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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: STRATOSTREAM EAN: 0188883000109 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: StratoStream - WorldDance New York Languages: Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product. Manufacturer: StratoStream - WorldDance New York MPN: 30122 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: StratoStream - WorldDance New York Release Date: September 26, 2006 Running Time: 140 minutes Studio: StratoStream - WorldDance New York Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Editorial Review: Product Description: Bellydance Basics & Beyond is a 2 hr. 20 min. program designed to teach the fundamental movements of bellydance and encourage their practice in a wide range of dance combinations.Jenna's methodical presentation of bellydance basics begins with POSTURE the foundation on which dance movement is built. The BASIC ARMS section teaches you how to maintain and enhance a beautiful elongated body line through graceful positioning of the arms and hands.WARMUP includes select dance moves and dynamic stretches and is designed as a light total-body workout.The FOOTWORK section lays the foundation for traveling steps focusing on a number of patterns such as basic walk 2-step and triple step traveling and ways to change directions.ISOLATIONS of shoulders ribcage and hips are building blocks of bellydance movement. Jenna breaks down slides lifts drops arcs and sharp accents. Some of these elements are dance moves in their own right and others help to form compound moves.COMPOUND MOVES are the essential vocabulary of bellydance - circles undulations and figure 8s. Jenna's technique of building them from the smallest and most basic elements up ensures that they are performed with effortless grace. Next Jenna shows how to layer simple and compound moves on top of TRAVELING steps.PRACTICE COMBINATIONS offer five 5-minute practice sessions made from many exciting bellydance combinations. As you follow Jenna you can listen to the music together with her verbal cues or you can select the music-only option. This section offers a series of excellent technique drills and can be combined with the WARMUP for a fantastic 30-minute moderate workout. The last session contains stretches and can serve as a cooldown.System Requirements:Run Time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 188883000109 Manufacturer No: 30122 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Technique, technique, techniqueThis isn't a workout tape. It's not a choreography tape. It's bellydance technique. What's good about it, though, is that it teaches introductory bellydance vocabulary with very clear descriptions of what happens when (and where). Lots of other bellydance instructors teach technique well, but the best of them can be intimidating. (Some are too fast; some just have a lot more endurance than your average beginner student.) When I started trying to teach myself to ... Read More Rating: - Great DVD for uncoordinated beginnersThe other reviews have covered many of the wonderful things about this DVD - 2 1/2 hours of instruction, separate clips on arms, hips, etc, practice sessions with voice & music or music alone, the instructor faces a mirror so you can see her front and back while she's teaching a movement. All that is great. What I love about this DVD is that I am uncoordinated, and she breaks the steps down so that I can focus on just one thing - not worrying about arm movements while trying to do hip movements. ... Read More Rating: - Truth in advertisingThe title sums it up perfectly. This is a great place to begin the bellydance journey, as Jenna is an excellent and precise teacher. This dvd doesn't offer music, or pretty costumes, or a lot of flash. You just have Jenna breaking down the moves in a very accessible way. Wonderfully, she covers a lot of moves. I think it would be most helpful to someone who has had a bellydance class or two. I view it as a resource that I can turn to again and again, to refresh myself about moves ... Read More Rating:  - Fun fun funBeing uncoordinated as I am, I have found this to be a relatively easy dance video to follow. The explanations are clear and she demonstrates the moves. I would recommend it, especially if you are a beginner who has a rough time walking and chewing gum at one time Rating: - New to Belly DancingOk. I listened to all the reviews and selected this DVD to help me learn a good foundation for the movements in belly dance. I am completely new to belly dance and started at first with the Discover Bellydance DVDs by Veena and Neena. They were an inexpensive trio of DVDs that gave me some dances and movements and are very fun at first. But I keep going back to Jenna's DVD as I progress because she is really helping me get stronger and helping me to learn the isolations, posture and basics that make ... Read More |
