{"id":574,"date":"2008-03-29T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog2\/2008\/03\/spelling-lesson\/"},"modified":"2008-03-29T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-29T08:36:00","slug":"spelling-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/spelling-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Spelling Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So now that I know which song I&#8217;m going to do for the June 1st Bellydance Superstars show &#8212; &#8220;I Put a Spell on You,&#8221;  Natacha Atlas&#8217; version &#8212; I am working obsessively on the choreography.  Here is what I believe I will do, and it is somewhat like what I did in the YouTube vid on the previous post:<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Intro<\/span><br \/>1. Drum beginning:  hands up over head, interior hip circle<br \/>2. Drum:  repeat<br \/>3.  Accent drum:  sharp hip bump left, right<br \/>4.  Drum:  hands over head, interior hip circle<br \/>5. Strings:  snake arms<br \/>6. Drum: hands over head, hip bumps<br \/>7.  Strings:  snake arms<br \/>8.  String theme:  medium hip circle and then classic Egyptian walk forwards and back<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Song begins<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I put a spell on you&#8230;: <\/span> big hip circle walk to left<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">You better stop&#8230;: <\/span> big hip circle walk to right<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I ain&#8217;t lyin&#8217;: <\/span> spin<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I can&#8217;t stand it&#8230;:<\/span>  camel around yourself<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Put me down&#8230;la la la la:<\/span>  full body wave downward, then reverse body wave upward to straighten up<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A heartache: <\/span> (Melina) hands from heart twice, go to one knee (?)  Stand up, spin<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Instrumental begins<br \/><\/span><span>Machine guns drums:  flat hip 8&#8217;s, hands on hair<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ay-ya-ya-ya, (men&#8217;s chorus):<\/span>  3\/4 shimmy walk w\/alternating shoulder rolls forward (count 8)<br \/>Sqeaky oboes solo:  flat hip 8&#8217;s again, alternating hands<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Wella, wella, wella (men&#8217;s chorus):<\/span>  hip click walk<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Singing resumes<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I put a spell on you:<\/span>  camel walk on toes to left, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">because you&#8217;re mine&#8230;<\/span>then right<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">You better stop: <\/span>Maya down with arms, and figure 8 up with arms&#8230;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I ain&#8217;t lyin&#8217;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I love you:<\/span>  shimmy arms up and outward, joyously<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">And I don&#8217;t care:<\/span>  shimmy arms down, along bod<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Right now: <\/span> jump shimmy<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I put a spell on you:  <\/span>snake arms and medium hip circle<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Because you&#8217;re mine:<\/span>  deep hip circle, head down, flip hair, cross arms, finish<\/p>\n<p>yay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So now that I know which song I&#8217;m going to do for the June 1st Bellydance Superstars show &#8212; &#8220;I Put a Spell on You,&#8221; Natacha Atlas&#8217; version &#8212; I am working obsessively on the choreography. 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