I think it's rather simplistic saying shimmies are not folkloric. You find it in Hagalla, Ghawazee, Bambuteya to name a few and it is also done in social dances as well. The movement vocabulary for the most part comes from the social dances. As for the ither points, I can't say because I haven't seen you dance yet, nor do I know anything about your teachers. Perhaps someone else can answer your main questions.
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