Maui Intensive workshop Notes July 2007

topic posted Mon, September 10, 2007 - 12:53 PM by  Jill Parker
Hey All, I hope you're well.
I apologize for the delay. I have been traveling a lot and have been quite ill.
I had a blast with you all in the Maui Intensive, thanks for being there and thanks to Kajira and chuck for putting it on! It was a highlight of my summer. Hope you find this is helpful and relevant.
Happy Dancing xo, Jill

Releve movements are done with a lock in the lower abs to hold you up and put you in control of the movements...think floating.

Grapevine with chest circles, layers

Up Hips with chest isolations, up down, side to side, chest circles percussive and soft, polyrhythms and isolations

Pelvic undulations: direction, up or down? brush stroke up the wall or down?
Variation: Arabic backwalk, downward direction traveling back. layer shimmies. (don't use butt muscles)

Circlestep footwork, slinky gooey lazy sexy, let the movement spiral up to the hips and chest don't isolate the movement.

Moroccan campfire, Footwork: 1 R cross, 2 L twist, 3 L behind, 4 R open, 5 L cross, 6 R twist, 7 R behind, 8 L open. Keep upper body centered and lifted, lower body travels in a horseshoe shape around campfire, footwork: flat flat ball ball flat flat ball ball. hen on ball pull up from center, hips behind center. keep feet close under you.

Horizontal figure 8 with footwork, gliding floating

Clover turns, think spyrograph, circles inside of circles

Malia Egyptian, flat foot step then twist.
Variation: 2 egyptian steps, 1-2 right twist left, 3-4 left twist right, 5-6 circle right (clockwise), AND (soft hip forward), 7-8 Back Forward hip. repeat on left.

Down hips, tic tocs, barbie imagery, ball socket at waist, lifted.
Variation: out in in, bhangra flat ball ball ball traveling side to side, bhangra flat ball ball

Shimmies:
Marching or ghawazee, vertical horse shoe shape
Hips up or down, right or left?
bouncing
horizontal hip slides
hop
horizontal figure 8
heel toe toe
Choo choo with or without horizontal hip slides, tread lightly on the floor!
Jamilla
Tunisian back or forward, horizontal plane
3/4 Arabic

Multi spotting turns exercise, spot four directions in the room.

Combos:
Arabic hip twist 1/4 turn, chest circle with Arabic pivot turn to the left (counter clockwise)

Facing partner clover turn, end back to back, bouncing shimmy, hop shimmy to face each other, Moroccan campfire 1/4 then 1/2 turns.
(I think I've got this right, my notes were a little cryptic...)

Right Tunisian back hip to the right 4cts, turn over right shoulder, clockwise 4cts, (switch directions) paddle turn left foot planted right foot paddling counter clockwise, spotting over right shoulder on the 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8. repeat on left.

There may be more that didn't make it into my notes.
Please add on if any of you think I've missed anything, thanks!
Jill
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Jill Parker
SF Bay Area

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