Music

NEW ALBUM JUST RELEASED!!!

Odalisca by Moontan

Get it from iTunes or CDBaby.

You've asked for it in class. Here it is now!

These are my favorite tracks for bellydance:

Moon Watch

Ohm

Merlot

Mocksoom

Escalate

Two Rites

Turkmen

Watch a video of Moon Watch + Escalate.

More music I currently use in class (available on iTunes unless otherwise indicated:

• "Blanca" by Pete List
• "Ifrit" by Tim Rayborn
• "Serpent's Rapture" by Mosavo
• "Rebirth 2" by Solace
• "Brooklyn Baladi" by Djinn
• "Persephone" by Stellamara
• "Persephone" by Pete List
• Selections from the album "Fire Dance" album by Omar Faruk Tekbilek, available from amazon.com
• "Marco Polo" by Loreena McKennitt
• "Eih Ya Am" and "Kolo Yorkos" by Hakim
• "Yearning" by Angelika, available from amazon.com
• "Caoineadh Na Mara / Amen (Lament of the Sea)" by Mary McLaughlin and William Coulter
• "Kali Ma" by Desert Wind
• "Keyf" from Mezdeke 5
• "A'la Kabira" by Pangia
• "Ohm" by Moontan
• "Moonwatch" by Moontan
• "Danza Marisa" by Daveed Korup (email Daveed and he'll send you an mp3 for free!! How sweet is that?)
• "Nar El Ghera" by Warda
• "Az Alaya" by Aline Khalaf
• "Bellydance Steps"
• "MC Sultan" by Der Bauch

Here's my 4/4 loop for practice.

Dance Wear

• Sharif Wear
• Decotach
• L. Rose Designs
• Totally Creative

Veils

• I highly recommend that you use a MAGICIAN'S SILK VEIL or an AYSHE VEIL.
• For classes at the 92 St Y I will have silk veils for sale with me in different colors.
• You can also purchase them at Serena Studios when you come to class.

Zills (finger cymbals)

Purchase them from:

• Serena Studios - They also have costumes, props and hip scarves.
• Turquoise International
• Saroyan

Drum Solo Workshop

My online Drum Solo is taking shape! There's so

much more to come but you can start learning now.

The Coquette

Here's a routine you can practice at home. Below the video screen you will find the description of the steps. Have fun :)

Key:
x = times
R = Right
L = Left
Each number = 8 beats

1. L hip roll into a drop, repeat R
   Semicircle (pelvic crescent) to R, foot touch,
   pelvic circle while doing 1/2 turn
   
   
2. It goes right away into R hip lift looking back
   repeat hip lift L side
   the third time R side with open arms, 2 hip drops
   
   
3. cocky walk: (thats how I call it) single single double
   Repeat
   
   
4. Baladi step back (backup step) 4x
   
   
5. 3-step turn to R, 2 hip pushes
   3-step turn to L, hip twist
   
   
6. Cocky walk 4x, Hip circle
   
   
7. Baladi step back (backup step) 4x
   notice the arms
   
   
8. Windmill (Windmills are hip rolls (reversed mayas)
   with those revolving arms you see at 0:39)
   Hip circle
   
   
9. Sidewise Arabic hipwalk, 2 hip pushes
   Arabic other side
   
   
10. Horiz figure 8 chasse with high arms 2x
    3-step turn
    
    
11. Baladi step back (backup step) 4x
    notice the arms
    
    
12. Maya, reverse undulation, snake arms,
    weight on L foot, R heel up, single-hip circle R
    
    
13. 3-step turn, 2 hip lifts
    3-step turn, shoulder accent
    
    
14. 3-step turn, hip lift
    Step, single hip circle into drop
    3-stepf turn, sharp hip lift on accent,
    roll up with slight rev undulation, arms to temple pose,
    head accent (at 1:17)

Ipek Siyah Mantulu

I love this song so much! I love the way the choreography is developing. It is quite complex and it is taking some time to be set and learned in class. Turns out, the real name of the song is "Karsiyakali"

Download the version we are using in class here. This particular version is called "Ipeksi" by John Vartan. Make sure you buy the entire album "Spotlight on Belly Dance" on iTunes.

The lyrics:

KARSIYAKALI

Ipek siyah mantolu, beyaz beyaz yakali

Kalbim, kalbim carpiyor, sana sana bakali

Hem cakalisin, biraz da fiyakali

Ne güzel seysin, ne yaman seysin Karsiyakali

Karsiyaka dilberi, cok sevimli bir peri

Düstü gönül agina, seni seni seveli

Hem cakalisin, biraz da fiyakali

Ne güzel seysin, ne yaman seysin Karsiyakali

Here are the choreography notes:

Start ready to begin a big hip circle from left to right. intro (4 for nothing) (4 more counts)
1	Hip circle - 2 pelvic circles - step, pose
2	Undulate - reverse undulation - 2 singlehip circles (R) lowering L arm
3	Wavy arms slow/fast/fast from low to high 2x on the last one bring feet together
4	(Kanun enters) (0:23) Arms down in Venus melt with shimmy - Continue shimmy, star pose, weight on R ft, R arm up
5	Continue shimmy, R arm pushes out to the side while L arm goes out to the side - Hug continuing shimmy
6	Head semicircle from R to L through the back, bend forward, roll up, opening arms wide, soft undulations, prepare for undulation walks
7	(Ipeksi vocal) (0:43) Undulating walk to R, arms progressively open on a diagonal, L hand ends low, R hand ends high
8	Undulating walk to L, same arms
9	Undulating walk to R, only twice, with arms high to the gods, then pose and open arms high
10	Sway left - sway right - barrel turn left
11	Kalbim vocal (1:01) walk-walk-drag (Cairo glide) - repeat
12	walk-walk-rond de jambe L ft from back to front - step side R ft - step back L ft - pose
13	Undulate bringing arms up big, undulate bringing arms down close to body w/hand swirls
14	Semicircle 2x, 2 pelvic circles turning to back, pose
15	(with your back to the audience) release from your belt the right end of your veil, on the cue: half turn (R) to face the audience, as you swing your veil in a big curve: low by your belt - high - low by your side
16	2 turns (L) as you progressively bring your veil up
17	Matador with arm to the R (no feet), Matador with arm crossing to the L (step L foot, extend R foot to side) Barrel turn to L
18	Turn to R, take your time positioning and get ready for your cue
19	Swing veil low-high-low to L ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL CUE
20	Everybody together: Veil butterfly on the count of 7 (there's no music cue)
21	Swing veil low-high-low to R ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL CUE
22	Everybody together: Turn to L bringing veil progressively higher on a spiral trail, give the veil to your left hand