UpperBody Advanced Workshop
Moves to add an Emotional Impact and a Lyrical
Quality to Your Dance
A Level III and up seminar with Piper © 2002 &
2007
Chest Tilt
= muscles under the armpit pull one shoulder down to the side
- Pelvic Tilts
- Hip Pulls
- Beata: Body Rolls Down stepping
in a circle
Torso Tilt
= muscles in the waist pull the upper body down to one side
- Step-Hip
- Swing Hip Triple Step
- Piper: Step-BallChange Swing Hip
Travel Step
- Nagoua Fouad: Step-Swing Hip with
waist grab and swing arm
Chest Figure 8s
Up-and-Over = chest moves up, over
to one side, out and down and then back to the middle, repeat to other side
- Dip Figure 8s
- Snake Arms
- Sky Reach to end with arms in V
- Side Lunge
- Side Lunge with ˝ Dip Figure 8
and Snake Arm + pull back
- The Wild Nymph: lean back and
wave hair
Chest Figure 8s
Down-and-Under = chest moves down,
over to one side, up and back to the middle, repeat to other side
- Hip Pulls with arms rising to the
side
- Scoop Figure 8s
- Rhea: Scoop Hip Figure 8s moving
side or in a circle
3D Chest Figure 8s
- Hip 3D Figure 8s stepping back
- Hip 3D Figure 8s stepping side to
side
Body Roll Down the
side of the torso
- The Siren: Facing away from the
audience, Genii Arms, step left in front of your right foot (to
backstage), right hip moves back, out, forward and in with a side body
roll that starts at the ribs.
Reverse.
- The Siren with a kick: make sure
that your leg extends behind and not to the side of you, the toe is
pointed and turns in from the hip.
- Hip Rotation/Circles with a Body
Roll Down
- Big Single Hip Circle with a Body Roll
Down
- Body Rolls Down stepping side to
side 4 count vs. 8 count (arms reverse)
Chest Wave Forward
and Down = a
Vertical Chest Circle Up, Forward, Down, and Back
Full
- Melina: Forward, Step, Back, Step
- Melina (wings): Lunge Forward
with Body Roll Up (start toe, knee, hips) and bring wings from behind you
to point in front of you
- Rhea’s Ancient Greek Pose: take
energy from Sky to Earth to Sky (back
half of wave only)
- Pharaonic Pose: bring hand up
front of body from hip level to chest level
- Start facing front, then jump
with arms down to face side, shimmy while raising arms and looking up
- Contemporary Back Step, Hip Down
combo: Start chest lifted and forward, arms bent out to sides. On 1, step right foot back, bringing
chest down and back and circling left arm in front of chest. On 2, step left foot forward, finishing
Chest Wave and bring left arm up.
On 3, step right foot to right and finish left arm circle so arms
are out to sides again. For & 4
do a left right Hip Downs, so you are ready to step back with your left
foot this time.
Front Half
only
- Melina (wings): spin with wings
up, finish with lunge to side and point wings in front of chest
- Zaar Style Hair Fling/Hip Swing:
Chest moves forward, down and back on &. For 1 & 2, Flat, Toe, Flat (right,
left, right) looking down at left hip, right arm swings forward. Reverse.
- Basic Katak with hair fling
Chest Wave Forward
and Up
= a Vertical Chest Circle
Forward, Up, Back, and Down
- Body Rolls Down
- Tribal: Upper Body Roll
- Present Object: basket, cane,
sword, snake
- Rise from floor
Piper
Reid Hunt, PhD © 2007
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