Belly dancing only looks easy

Last night was the first night of belly dancing class. It's a great bit of fun and good exercise as well. Like yoga, belly dancing looks really easy. It's not. I love Middle Eastern music so it's not hard to move about while it's playing. But you are supposed to move an isolated part of your body, like your ribcage, and not shimmy all over the place. The studio mirrors are helpful. You can see if you're moving correctly. But that also means you can see what you're doing. That can be rather horrifying! I'm taking the class with a couple of friends from work. I've already made them swear that whatever happens in class, stays in class.