Teaching the basic belly dance moves and belly roll techniques
It is difficult to master the belly roll in belly dance. The belly roll relies on the contraction of the muscles of our abdomen and stomach and the The muscles relax, creating a wavy rolling motion. Let’s learn the belly roll technique that Eva explains to you.
Before learning belly rolls, you must first practice a rolling condition: when the abdomen contracts, the stomach bulges out and when the stomach contracts, the abdomen bulges out. Rolling is divided into two steps to explain, let’s learn about it below.
1. First contract from the lowest end of the body's trunk, which is near the tailbone, and then slowly move this contraction to the lower abdomen. When rolling, the stomach and abdomen must be separated well. When the abdomen contracts, the stomach does not move. You can imagine the stomach that remains motionless as the crest of a wave.
2. The contraction of the abdominal muscles slowly reaches around the stomach, and the contraction of the muscles slowly extends upward. At this time, the stomach begins to contract, and the contracted muscles near the coccyx begin to relax. Follow this sequence and relax step by step. Slowly you will find that the contraction of the stomach forms a contrast with the relaxation of the abdomen. At this time, the abdomen becomes the crest of the wave.