Working at a “slow intermediate” level, learn and practice a detailed 32-count combo, then put those steps in context with a passage of music excerpted from the Egyptian classic “Lessa Faker.” With “seam-free construction,” each movement leads into the next, facilitating your mastery of clean lines and confident transitions in advanced-level vocabulary. For those who have completed “Packed with Details” ( Lessa Faker Choreography Excerpt 1), today’s class provides a chance to review that sequence and assemble it together with the steps we learn today, but Packed with Details is not a prerequisite: each class is designed to stand on its own.

Class begins with a technique breakdowns, then progresses in nonstop flow format. The program, which does contain a warmup, is about an hour and 20 minutes long. Choreography notes are attached. (Download with your subscription or rental.)
Bookmarks for Seam-Free Construction

0:01 Intro
1:25 Wrist Circle Inside Breakdown
3:33 Staggered Stance
6:37 Knee safety in transition to staggered stance
8:27 Pivoting ball-change with heel and hip drops
11:06 Layered Unweighted Drop
14:08 Untwisting Double Drop
16:00 Warmup
24:40 Arm Technique Flow
27:33 Technique Flow
46:39 Combo Demo
47:14 Combo Walk Through
53:45 Slow Practice
56:00 Medium Speed Practice
58:07 Full Speed Practice
59:58 Lead L Slow Practice:
1:02:13 Lead L Medium Practice
1:04:14 Lead L Full Speed Practice
1:06:31 Review Excerpt 1
1:11:54 Slow Speed: Excerpt 1 + 2
1:13:07 Medium Speed 1 + 2
1:14:15 Full Speed 1 +2
1:18:20 Lead L Slow Speed Practice
1:19: 34 Lead L Medium Practice
1:20:39 Lead L Full Speed Practice
Music for Seam-Free Construction

The music used for choreography is “Lessa Faker” from the album Oriental Fantasy Vol. 1– Ala Nar by Beata and Horacio Cifuentes

16:01 Music:”Azzuri” from the album Lavender by Middle Earth Ensemble
29:47 “Lessa Faker” from the album Oriental Fantasy Vol. 1– Ala Nar by Beata and Horacio Cifuentes
36:07 “Ciftetelli Takasim 2” from the album Bellydance New York by Amir Naoum Chehade and Elias Sarkar
39:51 “Ganil Hawa” by Beata and Horacio Cifuentes