May 20, 2012
Learn the hip snap belly dancing technique in this free video dance lesson.
Expert: Portia
Contact: www.bellymotions.com
Bio: Portia is the founder, director, and chief instructor of Belly Motions, a premiere belly dance academy in Miami/Coral Gables, Florida.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller
Duration : 0:1:16
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im a natural born …
im a natural born
im half arbaic and i learned it fro my mom since i was a lil baby , so these lesons are so easyy
Portia in these …
Portia in these videos you kinda resemble Jade from the soapopera O Clone, the face and the body and the beautiful hair =)
its easier to move …
its easier to move your hips wen they are big
a lot of girls just …
a lot of girls just don’t have the control over their hips to be able to do a move like that without practice. they end up moving their torso too much instead of isolating the hips. that’s why it’s hard. some people are just naturally born with the ability to do it correctly though.
I wish I had a but …
I wish I had a but like that!!! WHAT CONTROL..over that mussel group…OMG>..at 53 a gramma..I can appreciate health..you go girl…!!!!!
haha your getting a …
haha your getting a thumbs up from me X]
um… i know i’m …
um… i know i’m probably gonna get a lot of thumbs down for this… but. How is that hard? O.o
Nice
Nice
i didnt get it …
i didnt get it nothing hurt nothing went right my mom walked in on me try to do this amd i looked foolish thats it
THANKS A LOT!!! My …
THANKS A LOT!!! My teacher never told me to squeeze the butt while doing a hip snap, but now I can do it =)
Gosh I want to be …
Gosh I want to be able to do this, I’ve really tried but I can’t. The shaking the hips part is the really hard one that I can’t do! Do I need to gain more strength in my thigh’s or legs or anywhere else before I try this?
lol she lifted her …
lol she lifted her boobs
reading peoples …
reading peoples comments, theres alot of “ouch”,” that hurt” and “i got a butt cramp” i think ill stick with watching and wishing i cud belly dance…i never thought it possible to get a cramp in ones butt LOL!!!!
my point is, well …
my point is, well when u’ve grown up naturally able to bellydance it doesnt feel like ‘sqeezing’, thats all…
Yes, I believe that …
Yes, I believe that if you want the movement to look authentic, you must learn to really squeeze your glute (butt) muscle…and quickly.
if this is stupid …
if this is stupid wdh r u duen here watching it then?
doesnt feel like …
doesnt feel like sqeezing
wait r u actually …
wait r u actually serious! u can ghet a cramp doin dat shyt……………….well yall stupid…yall must b doin dhat shyt hard…[dumbass]
Guuuys!
If u are …
Guuuys!
If u are squeezing butt muscles, of course u will get cramps
the thing is contracting the pelvis…not squeezing
if u squeeze u wont be able to move as free….and the movement wont be as u want!
your squeezing ur …
your squeezing ur glutes(butt muscles)
this is fun!
this is fun!
why does she say …
why does she say sqeeze right, squeeze left? just say kick ur hips to the right then to the left
I don’t get it
I don’t get it
ow i got an crap
ow i got an crap
ouch!! i must’ve …
ouch!! i must’ve pulled a muscle trying to do that