Choreography
Misirlou (Vintage Style)
Choreography to a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The original author of the song is not known, but Arabic, Greek, and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. This instrumental version is from All Points East album by Gus Vali and His Orchestra.
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Part 1 at 8:25
Part 2 at 24:40
Part 3 at 43:38
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Suggested Technique Drills
Vibration Shimmy: Muscle Activation - Drill 186
Arabesque Combo - Drill 185
MasterClass: Basic Ballet Movements - Drill 174
Vertical Circle with Shimmy - Drill 171
Wrapping Veil Around - Drill 151
Chaines - Drill 125
Hips Circle Variations - Drills 112
Check Your Body Lines - Drill 110
Vertical Circle with a Veil - Drill 93
Create Momentum - Drill 92
Infinity Loops - Drill 90
'Lotus' Movement - Drill 78
'Palm' Waves - Drill 73
Arm Undulations - Drill 72
Moving From Your Hips - Drill 55
Scoop Down - Drill 53
The Jewel Movement - Drill 52
Arabesque (Muwashahat Edition) - Drill 34
Turn with Double Arms - Drill 25
A Trick with Veil - Drill 23
Maya Stretch - Drill 11
I was made to remember
(Misirlou, due to the suffix "ou", is the feminine form (in Greek) of Misirlis which comes from the Turkish word Mısırlı, which is formed by combining Mısır ("Egypt" in Turkish, borrowed from Arabic مِصر Miṣr) with the Turkish -lı suffix, literally meaning "Egyptian". Therefore, the song is about an Egyptian woman. The original Turkish word Mısırlı is, however, genderless.)
My Misirlou, your sweet eyes
Have lit a flame in my heart
Ah ya habibi, ah ya leleli, ah
Honey drips from your lips
Ah Misirlou, your magical exotic beauty
Will drive me crazy, I can’t stand it anymore
Ah I will steal you from Arabia
My black-eyed crazy Misirlou
My life changes with a kiss
Ah ya habibi, with a little kiss, ah
From the little mouth of yours, oh!