HOW TO AVOID A SHIMMY LOCKβ£β£ π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯β£β£
Do you often feel that your knee shimmy is so tense that you can barely smile, not to mention adding another movement on top of it?ππππHere are a couple of tips for you.πππβ£
β Forget about trying to be fast with your movements! βββ πInstead, focus of being relaxed, and having a nice range of motion in your legs. Thatβs much more important for achieving spectacular shimmies. πβ£β£
β Aim to do a simple knee shimmy for a long time NONSTOP. If you've never done this exercise before, you'll be surprised how long 3-5 minutes are! πThe goal is to do it nonstop and make sure that you are not locking (tensing) muscles at any point of this exercise.πͺπͺπͺβ£β£
β Keep track of your breathing, and try to talk while practicing your shimmy. It will force you to relax.π€π€π€β£β£
β Then add arm movements. In slow tempo, and in different directions. First it can be symmetrical arm patterns, but then try to move each arm differentlyπβ£β£
β Only then move on to more complicated movements, like undulation or maya layered on top of a shimmy.β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ£
Did you like these tips? Let me know if you are going to try any of them! πβ€οΈπππβ£β£
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Clip from the recent Technique Drill inside the Iana Dance Club.
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About Iana
Iana Komarnytska is a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer, and passionate content creator helping dancers navigate their dance lives.
She is a graduate from the professional dance program at York University (Canada), host of the Belly Dance Life podcast, creator of the Iana Dance Club, author of numerous articles, and winner of Star Bellydancer Canada 2014 among other international competitions.
Along with belly dance, Iana performs and teaches Persian Classical and Turkish Romani dancing. She is the first choreographer to start using Triple Isis wings, and since 2012 this is one of her style signatures.
Mejance, or megance, or mejanse, or any other way that you may spell itπ, is an entrance piece of the belly dancer. Itβs her introduction, and her business card. πββοΈ Itβs the first song she appears in front of her audience, and very often itβs a music composed specifically for her.