Learn how to evolve a series of steps in to the perfect sure-footed walk, filled with confidence, charisma, and sex appeal. We will break down and practice two walking sequences, both in basic versions and more ornamented variations. The first half of the program teaches a basic gliding walk that...

Learn how to evolve a series of steps in to the perfect sure-footed walk, filled with confidence, charisma, and sex appeal. We will break down and practice two walking sequences, both in basic versions and more ornamented variations. The first half of the program teaches a basic gliding walk that...

A tutorial on the Middle-Eastern 2-handed snap or “Persian” snap, followed by tips on how to incorporate the snap into belly dance presented in cultural context.

This open-level workshop simply has it all. Really. No, really. Autumn does not like to be one to toot her own horn, but this program is ASTOUNDING.

The Veil Masterclass is:

a comprehensive catalog of veil vocabulary, organized in clearly defined and easily-attainable foundation building bl...

The exercises in this program are designed to build strength, improve range of motion, reinforce clean technique, and pamper the hands and wrists. Use this program:

As a stand-alone conditioning program to level up;
As a warmup, for the “Wrist and Hand Movement Breakdowns” Series, or bef...

This is the step one of step one, a breakdown of a basic dance warmup. Use this program if:

you are brand new to dance;
you want a fresh start with dance;
you want to be very informed about moving safely, because of physical limitations or other concerns;
you tried a different ve...

Music only. No voice prompts. Nonstop flow format.

Music used in this program:
0:00 “Los Bilbilicos” from the album Oasis by Al Asdeka
4:01 “Pharaonic Passion” from the album Oriental Fantasy Vol. 7, Dances of Pharaonic Passion by Beata and Horacio Cifuentes
9:43 “Ciftetelli Takasim 2” from the ...

Who starts on the left side? You start on the left side! Use this program if:
-- you’re a lefty and you appreciate a program the starts on your dominant side;
--you’ve been using different versions of this program and you want some variety;
--you sometimes use different versions of this program ...

Go step-by-step if:

you want greater mobility or stability in your back, shoulders, or neck
you are predisposed to back, shoulder, or neck injuries;
you’re looking for greater intentionality in your movement;
you’re an information junkie or conceptual learner.

For nonstop flow, ...

Use Warmup for Shoulders and Spine as a preparation for veilwork, armwork, or upper body isolations. It can also be used as a stand-alone program to build or maintain range of motion. This is a shorter program with no floor stretches. For a deeper general preparation, you may prefer Basic Gentle ...

In Voice Cues Only, you have the option to work with voice prompts only—no music—offered if you wish to provide your own ambiance.

Learn and practice, step-by-step, a detailed breakdown of the placement for soft, relaxed hands. This segment also touches on idiomatic Egyptian hand placement, and concludes with specific instructions on avoiding hand placement that may inadvertently be construed as rude gesturing.

In this segment, we examine a foundation movement where the wrist stays in one spot, and the hand sweeps around from that base. Although this movement, on its own, is infrequently used, it is important as a building block that will help you to pick up subsequent hand vocabulary much more quickly....

In a sweeping wrist articulation, a dancer layers together either flexion or extension of the wrist with movement of the wrist through space. We need the wrist sweep to build the more sophisticated circles and hand undulations that we’ll breakdown later in this series, and we also need it for flu...

To circle to the inside, we use the sweeping wrist articulation taught in section 3, layered with an inside-circling sequence for the hand. In this video, we’ll: break down and practice the four steps to this movement; learn where, when, and how to use the movement; look at hand positioning for P...

For this soft and sophisticated hand circle, we layer together the isolated outside hand circle taught in section 3 with the sweeping wrist articulation taught in section 4.

The hand undulation—a defining characteristic of Oriental dance— is created by sequencing together the wrist sweeps we examined previously in this series with a sweep of the knuckles. We’ll look at refining and coordinating fine articulations to make a gesture that is pure relaxation: soft, sensu...

In this final video, we’re looking at an isolated circle of the wrist: both fingertips and elbows are anchored, and the wrist circles the fixed points of the fingertips and elbows.

We have 8 variations:

unlayered circle to the outside, palm down
circle to the outside, palm down, layered...