El Bi Hebeni El (So She Says She Loves Me)
Artist: Hakim Album: Yaho (click here for Amazon.com listing)
beginner version • Choreography by Jasmine Haas

Intro
Counts Steps
8 Hold
8 Walk 2 3 4 hold (arms in S position), turn to face front, arms out
1,3,5 Hip bumps R L R (wide stance, then bring L foot in)
(accents) Hip lifts L R L; pose, R arm up, look up at R hand, L arm at side) hold pose 4 counts
5-8 slow R snake arm (look at audience)
8, 8 snake arms (step R & together &...L arm on forward step, R arm on together step, add twist)

Chorus 1
1&2&3 Broken shoulder shimmy, leaning to R (R arm up, L arm frame hip)(arms switch on 3&)
&4 hip lift on L up & down, S arms
5-8 Repeat to L
1-7 Repeat as above
&8& tuck, chest lift, tilt chin up (arms down & back)

Chorus 2
1&2&3 Travel to R w/hip lift on L, (Electric Slide!!) L hand at temple, R arm out
&4& arms cross in front of chest (“thank you”) shift weight (alt clap)
5-8 Repeat to L (alt: clap, clap)
1234 Arms down & back, chest lift & drop, lift & drop
Repeat Chorus 2
5678 undulation, hands on head (headache) up(7), down(&), up(8)
Repeat Chorus 1

Chorus 3
1234 Arms in harem pose: head slide R (1), L (2) chest up (3), down (4)
5678 tuck (5), release (6), hip lift R (7), L (8)
1-8 Repeat
1234 Arms down & back: hip circle walk to R; lift L hip on 4 (L foot off ground)
5678 hip circle walk to L; lift R hip on 8 (R foot off ground)
(w/music) stand straight; lunge to R, shoulder shimmy to diag R; repeat to L
chest drop, drop, hold, hip shimmy
8 Sway fig 8, arms up, 1 full sway is 2 beats (sounds like naughty naughty)
8+8 repeat (opt: step forward & back on R foot beats 7 & 8, both measures)
123456 Continue sway fig 8
7&8 tuck, release, chest lift
1234 face L, L hand behind head, R arm out, look at R; 3 chest lifts 4-face forward, arms out; chest lift
567 face R, R hand behind head, L arm out, look at L; 3 chest lifts 8-face forward, arms out, chest lift
1-7 same as last measure
w/music roll up (tuck, chest lift, chin up)
w/music horizontal hip fig 8, arms out
accents Arms cross at wrists, turn to L; look at R hip; hip bumps on accents
Repeat two R w/opposite hip, 2 extra accents w/L hip
5678 Undulate, hands back of head, chest up, down, up

Repeat Chorus 1
Repeat Chorus 3
Repeat Chorus 1
Repeat Chorus 2

1&2&3 Broken shoulder shimmy; hip lift on 3
accents chest up & down
Turn around and pose choreography by Jasmine Haas; beginner version