How to Perform Modern Egyptian Dance Part 2

[Music playing] In between measure, we are going to begin to angle ourselves to the front right corner, and we are going to step on the right, while lifting the right hip. So, it is step-hip, and then again from here, angle front left corner, step-hip. And when you step hip, you are going to point your hands toward your hip, gesturing toward your hip so step-hip. Then we are going to angle ourselves again on the next step to the back left corner, and this time although we are still doing a step hip, instead of gesturing the hands down although the hips are doing the same thing, the hands will go up. So it is, step hip, step-hip. Angle again, step-hip, step-hip. So, we have just hit all four corners, one, two, three and four, and this leaves us in a position where our profile is to the audience, so we can go right into this walk. Hands in front as you step forward, bring the back -- the knee of the back leg and step and push it out. Step, push, step, push, we are going to do four of those. So from the end of the last combination, angle, step-hip, step-hip, step-hip, step-hip, One and two and three and four, Face front again, in Relevé, left hip down, right hip down, left hip down, down two, three, over, down, two, three, over, down, two, three, over, down, two, three, about face. One, two, three, four, pivot, step out with the right, figure 8, lock, step of the left, figure 8, lock, and then with the right, this is a transition, it will like you are about to go onto your figure 8, but you are go into hip circle, facing profile again to the audience, okay. That was a little bit difficult, so let us run through that one more time. From the last combination, facing forward, Step-hip, step-hip, step-hip, step-hip, step-hip, One, two, three, four, One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, One, two, three, four, figure 8, lock, step figure 8, lock, step, Almost to figure 8, hip-circle, set up for a hip drop. [Music playing]