Created by New York City-based star of Tribal Fusion Dance
Fayzah, the Android Goddess instruction program blends the precise
isolations and fluidity of Tribal Fusion bellydance with two unique and
colorful movement stylizations: The Goddess - Fluid, sophisticated,
expansive movement, with majestic poses inspired by the cycles and flow
of Earth, wind, water, and hot lava; and The Machine, or Android -
Robotic movement, waving, ticking, hitting, and dimestopping, coming
from popping styles, mime, street performance, digital music, and
illusion effects.
In the
instructional sections of the program Fayzah builds the Android Goddess
style step-by-step. She teaches the Goddess and the Android portions of
her dance vocabulary separately, drills the moves, and then weaves them
into combinations.
The
Android Concepts section explores ways of imitating mechanical
machine-like motion through body angles, ticking, hitting, dime
stopping, transitions, effects, and other types of robotic movement.
Then Fayzah demonstrates and breaks down a series of moves from the
Android style dance vocabulary, and leads you through Android drills,
practicing each movement again and again, working toward creating an
illusion of machine-like motion. You can repeat the drills as many
times as you need to, to get these moves into your muscle memory. Some
of them will be easier, while others may require a lot of practice and
muscle conditioning.
Next
Fayzah demonstrates and breaks down a series of steps and poses from
the Goddess style movement vocabulary. These movements embody natural
elements and explore different types of fluidity, muscle control, and
extension. Goddess movement drills help you tune into the full-body,
expansive, powerful and confident style of Goddess movement.
Finally,
Fayzah blends the Goddess and the Android movements with steps and
accents of Tribal Fusion bellydance in a series of combinations you can
adopt as part of your personal dance vocabulary to perform individually
or as a sequence. Each combination is introduced step-by-step and
drilled through a number of repetitions. You can also practice all the
combinations in a sequence, like a choreographed dance.
Android
Goddess also includes a muscle conditioning warm-up and a few other
sections to help you master the Android Goddess style. There is a
dance-along practice where you can work on Soul, or your groove, while
doing isolations and waving. Groove is the heart of rhythmic movement
often overlooked when we learn and practice dance. Feeling the beat,
confidence in moving with it, and the ability to express the rhythm
gives a distinctive and effortless pacing to your dance. Another
dance-along section is the Goddess Flow which brings about body
awareness, using imagination, and introduces different ways of
initiating and performing the movement.
