updated dvd listing.
May. 2nd, 2006 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancingleafa friend of mine asked me about dvd recommendations and I realized it had been a long time since I'd revised my list of vid's.
So... I got them all out, revised and updated the entire list. but most of them I haven't even seen yet! Terrible - I'm buying new vids and haven't opened some of these let alone tried them out.
Bellydance
Veena & Neena
Basic Moves (vhs)
Arms and Abs & Hips, Buns and Thighs I do this one all the time, its quick, 30 min, no challenge
Mystic Dance separated into body part - moves for upper & lower body, spins, veil & a choreography
Slim Down BAD this one is neither a good work out nor a good dance video.
Rania - set of 4 all vhs.
I hate this bunch. I don't feel she does an adequate job explaining all of the moves and if you don't get the 'one' move you don't "get" the choreography. Too bad I didn't buy them individually, but as a set. (these are dust collectors because I haven't even watched all of them)
Kathy Smith - Flex Appeal vhs - fab costuming, decent workout, easy to follow too.
Jillina Level 1 - choreography (my personal nemesis)... I've watched it once. I keep telling myself I WILL learn a choreography
Rachel Brice's Yoga and Isolations I love it but I find some of the yoga in it challenging - I finally learned undulations with this video after having my instructor explain it over and over and over. It finally clicked for me with this DVD.
Aziza - Ultimate Bellydance Practice Companion - will kick your butt! Includes the 21 minute shimmy.
Aziza - Veil. (borrowed) love it.
Ansuya Lavish Layers vhs (borrowed) just okay
Suhalia's Buns- I wish I could figure out how to isolate my glutes like she does. Decent work out. but...this one tends to leave me frustrated.
Sonia and Issam - The Art of the Drum Solo. (unopened)
Ultimate Combinations 1 (unopened)
Ultimate Combinations 2 (unopened)
FatChanceBellyDance. ... The Art of Bellydance Kit.
I LOVE the CD that came with this. The DVD has some stuff I like and other stuff that ugh. mixed bag. I don't think I've watched it all the way through. LOVE LOVE LOVE the CD though. worth it just for that. and the cheapie zills.
Dolphina - Finger Cymbals (unopened)
Ayshe -Wings, The Complete Technique.
Not Bellydance File
The Bollywood workout. - fun.
Paula Abdul - Get up and Dance vhs. (unopened)
Abs and Buns of Steel
Lower Body Conditioning - Yoga Pilates and Balance Ball
Yoga
Power Yoga for Beginners (2- 20 min sessions)
Beyond Basic Yoga for Dummies - (boring)
Yoga Complete for Every Body
Iron Yoga - Yoga with weights (impossible)
Kathy Smith's New Yoga Challenge (vhs)
Performance
Aziza Raks
Gothic Bellydance
Superstars
Superstars - Live in Paris
American Bellydancer Documentary
Evolution - Tribal Belly Dance (on order)
Superstars -Solos From Monte Carlo (on order)
*The Best of Middle Eastern Dance, vhs (borrowed)
Library:
Bellydance Fitness for Beginners: Daily Quickies - Ten Minute Workouts
Suhalia, Rania, Jayna and some other hip hop chick.
This is not recommended for beginners. Some of the moves are fairly advanced AND No Safety precautions/proper Dance posture. Instruction is minimal. I recognized part of the Suhalia portion as a direct cut and paste from her Buns video. Not impressed.
Learn to Dance with Rania. - Choreography. Didn't have time to watch it.
Belly Dance - some 80's thing? Didn't have time to watch it.
Dolphina Goddess Workout - ugh.
Fab costuming - fire the cameraman.
So... I got them all out, revised and updated the entire list. but most of them I haven't even seen yet! Terrible - I'm buying new vids and haven't opened some of these let alone tried them out.
Bellydance
Veena & Neena
Basic Moves (vhs)
Arms and Abs & Hips, Buns and Thighs I do this one all the time, its quick, 30 min, no challenge
Mystic Dance separated into body part - moves for upper & lower body, spins, veil & a choreography
Slim Down BAD this one is neither a good work out nor a good dance video.
Rania - set of 4 all vhs.
I hate this bunch. I don't feel she does an adequate job explaining all of the moves and if you don't get the 'one' move you don't "get" the choreography. Too bad I didn't buy them individually, but as a set. (these are dust collectors because I haven't even watched all of them)
Kathy Smith - Flex Appeal vhs - fab costuming, decent workout, easy to follow too.
Jillina Level 1 - choreography (my personal nemesis)... I've watched it once. I keep telling myself I WILL learn a choreography
Rachel Brice's Yoga and Isolations I love it but I find some of the yoga in it challenging - I finally learned undulations with this video after having my instructor explain it over and over and over. It finally clicked for me with this DVD.
Aziza - Ultimate Bellydance Practice Companion - will kick your butt! Includes the 21 minute shimmy.
Aziza - Veil. (borrowed) love it.
Ansuya Lavish Layers vhs (borrowed) just okay
Suhalia's Buns- I wish I could figure out how to isolate my glutes like she does. Decent work out. but...this one tends to leave me frustrated.
Sonia and Issam - The Art of the Drum Solo. (unopened)
Ultimate Combinations 1 (unopened)
Ultimate Combinations 2 (unopened)
FatChanceBellyDance. ... The Art of Bellydance Kit.
I LOVE the CD that came with this. The DVD has some stuff I like and other stuff that ugh. mixed bag. I don't think I've watched it all the way through. LOVE LOVE LOVE the CD though. worth it just for that. and the cheapie zills.
Dolphina - Finger Cymbals (unopened)
Ayshe -Wings, The Complete Technique.
Not Bellydance File
The Bollywood workout. - fun.
Paula Abdul - Get up and Dance vhs. (unopened)
Abs and Buns of Steel
Lower Body Conditioning - Yoga Pilates and Balance Ball
Yoga
Power Yoga for Beginners (2- 20 min sessions)
Beyond Basic Yoga for Dummies - (boring)
Yoga Complete for Every Body
Iron Yoga - Yoga with weights (impossible)
Kathy Smith's New Yoga Challenge (vhs)
Performance
Aziza Raks
Gothic Bellydance
Superstars
Superstars - Live in Paris
American Bellydancer Documentary
Evolution - Tribal Belly Dance (on order)
Superstars -Solos From Monte Carlo (on order)
*The Best of Middle Eastern Dance, vhs (borrowed)
Library:
Bellydance Fitness for Beginners: Daily Quickies - Ten Minute Workouts
Suhalia, Rania, Jayna and some other hip hop chick.
This is not recommended for beginners. Some of the moves are fairly advanced AND No Safety precautions/proper Dance posture. Instruction is minimal. I recognized part of the Suhalia portion as a direct cut and paste from her Buns video. Not impressed.
Learn to Dance with Rania. - Choreography. Didn't have time to watch it.
Belly Dance - some 80's thing? Didn't have time to watch it.
Dolphina Goddess Workout - ugh.
Fab costuming - fire the cameraman.
