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| Rib slide warm up: Lie flat on your back and reach your rib cage out to the right as far as it will go. Pull it back to neutral and repeat on the left. Rib Crescent Warm up Lie flat on your back and reach your rib cage out to the side, then curve it upwards. Pull it back in to neutral following the same curve and repeat on the other side. Visualize your ribs tracing a smiley face mouth as you do this movement. |
| Hip circles: There are several different kinds of hip circles you can use in dance, and the hardest to accomplish is the Egyptian circle, which is flat. It moves forward, left, back , right and forward again without any tipping to the pelvis at all. If you envision a table top settled around your hips, you want to trace that flat table with the circular motion. A mirror is a necessity for getting this movement right, and the back is by far the hardest movement to get down. Look in the mirror while you push your hips to the back. Your lower back should nor curve or shoten its line at all. You should feel a stretch in your lower back when you do this correctly, because you�re reaching your hips back behind you and lengthening your back. Curling your back will give you a hula type of hip circle, or as one of my friends calls it �duck butt�. Duck butt is fine for hula, gypsy, Turkish hip circles, but you need to be able to do a flat circle as well. |