Belly Dancing Costumes & Exercises - How to do triangle step footwork for belly dance

Let's add some foot work to your Belly Dancing. Hi I'm Johanna Krynyzky with Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio, and we're going to work on our Triangle Step. So, first start with your feet facing straight ahead, knees bent, belly button pulled in, chest lifted, shoulders back and down. Now in the Triangle Step, we're going to anchor one foot to the floor, in this case it's my left foot, and we step forward with the right foot, step on to the left foot, step back with the right foot and on to the left foot again. So that left foot stays on the floor, even though I'm lifting my foot with every step. Right, left, right, left, that left foot doesn't move in space. Alright? So you can practice that, you can layer all sots of things on top of that, and then when you're feeling comfortable you can start to pivot with it. Notice my left foot stays in the same place, and my right foot is moving forward and back, around that left foot. Right, so this is a great movement when you don't have a lot of space to dance in, but you want that illusion of movement. So we're still moving forward and back and allowing our weight to shift, instead of just walking side to side, right. So now, make sure your practice that with your left foot stepping forward and your right foot anchored, so that you get a nice, even work on both sides of the body. I'm Johanna Krynyzky with Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio helping you with your Triangle Step.