I'm a bellydancer too who is starting tahitian dance and I have to say this is the best video for fa'arapu!  Thank you so much!

you can go any direction you want. your body tells you which direction is easier. i can go both directions, but im stronger circling to the left (probably most dancers) and thats the way i dance most of the time. :-)

to help bring your motion to the front more, you might have to use your legs (knees) and really focus on tilting your pelvic area up just a bit as you move to the front. hope that helps :-)

Wow , excellent tutorial , love the way you broke it down into doable steps :) Thanks !

Very nice breakdown.  Will be great for students who are having problems with the fa'arapu.

nice moves ... very good teacher

this is prob da best tutorial on how to fa'arapu properly !! thanks :)

yes i will break down the varu for you :-) ill try to do it soon.

his helps a lot ! Thank you so much
you do such a good job :)
i hope i can master the fa'arapu.

you dont have to do it in the same direction as i do. i think that most people will go counter clockwise. i have one student that does better if she goes clockwise. i guess its all up to your body and which direction is most comfortable.

thank you for this. can you post the slow version for the figure 8? also what is the polynesian name for that movement? thanks a bunch!!!

I will love to learn hula dance. I have whacking your videos and I learned a lot from you thank you very much for all the video and your time :-)

your very welcome! some like it, some don't but that doesn't matter...as long as it helps you :-)

Do you have to do the circle in the same direction?  clockwise or counter clockwise?  I ask because my body does it way better if I go clockwise starting left hip, front center, right hip, then back...I can do both but can't get moving too fast going counter clockwise.  And for the belly dancer below, I do belly dance, too...been doing it for about 2 years and the Tahitian dance helps me IMMENSEly!  Thanks for your time and efforts here!!!

thank you for this GREAT tutorial..

Yes it is VERY awesome for youto share your time and wonderful skills and to take the time to comment back.  I have called what fe dancers in my area about lessons w dancers around me here or emailed them and no one has replied so you and perhaps ordering some videos is so far my only way to learn so, Mahalo nui loa,

thank you! yes i hope it does help :-)

Can you do a video show the hands moviment please?

I want to try this fa'arapu! :D You know what they say, easy stuff isn't quite easy really :P

How do you do that without moving your upper body?