none of them lmao!i neec classes

[spicedjellybeans]

How are you moving your hips? up? I didn't quite catch what came before the word "hips", right after the obligatory basic stance spiel.

[cassiopeia222]

The hips are moving both up and down. You can move your hips either up or down on the beat for this video. However, for the weight changes, you will see that I am dropping the unweighted hip. When I do the locks, the hips are locking up. HTH!

[spicedjellybeans]

Wow! This was a quick reply. Thank you.

[lilxsquirt]

i knew my 13 years of tahatian would pay off.

[juwayriyyah500]

I love this shimmy and the egyptian shimmy the best <3<3

[meshkiekins]

i've been trying hard this is difficult!

just wondering..what's the song in the background??

[ashleyshortbus]

ahhh i cant do it! lol

[cassiopeia222]

Keep practicing. Soon your body will just give up and mind you. ;)