Shimmering Hips - Belly Dance Shimmy Layering with Shahrzad Professional-level course
If you purchase the Instant Video version of this program: 🎬 Instant Lifetime Access — No Subscriptions, No Expiration. As soon as your order is complete, you’ll receive a permanent access link to this video program in your email. ✅ Watch instantly on any device ✅ Pause, rewind, and revisit anytime ✅ No account needed. Want to see how instant video delivery works? → Try our free sample (no payment required)
Master the Radiant Complexity of Layered Shimmies - belly dance as percussive artistry.
Created by Shahrzad, a Cairo-based star of Egyptian-style Oriental dance and master instructor known for her clarity and cultural depth, Shimmering Hips is a 1-hour 40-minute immersion into one of belly dance’s most advanced techniques: shimmy layering. Designed for dancers ready to move beyond basic shakes into rhythmic sophistication, this program builds the control, musicality, and finesse that define true stage excellence.
Why shimmy layering matters:
A strong shimmy is impressive—but a shimmy layered over hip circles, weight shifts, or traveling steps? That’s hypnotic. It transforms percussive movement into living rhythm, allowing you to embody multiple musical layers at once.
Program Journey:
🔹 Foundations: Posture alignment + targeted strengthening drills to build endurance, stability, and clean isolations
🔹 Core Shimmy Mastery: Refine Egyptian, choo-choo, twist, and chest shimmies with precision cues for speed, amplitude, and control
🔹 Layering Progression:
• Start with shimmies + slides and weight shifts
• Advance to shimmies layered over circles, figure 8s, and traveling steps
🔹 Musical Training: All drills and combinations set to live drum beats in classic belly dance rhythms—so your technique grows alongside your musicality
🔹 Performance Combinations: Several polished sequences that blend technique into stage-ready artistry
Ideal for:
• Intermediate to advanced dancers seeking technical refinement
• Performers wanting to add textural richness to their improvizations and choreographies
• Teachers building curriculum in high-level oriental dance technique
Why learn from World Dance New York?
For over 25 years, World Dance New York has been the trusted authority in women’s solo dance education—pioneering accessible, body-positive, and artistically rich instruction that has shaped generations of dancers worldwide. We collaborate only with master artists who teach dance as embodied musicality. Every program is a complete learning system—designed to help you move from repetition to resonance.
Build on what you’re learning with these programs:
Shimmering Hips - Belly Dance Shimmy Layering with Shahrzad Professional-level course
If you purchase the Instant Video version of this program: 🎬 Instant Lifetime Access — No Subscriptions, No Expiration. As soon as your order is complete, you’ll receive a permanent access link to this video program in your email. ✅ Watch instantly on any device ✅ Pause, rewind, and revisit anytime ✅ No account needed. Want to see how instant video delivery works? → Try our free sample (no payment required)
Master the Radiant Complexity of Layered Shimmies - belly dance as percussive artistry.
Created by Shahrzad, a Cairo-based star of Egyptian-style Oriental dance and master instructor known for her clarity and cultural depth, Shimmering Hips is a 1-hour 40-minute immersion into one of belly dance’s most advanced techniques: shimmy layering. Designed for dancers ready to move beyond basic shakes into rhythmic sophistication, this program builds the control, musicality, and finesse that define true stage excellence.
Why shimmy layering matters:
A strong shimmy is impressive—but a shimmy layered over hip circles, weight shifts, or traveling steps? That’s hypnotic. It transforms percussive movement into living rhythm, allowing you to embody multiple musical layers at once.
Program Journey:
🔹 Foundations: Posture alignment + targeted strengthening drills to build endurance, stability, and clean isolations
🔹 Core Shimmy Mastery: Refine Egyptian, choo-choo, twist, and chest shimmies with precision cues for speed, amplitude, and control
🔹 Layering Progression:
• Start with shimmies + slides and weight shifts
• Advance to shimmies layered over circles, figure 8s, and traveling steps
🔹 Musical Training: All drills and combinations set to live drum beats in classic belly dance rhythms—so your technique grows alongside your musicality
🔹 Performance Combinations: Several polished sequences that blend technique into stage-ready artistry
Ideal for:
• Intermediate to advanced dancers seeking technical refinement
• Performers wanting to add textural richness to their improvizations and choreographies
• Teachers building curriculum in high-level oriental dance technique
Why learn from World Dance New York?
For over 25 years, World Dance New York has been the trusted authority in women’s solo dance education—pioneering accessible, body-positive, and artistically rich instruction that has shaped generations of dancers worldwide. We collaborate only with master artists who teach dance as embodied musicality. Every program is a complete learning system—designed to help you move from repetition to resonance.