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Upbeat and exciting, Egyptian popular music appeals to all audiences. You just have to dance to it! Jillina teaches you how by adding traditional Egyptian steps to modern belly dance for a playful, high-energy performance. Exercises: Jillina demonstrates some exercises to add to your warm-up to stretch and strengthen the muscles you'll use in this program. Technique: Jillina teaches the movements used in the choreography then shows you how to put them together into fun new combinations She fully breaks down everything so you can also use it in your own belly dancing choreographies or improvisations. Choreography: Jillina teaches the complete choreography by linking the combinations together, with plenty of repetition. Then Jillina and members of the Sahlala Dancers show how you can adapt the choreography for your group performance. Performance: At the end of the video, enjoy 2 live belly dance performances featuring this choreography! Technique and Demonstration Kajira teaches a variety of moves, building on the vocabulary covered in Volume 1, adding more complex rhythms and combinations. This program includes demonstration performances by Kajira and members of United We Dance, using the movements taught in this video and in Volume 1, so you can follow along and get used to doing the moves and reading cues. Chorus Variations Kajira, with members of United We Dance, demonstrates pattern variations that your tribe's chorus can use to add to the richness of the entire performance.