AYOUB

Time Signature: 2/4

Skeleton Rhythm:

Filled Rhythm:

Zill Pattern:

(When dancing and playing along with faster ayoub rhythms, zillers may switch to double time singles – RLRL.)

BALADY

Time Signature: 4/4

Skeleton Rhythm:

Filled Rhythm:

Zill Pattern:

CHIFTETELLI

Time Signature: 8/4

Skeleton Rhythm:

Filled Rhythm:

Zill Pattern:

Shambling Shimmies L2 Group Vocabulary

DOUBLE TURKISH

Classification: Fast

Basic Cue:

Body faces stage left or slightly angled to stage left-front.  Weight on left leg, right leg forward, right hip up and front.  Right arm in 5^th, Left arm extended directly in front of you (palm out).  Head faces directly in front of you.

Variations:

• Turn: cue with double yip – ¼ turn to corners

Zills/Timing:

Timing – 4 count move – basic cue position on downbeat.

Zill Pattern – Gallop (ending) on the downbeat

Zill Pattern / Move Timing Broken Down –

Shambling Shimmies L2 Group Vocabulary

SINGLE TURKISH

Classification: Fast

Basic Cue:

Arms in second, wrists lift upwards. Body faces stage left or stage left front corner, right hip lifts up and to the front (of the body).

Variations:

• Traveling: nod slightly forward as you begin traveling forward with the move, look down slightly as you begin traveling backwards with the move.
• Turn: cue with head turn – gradual turn – lead passes around formation for timing of move / turn until it returns to original position.

Zills/Timing:

Timing – 2 count move – hip up and forward and wrists up on the downbeat.

Zill Pattern – Gallop (ending) on the downbeat

Zill Pattern / Move Timing Broken Down –

Shambling Shimmies L2 Group Vocabulary

3D Figure 8

Classification: Slow

Basic Cue:

Body faces stage left. Left foot forward, right foot back, legs soft.   Left arm extended directly in front of you, palm down, right arm in rest position.  Torso slides forward on downbeat.

Variations: None

Shambling Shimmies L2 Group Vocabulary

MATRIX

Classification: Slow

Basic Cue:

Typically cued out of maya, cue is bringing hands in front of chest (elbows out to sides) left hand on top palm down, right hand on bottom, palm up, 6-8 inches between them.  When ready to go, lift right hip/leg on downbeat. (cue to go back left is the opposite)

Variations:

• once the move is done to the right other moves may be done in between before cueing again to go back left.

Shambling Shimmies L2 Group Vocabulary

EGYPTIAN FULL TURN (VARIATION ADDITION)

Classification: Fast

Cue:

During Basic Egyptian, after completing a full set of half turns, immediately perform same cue (spread arms wider than usual on the 1 of the move) again upon arriving at original position.

Zills/Timing:

Timing – 4 count variation (always added on to the end of a full set [8 counts] of Egyptian half turns … all together the half-turn/full-turn cycle is a 12 count variation)

Zill Pattern – stop zills after the cue until variation is completed.

Zill Pattern / Move Timing Broken Down – (of cue and full half-turn/full turn cycle)

The Egyptian 3 step turn will be described in a separate handout.

This move is part of the Shambling Shimmies L2 Group Vocabulary, and is evolved from a move called Drunken Sailor, we think it was named that because of the swooshy (wobbly?) nature of the movement.

DRUNKEN SUZIE

Classification: Fast

Basic Cue:

Bring arms straight down and in front of you, step right foot to right front corner of your ‘box’, swing hip to right front corner beginning circle.

Variations:

•             Turn: cue with head turn – ¼ turns to left

Zills/Timing:

Timing – 4 count move

Zill Pattern – Gallop (ending) on the downbeat

Zill Pattern / Move Timing Broken Down –