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Are you ready to add some flare to your shimmy? My name is Karen; this is Johanna, and we're
with Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio, in Saint Petersburg, Florida. We're going to
add a little side foot movement, and accent with our shimmy. So, our foot is just going
to touch out to the side, and then come back together and out, together and out, together
and out. Now, we're going to be adding a little hip lift when the foot comes out, so you're
going to want to keep that knee nice and soft. So bring em' soft together, out, and straighten
it slightly to pop that hip up, and out together, out together, good. Make sure you keep your
belly button pulled in, keep your chest lifted, and make sure you can transfer your weight;
that you don't put all your weight out here; you're just touching, okay? So let's get that
shimmy going. Make sure you practice the two parts separately to get em' good and strong
first before putting them together, so they're nice and clean, okay? So out together, out
together, out together. Keep that shimmy nice and even as you do it, good. A little faster,
out together, out together, out together, out together. Then it kind of gives you a
nice little flip with your hip, so it's nice to accent with your music. So practice this
in the mirror, so you get a nice accented foot shimmy to your layers.