Belly Dance: Two Common 3/4 Shimmy Problems - SOLVED!

If you're having trouble with your walking 3/4 shimmies, here are some fixes!
Watch and learn how to fix them and improve your bellydance technique.

2 Common 3/4 Shimmy Problems:
1.Committing to the floor
2. Hips not working independently

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[loveenadsouza]

Hi Mahin...I am loveena Dsouza ...learning belly dance. u r great inspiration. thank for the tips...its going to help me a lot. lots of love to you.

[saltyserenity]

Hi...thank you...love these short n sweet little snippets. Your suggestions have become a part of my practice for sometime now, thank you very much for them!🙏 Been meaning to tell you this for awhile: Im from Az & recently moved to Oregon, I was in Eugene for awhile & had just found a studio( Celebration Bellydance & Yoga) I liked alot (& then stupid shutdown) the point is I was taking a beginner class & the instructor Nichole recommended ur videos to those who wanted ideas for home practice....thought that was really cool... Much love from a former Xanadu dancer💖💃💞PS we were in a Hafla together a time ago...I've met u😜

[WebbPride]

Thank you, I'm going to practice this today.

[LisaCullen]

Thank you so much 😊 You’ve explained the move as I know it, but I get confused because another instructor said a lot of times students and/or other instructors may teach a triplet shimmy and call it a 3/4 shimmy ( visa versa) and they’re different. I just started dancing again (online advanced class and beginner for a refresher) since 2011 right before the the pandemic, and I’ve never heard of the triplet shimmy. I’m confused, so can you please go over the difference.

To my understanding the triplet shimmy doesn’t have the pause in between as the 3/4 shimmy does, and it’s an even distribution of the hips going from one side tongue other. The basic I and Hagalla 3/4 shimmy on the down have the pause. Can you explain and show the difference. As can’t seem to do a triplet shimmy on the up. I end up doing a 3/4 shimmy on the up.🤦🏾‍♀️

[loveenadsouza]

But Mahin...it getts confusing when the speed of the walk increases. How do i deal with this Mahin.