Belly dance dvd instructional
5 ratings since posting on Sunday, May 3, 2009
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The question everyone wants to know is, is this dvd really worth their hard earned $40.00. If you are serious about bellydancing yes. I did not want to buy a dvd over $20.00 my reasoning was if I'm taking classes I shouldn't have to buy a dvd that cost almost as much as a workshop. I could just go to workshops and regular classes. The problem with workshops and classes for that matter is you can't hit rewind and practice to your hearts delight. So it was with some caution and my instructors recommendation that I bought this dvd. I loved the fact that there was a techniques section that drilled the basics thats right even the basics are drilled. Because I feel the basics should always be drilled, they can always be sharper and more fluid.Posture was covered as the opening to the first technique section and you were reminded about posture throughtout the dvd which is wonderful my pelvic does not like to stay tucked.lol :) The video has two technique sections and six related drills, the technique section just breaks down the moves to be used in the drills. Each drill section has 3levels. This dvd is not for the faint at heart. This is not a beginners dvd and you will surely notice that as soon as the first drill begins.The first drill I tried left me dissappointed I couldn't get some of the moves so I went to sleep and tried again later much better.This dvd is clearly meant to train. I love this dvd there are not many strictly drill dvd's. Pure Sadie style almost everything is layered even in the first drill.I will be using this for awhile I know everyone who uses this and practices will love the results they see. This dvd is a keeper and for me it was worth $40.00 based on the fact that it drilled more moves than about 4 of the dvd's I have. I would most certainly get one high priced dvd that improved my dancing than four low priced ones that covered only half. The only thing I have a prolem with which seems to be a Sadie thing is she is not a big fan of arm and hand movements. She pretty much used to basic arms positions straight out, and shoulders back, elows slanted hands, framing the back side. If she had drill beautiful arm movements hands and gestures this would hands down be the best bellydance dvd released. I also wished she had a drill section with different shimmies, SADIE tends to stick to the 3/4 shimmies in most of her works and I wanted to be exposed to more forms of shimmies. I wouldn't take a point off for that though because so much information was given on this one I have enough to work on :) - Lilly , posted 05/03/09 |
