Top 10 Moves Every Belly Dancer Must Know - The Egyptian Shimmy

Welcome back to another installment in the Top 10 Moves Every Belly Dancer MUST Know Series.

Check out all of the videos in the top 10 moves playlist to collect them all!

In this video, we will be diving into one of the most iconic movements in the Bellydance vocabulary – the Egyptian Shimmy.

This is an absolute must have for your Bellydance tool kit. And while it is a seemingly simple concept, it is quite difficult to execute cleanly. (In fact, this move took me about 12 years to get truly comfortable with, and I continue to work to improve it in my practice all the time!)

You could simply describe this shimmy as an alternating knee bend with the accent to the back, causing a vibration in the body - but in this video, I will give you a much more thorough explanation that will help you accurately create the movement in a way that is safe for your body

Practicing this movement slowly and diligently is the fastest way to find success.

So let's dive in and practice The Egyptian Shimmy!

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[nilu]

Just what I needed. My shimmies are shaky, uncontrolled, twitchy, glitchy and make me look like Im having an epileptic fit! Ive been trying to hare my way to the top but time to bring out my tortoise. Will start from scratch with you 2moro. Thanks Sahira ❤

[salemdog]

Love this! Shared it with my current group of beginner students!

[kevinrobles]

Hi sahina can you visit liverpool fc YNWA with mo salah and Jurgen klopp 😊

[erikaclose]

Is this a shimmy I would always do “in place”. In other words, there is no traveling version of this move?