The Guest List: Belly Dance Drill Music Recommendations from Aubre Hill
Have you ever wished you could peek into the iPods of well-known bellydance instructors? Well, I have – and thought I’d ask a few!
Our first guest drill list comes from Aubre Hill, a performer and instructor based in Los Angeles, CA. She is also the director of the LuminaDance Co. and Qabila Folkdance Co. Aubre is a very versatile dancer so I suspected she’d have some interesting and eclectic music to inspire her classes – and she sure does. Get ready for some adventurous listening and drilling!
Aubre says: “I use a wide range of different types of music so this mini drill set is specifically gypsy focuses for musicality push, dynamic drills & sheer energetic fun.”
Here’s how she likes to use them in class:
1- Disko Partizani by Shantel
Slow-Medium tempo great for warmup
2- Arabu Andaluz by Fishtank Ensemble
Medium tempo great for drilling foot patterns and turns with or without hip work
3- Egyptian Ella by Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries
Medium-Fast tempo perfect for drilling hip patterns (ups, downs, 3/4’s, twists, etc) with great layering options to pull from
4- James Bond Theme by Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra & Fanfare Ciocarlia
Fast tempo screams shimmy shimmy shimmy and it’s happy vibe will help keep you going
5- Baccanale by Plotz!
Fast 5/8 great to train the ear in odd meter and drill gooey movements (figure eights, undulations, circles, etc)