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Learning belly dance is an amazing personal makeover experience welcoming women of any age, size or shape. It infuses your everyday movement with sensual flair and confidence, helps you rediscover and enjoy the power of femininity and the seductive grace woven by nature into the curves of your body.

Belly Dance: First Steps for Total Beginners is a step-by-step belly dance instruction program presented in a continuous movement format. Created by Neon, trend-setting instructor acclaimed for her innovative fast-track methods of teaching beginners and supportive, nurturing style, First Steps takes you from basic moves to graceful and sensual bellydance combinations through non-stop practice with beautiful uplifting music. Move and dance from the very first step!

The program consists of 48 2-3 min. segments systematically teaching all major types of belly dancing steps.  Each segment breaks down, explains and drills a basic bellydance move and an easy-to-grasp  combination that shows how to use it. The movement starts slowly, then progresses to full speed. Neon offers detailed tips and visualisations promoting correct, solid and safe technique from the very start, and carefully cues each move and combination for easy following.

In Bellydance First Steps for Total Beginners a consistent system of animated onscreen graphics is superimposed on Neon's moving image to present dance moves as trajectories following geometric shapes, and effectively interpret movement angles and directions, promoting accelerated learning.

The 48 segments of the program are assembled into 12 sessions - each session is capped with a movement review (a Dance Party section) practicing all the steps and combinations covered in the preceding session. 

The 12 sessions cover:

• rhythmic hips and steps (releasing the hips, getting attuned to rhythm)

• belly dance percussive hipwork 1 & 2

• combining bellydance footwork with hipwork

• fluid belly dance hipwork

• combining fluid and percussive hipwork

• upper body moves and accents

• combining fluid hipwork and upper body accents

• easy hipwork combinations

• challenging hipwork combinations

• challenging fluid movements

• shimmy

Love Zumba dance? Take it to a new level and learn real dance steps and combinations with star belly dance instructors who teach both beginners and professionals.

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Even as a beginner belly dancer, you may want to seek some easy, casual performance opportunities. Small, low-pressure performances, like dancing at a friends' gathering, a student recital, or a community event, can make a big difference in your journey as a dancer. Performing helps you overcome stage fright, develop stage presence and expression, and see what moves and steps work best for you. If you perform at your studio dance events, you will meet other dancers, teachers, and event organizers who can support your journey. Waiting until we're "good enough" slows our growth as dancers.  It's better to gain experience than strive for perfection.