Instructional Bellydance With Jillina - Vol. 1 (DVD) [2005]

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Exempt Binding: DVD EAN: 0724354466892 Format: Compilation Label: EMI Manufacturer: EMI Publisher: EMI Region Code: 0 Release Date: 2005-04-11 Studio: EMI Theatrical Release Date: 2005-08-01
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great stuff! Comment: I think this DVD is brilliant! Having just started learning bellydance, I felt I needed something to help me practise between classes, and I'm just one of those people who needs to be told to do X move Y tmes- otherwise I'll do so much then think "Oh that'll do!" and wander off for a coffee and a biccy! I swear the woman knows just when I'm starting to slump... So, how does a complete beginner work with this? Well, Jillina starts off with the basic moves and breaks each one down. I faltered a bit here- yes, she doesn't spend an age on each one, but once I'd got used to wiggling with the remote in one hand to rewind until I'd got it, all was well. I also felt that this actually helped once I'd got the hang of each move- quick revise and on to the next one. Same with the combinations- at first I was rewinding and going over each one several times, three weeks later I'm getting through quite happily, and making a start with the choreography. This is also well put together- each combination is revised, added to the next, and each practise session starts from the beginning of the dance, ie combination 1, then 1 &2, 1,2 &3, so that the more absent-minded like me don't get to the end and find they've forgotten the start! This DVD is absolutely perfect for the way I like to learn new material -I'm a professional musician, so I've treated the dance like learning a new piece of music. Small sections, slowly added together, then getting a little further each time. To get the most out of this, it isn't one to be run through from start to finish, I've focussed on one move or combination at a time and tried to get a little further, so I feel I really know the moves now and would be quite happy improvising on them. Expect to find yourself frustrated looking for the track to dance to though...it took me ages to track it down! Customer Rating: Summary: Very good Comment: I actually quite like this video. The moves are broken down precisely, and the choreography is beautiful. Whenever I get lost, I just stop and rewind. I think no instructional video can be perfect, and neither is this one, but all in all, its a very good one, and I'd recommend it for sure. Customer Rating: Summary: Good for routines only Comment: I was a little let down with this. I started off with Bellydance core conditioning with neena and veena and this is a great DVD (see my review) I then thought there must be some other moves to learn and why not get two DVD's so i don't get bored of doing just one same old thing week after week. And after reading the review on here it seemed good. I got it and even Jillina admits at the start the warm she does isn't a proper one which worried me as your supposed to warm up properly and the stretchs where really quick unlike neena and veenas. She then got straight into the differnt moves which she teachs really quick (again unlike neena and veena) then straight into the routines. The routines are great and i enjoyed learning them, but i feel like i need to warm up with my other DVD (neena and veena) and then switch DVD's to this one and do some routines and then warmdown with neena and veena. So thats rather annoying. But if you just want to learn some cool routines this is a great DVD to do that to and i'm getting alot of ideas from it and again its really inspiring to watch her perform. But if you want to learn some basic moves etc i'd go for neena and veena then if you want to learn some routines then go with this one. Customer Rating: Summary: Jillina is fabulous!!! Comment: A fabulous dvd!I have wanted to learn bellydance and Jillina is a great teacher. She teaches you step by step from the very basics,showing you how to perform all the individual moves progressing to combinations of these moves and when you're skilled enough (which unfortunately I'm not yet!) She puts it all together and you have a fully choreographed bellydance performance!! Music throughout is also very good. Plus watching Jillina perform to an audience at the end is inspiring! I'm going to buy level 2 straight away! More Reviews