Picky Technique - Circle Step and Shimmy Feet

Learn about the picky details fo these steps

From the vault! A wonderful and more advanced level class with Carolena, originally filmed at the FatChanceBellyDance® Studio in San Francisco.

Join Carolena and feel like you are taking classes in the mothership! This class focuses on all those little details that make the Circle Step so beautful.

Plus, we take a look at the difference in foot placement for our Shimmy and Rhythmic Undulation (Arabic) shimmy steps.


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  Picky Technique - Circle Step and Shimmy Feet
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Your Instructor


Carolena Nericcio
Carolena Nericcio

Carolena Nericcio is the creator of FatChanceBellyDance® Style.

In 1974, Carolena began dancing with Masha Archer and the San Francisco Classic Dance Troupe. Masha’s style was an eclectic blend of classic Egyptian, Folkloric, and any other influence that she found enticing. In 1987, after the SF Classic Dance Troupe disbanded, Carolena began teaching in a small studio in the Noe Valley Ministry. Her only goal was to teach people to dance so she could have dance partners.

Being young and tattooed, Carolena attracted other young people living alternative lifestyles. The Modern Primitives movement was also underway. Tattoos and primitive styles of body adornment were the vogue. Carolena and her students performed at tattoo shows and conventions and became well known in the City by the Bay.


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