Bellydance Basics and Beyond: Technique for a Solid Foundation
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Actor: JennaBrand: STRATOSTREAM
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 30122
Studio: StratoStream - WorldDance New York
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- 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
Movie Reviews of Bellydance Basics and Beyond: Technique for a Solid Foundation
Movie Review: I have never belly danced before
Summary: 5 Stars
so I was very careful selecting a beginner's DVD. I also had lower back problems since January so I wanted to make sure that the video explaines everything in detail and extra careful about posture, meticulous about techniques. Well, I wasn't disappointed in Jenna's, I love it all the way. She breaks up every movement in such detailed segments that you have no room doing something wrong. However, I do agree with those reviewers who says that this video is not the flashiest; there are no costumes (only hip scarfs), no mood lighting, no dance coreographies you can practice and not even a high cardio workout...but let me tell you something, I also own 2 DVDs like that and - to me as an absolute beginner - were useless. I couldn't see properly how to execute the isolations to begin with, never mind the coreography! By the time it was time to do it, I was lost and I could mostly feel it in my back that I wasn't doing someting right. So I set those aside for later and went for Jenna's, then Amira's. Now that I've almost got all the basics down, I pulled out my other two DVD's to watch and finally they made sense to me.
All this said, I still don't think that Jenna's dvd is boring. Far from that, I do it almost every day and I am looking forward to it. Here's a quick break down:
1., "Welcome" section has music and voice, and an intro to what you're gonna be doing.
2., "Posture & Basic Arms" section follows with no music just voice,
3., "Warmup" has music and voice again, not all warm up moves are belly dance some are just the classic warm up you can find anywhere (e.g. neck rolls) so even beginners can execute it properly.
4., "Isolations" (shoulders, ribcage, hips),
5., "Compound Moves" (circles, undulations, figure 8's),
6., "Traveling" (footwork, layered steps) which are all segments without music - only voice.
At the beginning having no music was very useful because there was no distraction but having been through it so many times now it would be nice to have music and/or voice option for segments 2,4,5,6. So maybe this would be the only thing I'd change. As an alternative, I ordered a CD Bellydance Superstars 1 - which I also love, great music! - just to play from my CD player when I feel that I need it along with the instructions.
7., "Practice Combinations", the very last part when she puts all the above together have music and/or voice options. Lastly, this also includes the cool down which is optional like everything else on this DVD.
Which is the other reason I like it so much because each part is accecable from the menu and sub-menu options. So you decide in what order you proceed, what you need more parctice on or you can play the whole DVD in order from beginning to end if that's what you want.
Then there's one bonus performance included, Jenna and her students doing a basic coreographed dance together (only music).
On the whole, I am very satisfied and love practicing with Bellydance Basics and Beyond! I cannot recommend it enough!
Since it covers so much more than an average beginner's DVD it will be in use for many more months/years to come; as a reference which you can always turn to later on.
Summary of Bellydance Basics and Beyond: Technique for a Solid Foundation
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