RESET & REFRESH

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A series that will focus on 4 facets of Oriental Dance; Shimmy Development & Layers, Isolations, Fluidity & Turns. Reset & Refresh will take a new look at knee shimmies and hip shimmies, leaving the tension shimmy as a thing of the past, and working towards fuller, looser and more vivacious shimmies, then applying those reset shimmy skills with different upper & lower body layers, mobility drills and traveling. Isolations will focus not only on the isolated movement, but the surrounding and supporting areas that are so often over looked and diminish our isolation effect. Fluidity will focus on weight changes and distribution, flow, and connection points, making sure our melodic movements create the ebb and flow we want. Turns will refresh our spin skills, focus on the entire body within each turn, and give us an opportunity to drill and apply. Each 2-week segment of this series will include a 10 min drill video repeating all the technique in the class, and a full musicality combination, where the technique of the series will be applied and Amanda Rose will discuss musicality choices, rational and stylization.