hip roll
Lateral torso sway
A hip roll is a circular movement of the hips, rotating them in a smooth loop while keeping the upper body relatively stable.
The move appears in belly dancing, Latin dance styles, and fitness routines targeting core muscles.
In physical therapy, hip rolls may refer to exercises where the lower body rotates while lying down: Do ten hip rolls on each side.
- swayRock back and forth
- belly danceTorso-focused Middle Eastern movement
- belly dancerHip-focused movement artist
- shimmyRapid side-to-side shaking
- pelvisBony basin at waist
undulate · gyrate · figure eight · rotation · hula · sensual · movement · isolate · torso · waist · groove · Latin dance · Latin rhythm · salsa · tango · dance floor · core · swivel
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, hula
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- Jazz Dancejazz hands, jazz square, jazz walk, isolations, ball change
- dance stepsbasic step, side step, back step, forward step, cross step
- Latin dancesbachata, cha-cha, cumbia, mambo, merengue
- line blockingdouble team, chop block, wall off, pass protection