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In the eleventh lesson we continue learning the undulations, concentrating on the full-body undulations, called “the camel move”. Join us in this belly dancing lesson, as well as in the full online belly dancing course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
If you are not a registered member yet, we welcome you to enter Belly Dance Boulevard – a true home of belly dance on the web. You will discover a beautiful boutique, a community with a teacher directory, articles, upcoming events calendar and much more.
While using this video for practice, I want to remind you to start with the basic posture as was taught in the first lesson, and also that learning to belly dance over the internet does not constitute an alternative for taking classes with a teacher.
The music in this lesson is from Yair Dalal & the Alol Ensemble’s CD “The Perfume Road”, and The song’s name is “El Halidg (The Persian Gulf)”.You can read about Rsdwan and also buy the CD here:
http://www.bellydanceboulevard.com/boutique/11.html
Now go have fun!

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The twelfth lesson deals with “around the world” hip circles, which means – big ones. I want to remind you to start with the basic posture as was taught in the first lesson, and also that learning to belly dance over the internet does not constitute an alternative for taking classes with a teacher.
Join us in this belly dancing lesson, as well as in the full online belly dancing course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
The song you hear in this lesson is “Open Doors” from Shem Tov Levy’s CD “Circle of Dreams”. We already heard a different song from this CD in the forth lesson… You can read more about it and also buy the CD here: http://www.bellydanceboulevard.com/boutique/9.html.
The twelfth lesson is the last one of the basic course series, and the next lesson that will be published will open our online lessons project. I will keep filming lessons myself, but from now on every belly dance teacher in the world is welcome to join me and film lessons. We are going to have a great variaty of lessons taught by many different teachers – how exciting is that!
Have fun,
Tamar

Duration : 0:8:49

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This is the seventh lesson out of a full online belly dance course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
In this video we learn how to do chest circles as well as hip circles, and combine them. I want to remind you to start with the basic posture as was taught in the first lesson, and also that learning to belly dance over the internet does not constitute an alternative for taking classes with a teacher.
The music we hear in this lesson is from Yair Dalal’s album “AlOl”, the song’s name is “solo arak” and it is about the joy that the singer feels when listening to Abed El Wahab’s music after drinking some alcohol beverages. The album can be bought in the boutique, here:
http://www.bellydanceboulevard.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=116&category_id=30&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=130

Visit www.BellyDanceBoulevard.com to see more lessons, read tips, watch videos with explanations and communicate with other belly dancers all around the world.
Now go have fun!

Duration : 0:7:46

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This is the sixth lesson out of a full online belly dance course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
In this video we learn how to move the upper body, including the rib cage and shoulders. I want to remind you to start with the basic posture as was taught in the first lesson, and also that learning to belly dance over the internet does not constitute an alternative for taking classes with a teacher.
The wonderful music we hear in this lesson is from an album by the Nazareth Orchestra
with the soloist Lubna Salame, an album that is a special tribute album in honor of 100 years anniversary to the legendary singer Oum Kolthoum, the Diva of Arab music. The album can be bought in the boutique, here:
http://www.bellydanceboulevard.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=107&category_id=30&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=130

Visit www.BellyDanceBoulevard.com to see more lessons, read tips, watch videos with explanations and communicate with other belly dancers all around the world.
Now go have fun!

Duration : 0:5:59

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This is the second lesson out of a full online belly dance course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
The music in this lesson is the song “Efred” by the well known and popular Egyptian singer Hakim, from the album by that name from 1997.
Visit BellyDanceBoulevard.com to watch the entire course, to get video recommendations, tips, to read articles and see the beautiful boutique of belly dance costumes and accessories. Enjoy!

Duration : 0:8:52

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This is the fifth lesson out of a full online belly dance course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
In this video we learn how to do the magical vertical figure eight movement (sometimes called “maya”), and also how to walk with it. I want to remind you to start with the basic posture as was taught in the first lesson, and also that learning to belly dance over the internet does not constitute an alternative for taking classes with a teacher.
The song in this lesson is “ya kelbi” from the CD “Deb” by the great singer, songwriter and guitarist Suad Massi.
Visit www.BellyDanceBoulevard.com to read tips, watch videos with explanations and communicate with other belly dancers all around the world.
Now go have fun!

Duration : 0:9:18

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This is the third lesson out of a full online belly dance course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
We learn here three styles of shimmi – Egyptian (controlled) shimmi, vibration and chuchu.
The music I dance to is the song “Nour el Ain” sang by the Egyptian star Amr Diab.
Visit www.BellyDanceBoulevard.com to watch the entire course, to get video recommendations, tips, to read articles and see the beautiful boutique of belly dance costumes and accessories. Enjoy!

Duration : 0:8:40

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This is the fourth lesson out of a full online belly dance course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
The video includes about nine minutes of belly dance lesson. We learn how to do the horizontal figure eight (and variations, as always).
The magical music in this lesson is from one of my favorite CD, “Circle of Dreams”, and I am glad to say it can be bought in the boutique of BellyDanceBoulevard.com, if you like it too. The musician is Shem Tov Levi, one of Israel’s leading musicians, and with him took part in this album some of the leading and most creative musicians on the Israeli ethnic musical scene.
Visit BellyDanceBoulevard.com to watch the entire course, to get video recommendations, tips, to read articles and see the beautiful boutique of belly dance costumes and accessories. Enjoy!

Duration : 0:9:35

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This is the first lesson out of a full online belly dance course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
The video starts with 2:30 minutes of me doing dance improvisation; I believe it is important to see your teacher’s dance style before learning from her. Following that, there are about seven minutes of belly dance lesson. We learn how to do the twist, how to walk with it, and more.
The music I dance to is the song “Ra’etak” (”I protected you”) from Hussein el Masry’s album “Arabian Emotions”.
Visit BellyDanceBoulevard.com to watch the entire course, to get video recommendations, tips, to read articles and see the beautiful boutique of belly dance costumes and accessories. Enjoy!

Duration : 0:9:46

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Join us and learn belly dance arm movements in our belly dancing lesson, the ninth out of a full online belly dancing course from BellyDanceBoulevard.com. Watch and practice at the comfort of your home, by yourself or with a friend.
If you are not a registered member yet, we welcome you to enter Belly Dance Boulevard – a true home of belly dance on the web. You will discover a beautiful boutique, a community with a teacher directory, articles, upcoming events calendar and so much more!
While using this video for practice, I want to remind you to start with the basic posture as was taught in the first lesson, and also that learning to belly dance over the internet does not constitute an alternative for taking classes with a teacher.
The beautiful music in this lesson is from the CD Touchia, the song’s name is Touchia Ramel Maya Djiri. You can read about Touchia and also buy the CD in the boutique, here:
http://www.bellydanceboulevard.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=106&category_id=30&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=130
Visit www.BellyDanceBoulevard.com to see more lessons, read tips, watch videos with explanations and communicate with other belly dancers all around the world.
Now go have fun!

Duration : 0:8:35

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