Learn Belly Dance Sampler: Belly rolls Lesson 7/10

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[owers65]

I have a question: can you do this move with more a fatter belly or a really skinny belly, and also can men do it\.

[talladancers]

it's not about a fat or skinny belly. it's about how you move your muscles. think muscles! can men do it? i don't see why not.

[rosereddoll]

There's a misconception, even amongst people who have been dancing for years. What she's doing is not actually a belly roll. It's a camel using only her lower body. In an actual belly roll only the belly rolls; not the the spine. The move should come exclusively from the abdominals with no help from her back. Both moves look similar from the front, but from the side, only the belly should move and it should resemble a wave. Calling a camel a belly roll is like calling a plantain a banana.

[talladancers]

you are right. a camel is not a belly roll; a belly roll comes from using your abdominal muscles; however in doing so your spine will move, otherwise you'd be stiff as a board. and i don't recall telling anyone that a camel was a belly roll. please listen carefully to what i say before misconstruing my words.

[jayz3mom]

wow and i thi=ought u had to have a flat stomach to do this

[talladancers]

the beauty of belly dance is that you can be any shape and dance anywhere.

[rosereddoll]

I'm not saying that this dancer is a bad dancer. I consider myself to be an intermediate dancer who is still learning. I can do all the moves that she can do, plus a few more. With that being said, I would never post videos teaching anybody anything because I am not a master. I wont consider myself one until I can shimmy non stop with zero fatigue, back bend slowly to the ground with no signs of effort and use my body like a drum kit, accenting every beat of a song.

[rosereddoll]

With the help of the internet, anyone who thinks they're a good dancer can pass them selves off as experts, and impress beginners when they themselves know only enough to look competent in the eyes of an amateur. The greats never stop at intermediate or "good enough". They keep learning until their bodies are instruments able to interpret every beat of the drum. A fancy skirt and bra does not a belly dancer make.

[jadenight0]

wow...u ppl should be ashamed. This woman decided to make a video that's alot better than alot of the other instructors on youtube and you just criticize. If you don't like it, that's fine but to personally insult is rude and immature. Thank you so much for your videos. I am very new at this and i believe dancing is more about feeling the music and dancing to the beat of your heart and emotions than technical movements.

[MeemeeLovely]

R U SERIOUS?

[ericaaamaleeek]

You CANNOT do it since you're fat and you have to move only your tummy and not your hips too!

[Stratoman77]

You have a beautiful belly,figure and face making you not only an excellent teacher but a gorgeous and sensual woman!

[anitaxisxthexshit]

yeah men can do it, my bf does it loll

[darko121sigh]

that's no the belly roll.. ¬¬

[MrDayday58]

yummy belly and navel.

[belkys13]

but she's cheating, she's moving her hips. there is a belly roll that uses ONLY the abs muscles

[MrsRileyCullen]

my friend THAT IS A BOY Can do that better!

[MotherWifeandDancer]

it seems like more of an undulation than a strong belly rool but i acn see it their somewhat.

men an do these usualyl easier thanw omen because we are so focused on sucking our gutsi n all day its harder for us to just relax and isolate the muscles