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| Lesson Four |
| Subject: Lesson Four: Hip Basics I Hip Basics I **Don't forget to do basic stance & to isolate the movements! PLEAY: Just a little bend in the knees with a dip in either one or both hips SMILE-Y HIPS: Move the hips from side to side, allow them to lift slightly on either side of the body. The pattern the hips make is one of a smile-y mouth on the wall in front of you. CONTRACTIONS: Starting in basic stance, pull the hip straight up while bending the knee of the contracted hip slightly. There should be no outward movement of the hip. The accent or energy is on the upward movement. DROP: Doing a contraction gently, drop the hip with the accent on the downward movement; drop it with energy! There should be no outward, front, or backward movement for this basic dance movement. SIDE SLIDE: Slide the hip to the right and then the left or vice versa. Remember not to bring the hip up, the slide should be straight across. Do not move anything above the waist. FRONT & BACK SLIDE: Same as above, only slide the pelvis front & back. Do not move anything above the waist. Be gentle with your back and spine. HORIZONTAL DIAMOND HIPS: Moving the hips out to one side, then to the front, then the other side, then the back, and then back to the side you started, creating a horizontal diamond. Keep the movement isolate. LITTLE HIP CIRCLES: Rounding of the corners from the diamond, isolate the hips and make a horizontal circle by moving the hips forward, one side, to the back, and the other side, and forward again. The pattern of the circle is drawn on the floor. BIG HIP CIRCLE: Rounding off the corners from the diamond, create a large round circle with the hips. Allow the torso to circle as well, in the opposite direction of the hips (if the hips are right, the torso is left, if the hips are front, the torso is back--lean back,-etc.) Practice keeping the head in one spot, and moving the head with the torso movment to get more varity. � CIRCLE FRONT: Create this pattern on the floor. Start with the pelvis out to one side. Pretend you are going to do a hip circle, and move the pelvis to the front, and then to the other side. But rather than complete the circle by going back, either go back to the front and the other side, or stop. � CIRCLE BACK: Same as the front, only to the rear. Start with the pelvis to one side, slide it to the rear, then to the other side, then either stop, or slide it back to the rear, and then to side which you started from. |