Bellydance Superstars: Tribal Drum Solo Choreography with Zoe & Issam
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Actor: -Director: -
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-04-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 9416900689
Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
Product features:
- TRIBAL DRUM SOLO CHOREOGRAPHY (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of Bellydance Superstars: Tribal Drum Solo Choreography with Zoe & Issam
Movie Review: Fantastic approach to the drum solo
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first drum solo DVD I've purchased since I tend towards fusion/tribal and haven't seen a lot from that style. I have taken workshops with Zoe and really enjoy her dynamic dance style. That said, I love this DVD! Zoe and Issam both let their personalities shine through, which made it really fun and a lot like taking a workshop in your home.
The warm-up is conducted more through dance movements and building the foundation for the rest of the DVD. The warm-up alone is a welcome addition to my DVD collection. I absolutely love doing yoga to warm up but it's nice to have a change of pace as a warm up to get my dance practice started. I also love that, even while Zoe takes time to explain what she's doing, there isn't really a lot of stopping and starting, which really makes the warm up more effective.
The drum solo choreography is broken down by the different rhythms used. Each rhythm is then broken down by Issam, the movements broken down by Zoe, and then that section executed by Zoe with Issam.
The combination of Issam and Zoe explaining the rhythms is awesome. Issam is an amazing drummer, as we all know, and was very clear in explaining the different sounds produced, the fundamental rhythm, and how he will make a variation on it for the choreography. One of the [many] things I want to learn as a dancer is recognizing the fundamental pattern being played by a live band, and having the rhythms covered like this really helps. Then Zoe goes over what a dancer will want to emphasize within the rhythms and then gives an example in her signature style.
I don't really watch choreography sections of DVDs to learn something to perform. I watch them to get ideas for my own performances and I found this very valuable. I've danced to live drums and there's easily a tendency to just kind of want to go nuts and hit every single beat and emphasis. But just like bellydancing to any other kind of music, there needs to be a contrast between strong hits/locks and fluid movement. Zoe goes over this brilliantly (I am biased because I absolutely love her style of dancing). Also important, is that Zoe makes it clear that there should be communication between the dancer and the drummer and subtle things that can be done to make a drum solo look really good.
Most of the DVD is conducted with Zoe facing the camera. The end of the sections, where Zoe dances to Issam's drumming are done with Zoe facing the mirror and the camera off to the left and behind her. The warm-up is done in voice-over with the rest of the instructional done with sound and video at the same time. It works really well and the voice-over-matching-video problems that were in Tribal Fusion Fundamentals aren't in this DVD (thankfully!).
The sections are never strung together and run through in this manner. Instead, it's done like a performance, with Zoe in costume facing the camera. There is an improvisational section that isn't covered in the choreography part of the DVD but I think most dancers using this DVD could follow along from the performance or insert something themselves. The DVD clocks in with a runtime of 82 minutes, and there is a *lot* of information in it, so I'm certainly not going to complain about not having a run-through from a particular angle or having an improv section broken down. The performance is done twice, once with just a full shot of Zoe and Issam, and the other with the crazy cuts BDSS loves to use (they aren't *that* bad here - then again, maybe I'll watch it again after being more familiar with the choreography and go, "Wow! Zoe's really beautiful but do I really need a close up of her face while she's doing all this other stuff down below?")
The instructional is clearly not meant for true beginners. There is no time taken to explain the fundamental moves of bellydance and Zoe even puts in things like flutters to the choreography; she does provide alternatives to moves dancers might not be comfortable with though. It's more a tool for the dancer who is interested in expanding his/her repertoire to include the drum solo but is looking for ideas on how best to interpret Middle Eastern rhythms.
Summary of Bellydance Superstars: Tribal Drum Solo Choreography with Zoe & Issam
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