World Famous Comics: The Heartbeat of Bellydance: Rhythms & Belly Dance Combinations for Drum Solos
The Heartbeat of Bellydance: Rhythms & Belly Dance Combinations for Drum Solos
Starring: Jenna, Raquy Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: StratoStream - WorldDance New York Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product. Number of Items: 1 Release Date: August 14, 2005 Running Time: 85 minutes
Product Description: A bellydance drum solo is actually a duet: Together, a dancer and a drummer create a unique piece of performance art. For the dancer, the drum solo is a uniquely exciting experience demanding a profound understanding of rhythmic patterns and a wide vocabulary of bellydance moves and accents, all necessary to enable her to interact at will with the music created by the drummer.
RHYTHM WORKSHOP: Raquy breaks apart eight popular bellydance rhythms: baladi, saiidi, maksoum, masmoudi, ciftetelli, malfouf, ayub, & semai. Acclaimed as a percussion performer, instructor and composer, Raquy teaches us how to recognize each rhythm. Then Jenna, a star dancer, instructor and choreographer, demonstrates effective dance combinations for each of the 8 rhythms. Accompanied by Raquy and Carmine, Jenna then also demonstrates the unique art of drum solo improvisation including the above rhythms.
CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: Jenna takes you step-by-step through THREE bellydance drum solo choreographies; beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Each instructional session takes place before the mirror, enabling you to follow Jenna as if you were right behind her in the studio. On screen, a beat counter accompanies choreographic demostrations. Choreography breakdown sections separate each dance into numbered combinations, and provide titles naming each move. The "Learn and Practice" section offers a step by-step breakdown of each combination and a presentation of the choreography "from the top" with practice repetitions inserted, so you can follow Jenna and learn the steps in real time.
The DVD also contains a warmup sequence recommended before learning or practicing, and Jenna's famous Shimmy Drills: the Shimmy Layering Drill, and her 3/4 Shimmy Drill. The drills are fun mini-exercise routines to help you learn and build on the art of the shimmy, one of the most colorful and vibrant bellydance moves.
Have many DVD's but this is the favorite-can't live without it! This was the first bellydance DVD I puchased three years ago as a beginner and I still use it as a reference today! This dvd has helped me advance faster than the other girls in my performance troups. I owe my killer 3/4 shimmy to jenna's clear concise teaching. I've recommended this dvd to many people but never lend it out because I won't let it out of my sight. I've recently started learning the zills and Raquy's break down of all the drumbeats slow at fist than faster help me practise. Zills aren't part of the DVD but demonstrates how you can grown with it!!!
OK, but not so exciting This DVD is cheap and I think the quality is corresponding to that. Generally, it's OK but when I compare it for example to IAMED DVDs (of more than double price, I know), the quality is not so excellent. The movements are not so well explained (at least for me), many things are repeated more times so finally no so much content. The quality of the video is not very good, especially the lighting, sometimes it really seems to me like made by amateurs. Anyway, Jenna seems to be really a good dancer, her choreographies are nice and really from beginners to advanced levels, so something for everybody. I was a bit disappointed by thid DVD but for sure one can learn something from it.
Technique Excellent, Light on Practice Time This is a BEGINNER-to-INTERMEDIATE BELLY DANCE DVD AND ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10...
...WHAT TO DO (STEPS)--10 You can see exactly what she's doing from head to toe. She counts the beats out for you.
...TECHNIQUE (HOW TO DO IT) --5 She explains fully WHAT she's doing as she does it but not always how to get a combination of moves to work together. Practicing it several times in a row might help but she doesn't do that.
...PRACTICE TIME--2 Practice is practically nil. And the editing is poor. There are only two repeats per a series of steps in the "learning sections" And the second time through a series starts before you know what's happening--even when you're expecting this to happen.
...SENSUALITY--6 Technically, she is very proficient, but there's not a lot of feeling to her dancing.
...BANG FOR THE BUCK--9 There are three choreographies. Very beginner to Intermediate but the last one is "taught" in fragments rather than gone through from beginning to end with the student. And there is a section which speaks to the different types of rhythms (And dancers who truly learn to enjoy belly dancing will eventually want to know this)
...DVD TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS--2 I can't really say enough about how abrupt and disconcerting the editing is. Other belly dance DVDs either have you practice in such a way that you know when the series of steps is repeating with a significant pause between each practice OR there is a transition step between each repeat.
Being able to see all of her, both front and back, constantly has an up side and a down side. Being able to see everything you can definitely learn how to do the moves so long as you keep the remote in your hand constantly. (There aren't many repeats at all) However, I find I like having the camera direct my attention to what I need at any given moment--with intermittent full body shots so I can see exactly what she's doing as I get more familiar with the routine. As it stands, when you're just starting with this DVD, in order to keep your left and right straight, you need to decide which image you're going to look at--her or her image in the mirror.
**In the end, I'd say this is a choreography DVD. Precise Technique is verbally explained and demonstrated but not "taught." You'll have to practice some of the moves on your own without the DVD.**
Heartbeat of Bellydance Great instructional DVD. It contains easy to hard choreographies that would suit a range of dance levels.
Worth buying.
wonderful I have purchased a few Dvd's so far and this one is above and beyond my favorite. I do have to admit having already learned some of the basic moves was helpful. I love how there are actual dances that are to a basic enough beat so it can be used with most songs. I also love how it teaches you how to drum and infact, I intend on doing so after I have seen the about nine or so rhythms they teach. Not for beginners necessarily and not just for the advanced.
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