2/5/08

Taxim work
Floreo arm pattern from Flamenco.
Start arms in 5th. shoulders back and down.
right hand comes across front of body and does a floreo at the left armpit, keeping the right elbow high, but with both shoulders still remaining back and down as much as possible. Head looks toward the right.
as right hand moves down, second floreo starts at roughly waist height, but instead of a quick follow through, the floreo drags out as you continue to sweep your hand up and into 3rd.
Another floreo at third, then arms continue back up to 5th. for the last floreo. Head faces forward.
then switch and repeat with left arm sweeping.
can also be done with one knee slightly bent, this emphasizes the line and looks very beautiful.

side bends with an arm pull, both with bent knee and without. and with shoulder roll and without.

alternating taffy pulling pose. Right knee moves forward, left knee locks straight, chest twists slightly forward (actually it's really that the left shoulder blade is moving back and down). The hands start flat and level at chest height, the right one pulls up as the thumb and middle finger draw together like picking up a tube of lipstick, the right arm continues to move up and past the right ear with the arm ending extended and the hand bent downward dramatically at the wrist with the the middle finger and thumb pointed toward the top of the head. meanwhile, the left arms is pushing through the wrist and the hand is moving into the same lipstick tube grabbing position as the elbow straightens and the arm ends fully extended with the elbow locked next to the body. The wrist remaining flexed and pushing through the heel of the hand. The hands then move back toward one another as the knee straightens. At this point the heel of the right hand pushes through as it comes down and the left wrist cocks as it comes up to meet back at the chest. elbows should remain high while the hands are in transit. But shoulders, as usual are back and down.

Snake arm prep.
shoulder rolls, down, forward, up, and back.
then alternating both shoulders at once, trying to be as smooth as possible.
cat paw arms keeping elbows tightly into body, but allowing hands to knead. pulling back with one hand, middle finger and thumb drawing together, while the other hand pushes palm out.

Reverse turn:
plant the right foot on the ball crossed behind the left, as closely as possible. Right arm gracefully straight up over the head, then turn, turning on the right ball and left heel, coming fully around to land in an opposite cross. While turning the right arm moves down the body, while the left arm moves up to end gracefully above the head, the opposite of the beginning arm position.

Taxim: out, up, down, over.
keep knees bent and pelvis tucked.

forward/back figure 8's. scoop right hip forward and around, then left hip. Can be done with a variety of arm positions. It looks very nice if you allow your upper body and head to lean in opposition, scooping out the same side hand and hip so that the side that your upper body is leaning to has an extended graceful arm.

Arabic 2: deep, deep, shallow, shallow. pelvis moves down, scoops forward, curls in, then releases.


3 arabic 2's, on the third one use the last shallow to switch weight while turning to the other corner, then execute 2 chest circles starting left, moving front, right, back.
body rolls moving forward with chest, up, back, and rolling down and releasing.

Hi Joyce
WOW! Good notes and some technical detail and nomeclature left out, but WOW and thankyou so so much. Is it possible to combine and post maybe every other week and combine classes for example?
One post tues wk1 and wk2, then another post sat wk1, wk2 and then two weeks later post tues wk3and 4 then another post sat week 3, 4,? I think it will be better for the tribe format and space considerations and time for you, so its not so much pressure and double posting as well. I think it would be preferable for me managing the site.

I wish every dancer was so committed and interested and I certainly am not judging anyone, but it really makes a teacher feel good, that someone cares so much besides her for all her work and details she shares. Thank you so deeply.
love palika