Tribe.net. Local Connections Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#3574afae-cbef-4b80-9a8b-1e05d21b248a 2007-09-07T17:32:49Z 2007-09-07T17:32:49Z

It usually moves backward because it is easier, but you can move it forward. You don't get the same snap in the hips going forward.

Sandi 2007-09-07T17:32:49Z Margaret http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#dc88e522-9626-4dcb-be76-27f7dec429bd 2007-09-07T17:16:31Z 2007-09-07T17:16:31Z

Thanks. Does it only move backwards, or is it just easier in that direction, so a different move is generally used to come forward?

Margaret 2007-09-07T17:16:31Z Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#d9a63f16-8bd6-4edd-b4d8-853578e0ebb3 2007-09-06T20:02:27Z 2007-09-06T20:02:27Z

Also, the feet take twice as long as the Arabic. 2 cts per step, rather than one.

Sandi 2007-09-06T20:02:27Z Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#7083cf83-393d-4e42-9d13-143d9c8945f1 2007-09-06T19:59:34Z 2007-09-06T19:59:34Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbgjJ5ty49I 5:34 Marsha starts the Wet Dog

Sandi 2007-09-06T19:59:34Z Margaret http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#2a7c1151-1f63-4827-9d30-a60a182e9b77 2007-09-06T19:19:33Z 2007-09-06T19:19:33Z

Can anyone direct me to a video clip of someone performing this step? I just bought Volume 7, but it doesn't really show it clearly from the front- the reflection is vary hard for me to make out and it's mostly blocked by an arm or far away and small on screen, and it's not in the performance section. Most of the steps have a quick performance demo of the step before the breakdown, but not that one.

Margaret 2007-09-06T19:19:33Z Erika http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#25981509-2bdc-4a05-b1bd-ab34311dce24 2007-06-02T18:59:32Z 2007-06-02T18:59:32Z

Oops! Sorry, I understood now :)

Erika 2007-06-02T18:59:32Z Erika http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#e4160f86-8ccd-4364-83bb-93744c640087 2007-06-02T18:57:52Z 2007-06-02T18:57:52Z

Right, but when you reach the point of shimming with the hips, are you still alternating shimmy with the shoulders? Visually, I have the impression that the dancers always shimmy with the shoulders. But when I read the theory,I get the impression the shimmy movements should "slide down the body" to the hips, so that the shoulders should stop at a certain point...

Erika 2007-06-02T18:57:52Z Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#a9db5c3a-dc96-446e-9d45-fa75e411f996 2007-05-31T02:30:16Z 2007-05-31T02:30:16Z

In theory and practice, yes. But oftentimes, it happens so fast, its hard to tell. And, it's not an Arabic Shimmy. It's flat-footed and is just a roll from shoulders to hips, traveling bacwards. This is on FCBD Vol. 7. *;}

Sandi 2007-05-31T02:30:16Z Madonna http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#77521426-6956-4170-b841-51a5ecb6a4a4 2007-05-31T00:01:34Z 2007-05-31T00:01:34Z

well that's a relief! So do you stop the shoulder shim before starting arabic shim & vice versa? thanks Sandi

Madonna 2007-05-31T00:01:34Z Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#697dc160-918b-4d09-9b80-f926f8bda552 2007-05-29T05:56:44Z 2007-05-29T05:56:44Z

Except for, we're not shaking our heads. ;}

Sandi 2007-05-29T05:56:44Z Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#05b5ff80-977a-4d10-9d04-79ab23d88e0e 2007-05-29T05:56:11Z 2007-05-29T05:56:11Z

It's an alternating shimmy starting with the shoulders, rolling down to the hips. Like a wet dog shaking - head first, then body, to the tail.

Sandi 2007-05-29T05:56:11Z Madonna http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/a765b828-7c5e-4c19-9c91-9120a65010aa#d966e25d-ceb3-4cb5-a924-74b05dce4842 2007-05-29T05:30:05Z 2007-05-29T05:30:05Z

Not sure of all that's happening in Wet Dog Vol 7. Is it a shoulder shimmy followed by an arabic shimmy? or are both moves occurring simultaneously? Also is it an 3/4 shoulder shim or alternating? thanks in advance

Madonna 2007-05-29T05:30:05Z