Bellydancing choreography

[galadhir]

So my 'absolute beginners' bellydance class have been working on a choreography since about week three (back in September.) Next week is the last week and we will have to do the whole thing.

Last Monday the instructor suggested that we should take a video of the whole thing while she danced it. I can only assume because we're supposed to be practicing it at home. I have not done this, but perhaps I'll manage a few goes through over the weekend.

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I've signed up for the beginner's course again in the New Year. You have to do it at least twice before you can go on to the Improvers, which I think is honestly a good call because I still feel my brain shorting out half the time, and I can't yet do a shoulder shimmy without my hips joining in.

I'm vaguely hoping to get good enough to do a bit of Saidi, since I miss dancing with a stick, but I'm already a lifetime too late to get this good:

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Comments

[galadhir]

Ooh, I would love a red and black hip wrap, yes please! I have a blue and silver coin scarf which jingles a lot and always gives away when the wrong part of me is moving, so a slightly more silent one would be a real bonus! Thank you! Do you have a paypal I could send the postage to? I'll DM you :)

[watervole]

Call it £3 postage.

I'm not a big fan of Paypal. They skimmed a surprising amount off my last donation to Wikipedia.

Are you okay to pay by bank transfer if I send you my details privately?

Or you can donate it to Client Earth, who are a charity I support regularly.

[galadhir]

Oh cool, that would be perfect :) Thank you! I'll try to tackle private messaging now. This is very exciting :)