Dance Steps Blog

I need help trying to explain them on paper, so that I can advance into the intermediate classes that my halau teaches. (Our halau has written and physical tests so that we understand the choreography better).

*Afata- box (hips hit in the shape of a box)
*Fa’arapu- stir hips fast circles ( hips move around in fast circles)
*Fa’arori- varu fa’arapu (you do a fa’arapu in the shape of figure eight)
*Fa’amenemene- ami fa’arapu (you do a big ami and a fa’arapu @ the same time)
*Ope- pics to the left & right ( you put one leg out and push and then the same to the other side)
*Ruru- freeze ( I normally refere to this move as a shimmy)
*Nu’utere Ne’e- duck walk
*Tamau- sway right, sway left (hips bump from side to side)
*Te’i- on toes
*Toma- double bump (hips hit twice to one side then twice to the other, I’ve also heard this move called OTAMU, which is the term I normally use)
*Varu- figure eight (hips move in the shape of a figure eight the in parallel to the floor)