Belly Dance Lesson #1 - BellyDanceBoulevard.com dancing lessons

This is the first lesson out of a full online belly dance course from http://www.bellydanceboulevard.com . Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
The video starts with 2:30 minutes of me doing dance improvisation; I believe it is important to see your teacher's dance style before learning from her. Following that, there are about seven minutes of belly dance lesson. We learn how to do the twist, how to walk with it, and more.
The music I dance to is the song "Ra'etak" ("I protected you") from Hussein el Masry's album "Arabian Emotions".
Visit BellyDanceBoulevard.com to watch the entire course, to get video recommendations, tips, to read articles and see the beautiful boutique of belly dance costumes and accessories. Enjoy!

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[AGAIN9X]

I can't dance until I met you<3

[shalindriaharam]

You teach very well, like the mods you included for isolating the hip area and the tips on how easy it is to do it wrong! Way to think ahead ; )

[summy8462]

I can do that :)

[iluvmamusik]

whats the name of the song ? btw ure dancing is amazing i wish i could do this too :( you make this look dead simple :D

[VatriciaCEdgar]

@kathyaaar9 In addition to all the replies you've already gotten, the belly dancing will help you loose weight too, thats what im learning it for

[candylipgloss013]

maybe you could make a video for people who are very stiff, because i am still having trouble with moving my hips side to side with out my whole body moving

[JuggernautGrim]

@MiSSloveish The posture tuck is using your lower abs to bring in your tail bone. Use the muscles just below your belly button slightly until you feel a tension in your back that feels like a push-pull feeling. I break down posture in one of my videos called "posture" if you would like to look at it. Posture is actually the hardest part to get down because your body will start to lose it as you're dancing. Just remind yourself every once in a while by placing your hand on your lower abs!

[JuggernautGrim]

@kathyaaar9 HA! Yes you can be good at it! I'm a plus sized 22 year old, been doing this for almost three years! Everything takes time, even the skinny ones don't get it right away! Look through all of the dance community, you'll see that you're "size" isn't alone!

[MiSSloveish]

I'm having trouble doing the butt tuck!! D= !! I'm stuck on step one!!

[valkyriethe]

@kathyaaar9

Of course you can! Even better you're starting young, it takes time. Don't give up :)

[kathyaaar9]

INeed help because im a plus size teen and i'd REALLY like to learn how to belly dance. Do you think i can learn and be good at it?? will someone please help.....i need it! thanx