Top 10 Moves That Every Belly Dancer Must Know - The Undulation

Welcome to another video in the "Top 10 Moves That Every Belly Dancer Must Know" series!
In these videos we are exploring some of belly dance's most quintessential movements so you can learn to belly dance gracefully and confidently, knowing that you are creating and executing the movements safely and beautifully.
Today we are exploring the Forward Undulation. A gorgeously gooey movement, the undulation is a snaky movement of the spine from the chest down to the pelvis.
I will take you through the foundational isolations you need to create this movement and explain the muscles you'll use to drive them. Then we will put those isolations together to create this gorgeous movement, drill it with some layers and variations and then dance it with music.
So are you ready to belly dance?
Let's do it!
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[@ruthymbugua]

I love how you break down and explain the movements. Good job Sahira.

[@SahiraBellydances]

Thanks so much.

[@ClaudioAlessandri]

Wonderful lesson and you are very beautiful! Congratulations! Many Blessings!

[@SahiraBellydances]

Thanks so much.

[@lightupyourdance]

Thank you so much!. This helps a lot. Ilove your videos :)

[@SahiraBellydances]

Glad it helped 😊

[@officialtahminarahman8976]

Thank You for the wonderful lesson.

[@SahiraBellydances]

You’re so welcome.

[@mishmish6299]

I finally know why my undulations are not so “snakey” 😆 My pelvis does slightly tuck when I drop my chest. Will now be drilling chest drops to make sure my movements are isolated. Thank you so much! I’m only a beginner but it was really annoying me why my undulations were looking so off!

[@SahiraBellydances]

Glad it helped.

[@alessandrosimone5397]

Love you 🙏❤️😍😘

[@Kneffi1]

Again another very helpful video. My problem is that I find myself doing the movement with my knees and shoulders and not the muscles inside my torso. How can I avoid this?

[@SahiraBellydances]

I would try to break down the movement into smaller sections and then piece them all together. Happy journey 💃