For Penn State Belly Dance Club Intermediate Testing Moves Example 2011-2012

Howdy! This is not a work out, NOR an explanation of the moves. This is just a visual example for beginners wanting to test into intermediates.

* Example of Sidewinder, as my side snakes went "out of the plane" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y-l0sEcjsQ

*AMAZING example from Wildcard on 3/4 Shimmies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXZZDxlf4Fc Break a Leg on your Test! Cheers, Ayla

NOTE: I feel you should know PELVIC TUCKS! (Turkish!), and
"Throw the Belly" is just a fun Turkish move to know too.


1. Arm Placement
i. Regular
ii. High
iii. Low
b. Specialty-
i. Temple
ii. L-arms
iii. Crossed Wrists
iv. Aladdin
v. Genie
vi. Lotus/Pagoda
2. Moving Arms and Hands
a. Snake Arms
b. Undulating arms
i. side
ii. front
c. Undulating hands
3. Slides
a. Hip Slides
b. Walking Hip Slides
c. Chest Slides
4. Lifts and Drops
a. Hip Lifts
b. Hip Drops
c. Chest Lifts
d. Chest Drops
5. Circles
a. Hip Circles
i. external
ii. internal (omi)
b. Chest Circles
c. Wrist Circles
6. Figure Eights
a. Hips
Horizontal-
i. Forward Pulling
ii. Backward Pulling
Vertical-
iii. Mayas
iv. Taqseems
v. Side
b. Chest (horizontal & vertical)
7. Undulations
a. external / regular (internal undulation= belly roll, not tested)
b. Reverse undulation
c. Side Snake
d. Arabic
8. Shimmies
a. Shoulder punches & shimmies
b. Hips
i. regular
ii. Egyption
iii. Walking
c. Hip twists
d. Choo-Choo
9.Turns
a. Paddle
b. Hip Circle
c. Standard (3 step)
10. Miscellaneous
a. Egyptian Walk (hip bumps)
b. Cross-step
c. Cross-step with Hip Bumps

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[leahchu09]

This is a great Reference. Thank you for sharing :)