Just yesterday I added a new dance routine into my Beginner-Beginner (Level 1) class with the song "So Ya So" by Mohammed Mounir. This routine consists of some basic belly dance techniques to help them learn and drill the techniques in preparation to learning a performance choreography at the end of the level. The song is simple, fun and easy to dance to.

To take a listen to the song, please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxu7n9J6_Bk. However, the version I have is a little different. It's without the techno stuffs in the beginning.

This song is used by the Malaysian Dance Fest 09 Competition in KL this August for their belly dance beginner division. Again, I feel knowing the lyrics of the song is important for a dancer to project the appropriate feeling for the song, so, here it is!

I learned a choreography to this song from Badia when she was here last year for the World Belly Dance Day event. Another nice song from Hakim and a nice choreography from Badia.

A friend of mine asked me to help her choreograph a dance for her wedding. I was searching high and low for a song suitable for the wedding and found Agmal Haga (The Most Beautiful Thing) by Salah Sharnoubi.

I have the habit of finding the song's lyrics in English, before I start choreographing. And when I look at the lyrics of this song, I am absolutely sure that this is the right song for the occasion! It expresses love and affection and I find it's the best thing a wife could give to her husband on the wedding day.

I'll be adding a new category called Lyrics into my blog to share the lyrics of the songs that I've used for my performances and choreographies. I hope it will help some of you out there that has a similar interest.