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If you live in or around the Chillicothe, OH Area, and want to learn Middle-Eastern (belly) Dance, learn new ideas, bond with other women of many different cultures and backgrounds, and even get some exercise, then look no further! You have found your passion! Turn to Najla’s Dance to fulfill this passion.

“Where do you come up with this stuff”

587In class tonight as we were working on choreography to Dance of Eternity and as I was teaching chest circles with snake arms one of my students asked me “where do you come up with this stuff?”  It made me laugh because sometimes I do sit and just think about what kind of moves that I can teach and how I can do a move in a different way my students may not be accustomed to.  As a teacher it is important to challenge my students because I want each one of them to progress as well as be very well rounded dancers.  Sometimes I come up with stuff at the strangest times while at work or even I have been known to have ideas when I am cooking or even driving which can sometimes be dangerous! My family and I went to a Christian Rock concert this past summer and my daughter turns to me and says “Mom your belly dancing!”  The music moved me and I just started moving and I was trying out different moves. Sometimes ideas will also stem from other dancers and I will change it completly around or seeing a dancer do something different will stir my own creativity inside.  We never know when the urge and creativity hits us and I have realized that when it does hit I just have to run with it!

Private Class for Liza

Drills

  • Pistons
  • Down Pistons
  • Shoulder Thrusts moving down 4/up 4
  • Maya’s
  • Figure 8’s
  • ribbons
  • Single hip lifts
  • Single hip drops

Zills

triple pattern/gallop

rlr rlr rlr rlr rlr rlr rlr rlr

pattern of two

rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl

Continue on drum music showing me what accents you have come up with lets talk more about what you here with the music.