Beginner Belly Dancing Lessons : Shimmies in Belly Dancing

[BetaoftheBass]

I AM IN LOVE WITH HER PANTS AND SHIMMING BELT THING....XDDDDDDDD

[mayajonesss]

i feel like i'm just bending my knees faster not moving my hips faster!

[summerledford3838]

when i start goin faster my knees stop movin any tip i no im doin it wrong plz plz help

[Krystalllllfyi]

can i move my feet when i go faster?

[fenikkusurei]

i love it when she sez..."GOOD"

[Torchclubswag]

i just saw this girl on HGTV buying a house and had to figure out who she was....Portia you are sexy as hell!!! you wanna be in my music video?

[brebre23461]

i fell like shakira doing this lol

[BetaoftheBass]

@brebre23461 i know right !!!!!!

[xXxJayJay0xXx]

Yes i did it :D

[ladyjosephinelover]

i'm hipless so idk if or when my hips (and i use that term VERY loosely) are shimmying

[XxkirstylovenickxX]

when i do this my knees just keep hitting off eachother then im leaning trying to move so fast :O

[SakiWatari]

Hmm... I don't know if I can do this one or not! I have subluxated alta patellas (knee caps too high and too far to the side). I thought belly dancing would be a way to work on my stomach and glutes without bothering my knees but I'm really worried about this. Anyone with knee problems been able to do this? I really don't want my knee caps to pop out again x_x

[Disciplindprincess]

@SakiWatari

I tore my ACL a few months back and have had two surgeries and these moves don't agitate my knee.

[SakiWatari]

@Disciplindprincess Ouch, sorry to hear that! But it is nice to hear that I likely won't have problems. Thanks for responding!

[bianca85281]

i did it haha lol ... :)

[juliagulia1990]

I've been belly dancing for 2 years and still have trouble with shimmies. Its always good to go back to the basics.

[cakebattercookies69]

my thighs are shimming!!!

[menius15]

omg.. i can't do the fastest part... ; /

[DESiiREx3]

OMG, I CAN DO IT, YAAYY WOOT WOOT ;D im so happy lol

[shalora1]

Good video, would be nice if the writing wasnt in the way and I could actually see her movements

[Newyorkgirlable]

@shalora1 you need to click on cc to take off the writing on the video . it's on the right corner some where near the full screen button.

[GhettoCow1]

@shalora1 There is a something you can click on to close the ads. I always close them so I can see what she's doing.

[LadiT97]

Oh Thank god for her that other chick looked lik she had an attitude!!

[haylybug]

My butt is the only thing moving.

[domosthereo13]

Don't rip off expert village guys, they are amazing. So is this video, and belly dancing requires hard work so you can't expect your body to do it straight away! i m just saying :)

[cheerchikcatz]

expert village yall dont even teach rite

[loripandaaa]

But ass keeps taking control of the movement :(

[lalablue72]

where do u buy those shimmy things that make noises? lolszz i dnt kno wat there called. (obviously)

[lykomgwth]

@lalablue72 if you live by san diego, go to kobes swap meet,trust me there is some there.

[midnightpopsongs]

Ok my dream of bellydancing is ruined. Everytime I do this, I hear my knee make cracking noises, it doesn't hurt, but I can definitely feel this move when I do it.

[KerChoo]

Thing that had most motion on me were my boobs :(

[errolmiranda]

Wow Nice !

I must say I am Indian .. But I seem to do the belly dance really well !

[draculeanoire]

do you know any song that can motivates me to do shimmy?

[Kitten059]

@draculeanoire daddy yankee gasolina o tra tra tra by don chezina

[xharmonyx5268]

@draculeanoire enta tani by haifa wehbe. aribic music but it seems to get me moving

[mckellar989]

This was so helpful!

[DementedEscape]

my two left feet are preventing me from doing this lol or anything called dance

[mu17ten]

oh so that's how you shimmy!

[mrslilweezyana25]

i look like a little kid trying to do the hokie pokie :*(

[vivimaze]

me too! gotta work on the butt and hips going too!

[angel54020]

i cant do it:'(

[tuya444]

Try it over and over. Dont give up. And you'll learn :)

[SHillard79]

Yeah, this one is a little tough. I felt like my knees where the only things moving.. no hips...

[rocktokiohotel94]

You haveto bend you knees alittle

[MariaBuikdans]

and didem does the shimmy so to ??

[Cynisca]

this is hard to do.....without your boobs shimmying too...LOL

I just dug out an old belt with chains on and its jangling...just need to play some music now...!!

[illurvenistasartir]

the coin belt sounds like a snake, very sexy =)

[sexymelly85]

this one is hard

[miscic]

that is b*llsh*t!!

Bellydancing is for al kinds of bodys.

[superk13ngreen]

@miscic Maybe she's so skinny 'cause she's dancing all the time. I'm trying this to get a bit more fit and I can already feel the burn. But agreed, curves are sexy. :)

[debbieedeedoo]

Buy a scarf, n wrap it round your waist.I got one today, and I cant stop now ..lol.

[reni4658]

my ass is the only shimming here.!lolz

[Xinlove4everX14]

the only "shimmying" im getting is my ASS WOBBLES grr

[prettysophie15]

erm i cant do the bendin knee bit 2 shimme i can do it slow buh not fast for some unknown reason wah am i doing?

[miscic]

just practise. that is al it takes.

Maybe you must practise mounths and mounths just like me.

[tehii]

this is easy for meh but its kinda only making my boobs and butt shake (and i aint got anything to shake)DAND

[Toasty504]

nothins shimmyin except my stomach n ass

[bradytierra3]

NUTHING IS SHIMMING BUT MY ASS!

[afghanqandi]

LOL

SAME HERE

[amirahoneypie]

@bradytierra3  agreed !! :( how do i do it ?!

[XPeaceLoveAndPinkX1]

@bradytierra3 she said in the video everything should shake.. loll

[Vina410]

is it ok to rise your heel while doing the shimmy?

[denisprowl]

shimmies are great tones the muscles...........

[TheRaineDrop]

apparently i have been "shimmying" while hula hooping fr months now. the back and forth morning with my knees got my ips rocking in just the right way that i could really ove the hoop. i thought i was just cheating, looks like i had the right idea, however. awesome. thank you for the video!

[xXxSiyuxXx]

This is a really good exercise if you have a defective muscle in your knee. XD Gets me out of physical therapy and save my money!

[batalli0nsaint]

what the hell is wrong with my coordination!?

[herroitsuba]

ahaha i had the same reaction

[purpleorange23]

shit. that's hard. practice is the key tho.

[kaybaybehh]

i had no idea this was called a shimmy xD

[arielloveskurt]

im tryin to get it bt i just cant manage to go that fast!!

[RidenMiyazaki]

yeah, especially if your breasts keep on shaking.... XD

[BellyDanceNewbie82]

This was good for that particular style of dance. There are also ways to initiate shimmies using the glute muscles.

[spershall]

Shimmies are aaaaallll in the knees! Remember that and you'll get it! :)

[nausycaaa]

Grazie!!! Bravissimaaaaa

[TheAllFriends]

AH this is...almost imossible :P

I certainly will not be able to do it as fast xD

[PourArriveraMoi]

OMGGG i can't do this to save my life :(

i have to like vibrate my legs XD

[TheAllFriends]

my knee bone cracked when i first did this...

which was 2 minutes ago xD

Its hhhaarrddd D;

[Marushik19]

wow thanku sooo much I love the way Youre teaching ....

[xalluringazex]

This is so great! Thanx!!

[crimsonshadows94]

shimmies are really hard to do but this helps out alot

[moonimooni]

Thank you so much,I tried many other Web belly dance teachers but this clip is the best(for me)l

[Bubblechick002]

Not bad

i kinda like the look of that but i didnt learn it because i cant use that at a club :P

[6969aaaaa]

Of course you can do it at the club. Perhaps not to techno music though. Hip hop latin house reggae reggeton you can

[NightFang]

damn straight you can! but you can also do this to parts of other genres of music. just listen and wait for the right beat and it looks great anyway ^_^