RaqStars Choreography

Wow! So much has happened since my last post! I'm just going to dive into the stuff that's been at the forefront of my brain...

So I have a troupe now and we are called the RaqStars. In case you didn't know, raqs means 'dance' in Arabic. Our name is a play on words! I love it! I think we should do a performance one of these days with stars painted on our faces like Paul Stanley from KISS. What's more rock than that? It's on!

Anyway, we had our debut performance last Sunday at my new monthly event called "Raq The House" at Tannourine. My girls busted their buns learning the choreography and technique and indeed we did Raq The House. We had so much fun coming up with names for the moves in our routine. There are very few standardized or formalized names to belly dance moves. Sure, everyone knows what a shimmy is, but one dancer's "undulation" is another dancer's "camel". Throughout the rehearsal process, we had to come up with ways to identify the steps and here is the choreography in its entirety:

Habbousu by Hakim
Fabulous Opening
Charlie's Angels
Veil Toss
Chorus
Step Touch
Ya Sidi
Head Slide
Wax On
Wax Off
Swish Swish
Jab
Jabby Jab
The Marilyn
Bouncy Circles
Upper Body Walk
Quick Change
Beauty Sleep
Punch the Walls
Push the Head
Forward and Back
Big Sensuous Circle
Chorus
[repeat]
Finale
Money Shot

There it is! Feel free to try and reproduce it!