SENSUAL BELLYANCE DVD. | . "VENUS" CHOREOGRAPHY NOTES
Music:
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"Ifrit" by Tim Rayborn
Album: "The Flame and The Shadow" |
"Blanca" by Pete List
Album: "Songs for Kassar" |
Each number = one dance phrase = 8 counts = 2 musical measures = 2 whole notes
maya = reverse hip roll
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Part 1. THE BIRTH OF VENUS |
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Start with "Venus in the cocoon" pose |
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Raise arm 8 counts to lift hand into Venus Victorious pose |
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Falling leaf 4 cts, hand ripple forward 2 cts, bring ripple in 2 cts, gather hands together |
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"Mystery" gesture 4 cts,
open from the heart w/ 2 slow maya 4 cts |
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Continue maya - 2 reverse hip rolls as arms go up (1-2-3-4),
1 more maya as hands move to side of the face (5-6), one more maya as you go into drama queen pose (7-8) |
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Baladi step with single-hip circle forward on a diagonal (2x) as arms get into Priestess Pose |
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Continue w/ 1 more baladi,
3 steps - deep plie
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| Part 2. SENSING UNITY WITH YOUR BODY AND THE WORLD |
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Reverse undulation for 4 cts as Priestess Arms go up (head accent on 3), 4 fast maya with Venus Meltdown |
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2 slow hip rolls as you open feet a little wider, Goddess Arms raising, then 4 fast hip rolls with Venus Meltdown. |
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Big hip circle (1-2-3-4) into 2 pelvic circles |
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Big, slow and luscious hip circle other side (7 counts), position into a diagonal as you bring your foot forward
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| Part 3. FREEDOM AND EXPANSION |
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Lunge, forward snake arms slow (1-2), then faster (3-4-5-6), gather arms in, open (7-8) |
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Go into Star Pose w shiver (6 cts), then caress and flourish |
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Repeat other side |
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Go to other side drama queen pose with shiver 4 cts
caressing (prepare on “and” count) 4 cts |
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Slow upper body sway 2x, then barrel turn, finish facing diagonal w/ arms down |
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Scoop up priestess arms shimmying 6 cts
Accent on 3 and get into Odalisque Pose extreme. [Tim Rayborn song only: Venus Meltdown with 2 chest circles] [Pete List song only: Start melting down to the floor]*
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| Part 4. REACHING OUT TO OTHERS - THE VILLAGE |
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Walk back with hand flourishes (4x) |
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Baladi step w/Princess Arms 2x,
chasse (step together step) 2x forward w/Wavy Arms up |
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Continue chasse in a circle floor pattern 4x
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| Part 5. THE COURAGEOUS FEMININE |
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3-step turn finishing on Temple pose and head accent on 4, then 4 sharp vertical hip slides |
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Open arms, also open feet a little, and do double hip bumps 2x, then feet together as arms go up and shimmy while doing Venus Meltdown, head accent on 8 |
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Repeat Double hip bumps 2x, then
Arabic hip walk |
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Chasse forward w raised wavy arms 4x
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| Part 6. THE RECEPTIVE FEMININE |
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Back traveling undulations: 2x slow w/princess arms
2 fast w open w/ demi-second arms
3-step turn turning palms up |
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Side step with nymph arms with hip rolls 2x, repeat other side with shimmy 2x |
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Repeat to first side with sharp hips 2x, then step, reach, pose and nymph melt
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| Part 7. THE EVOLVING FEMININE |
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3-step turn, single-hip drops 4x Star arms |
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3-step turn, chest circles 8x w/ venus melt |
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3-step turn, reach out into a lunge, front snake arms |
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3-step turn - shimmy with venus melt
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| Part 8. ELEVATION |
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Accents out-in (1-2) then shimmy (3-4), twist (5) shimmy (6-7-8) |
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While shimmying: chest up-down (1-2) hold (3-4), reverse undulation (5-6-7-8) |
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with Odalisque Arms: single hip bumps (1-2) shimmy (3-4), pelvic circle while shimmying and Venus Meltdown (5-6-7-8) |
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continue shimmy and wavy arms on accents (1-2), hold (3-4), then Illusion Gesture (5-6-7-8)
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| Part 9. END |
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shimmies in serpent pose (ballerina twirl) |
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running shimmy in place with snake arms going higher and higher |
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Venus meltdown, go into Venus Victorious pose and WAIT—don’t throw everything into the trash!
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* [ FLOORWORK - Pete List's song only! ]
RELAXING AND BEAUTIFYING |
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Continue melting, get into mermaid pose |
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Hand ripples framing eyes, wrist flourish for transition |
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Arm around 4 cts
body rolls while doing 2 soft kicks, one at a time |
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Hand out(1-2) - and in(3-4) - and up(5-6) - around(7-8) (learn paddle song) |
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Kneel/draw on the water(1-2) - sugar cotton(3-4) - heart offering(5-6) - prepare(7-8)
learn paddle song: around-roll rooll- -up -cross (prepare) |
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Serpent pose one side 4 cts
close with hand swirls |
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Serpent pose to other side, close,
heart offering |
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Stand up with front snake arms |
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