Product Details

• Actors: Tanna Valentine, CSCS Andy Troy
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: WorldDance New York
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2005
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007U1YEO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,938 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Stratostream Release Date: 11/10/2006

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Understand this is a Challeging & Fun Workout - Not a Guide to Traditional Bellydance Floorwork, July 23, 2005

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C.C.N. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bellydance for Body Shaping: Floorwork - Belly dance fitness workout. (DVD)

Bellydance for Body Shaping uses bellydance floorwork moves as a foundation for a fun yet challeging workout. The atmosphere is lovely, the music fantastic, and the instructor Tanna is great. She is personable and clear throughout her insrtuction. This DVD has complete warm-ups and cool-downs, including an introduction about the muscle groups used. Tanna makes sure you do each excercise properly so you don't put strain your back, hips, or knees. The workouts are broken down into 3 sessions. As each session progresses, the next is a bit more challenging. Tanna gives a short performance incorporating the moves at the end of each session.

With such a great production, I am not sure what happened with some of the camera-work. You can tell the camera is hand held through parts of the DVD, giving you that slight bobbing feeling. And in the beginnging, it seemed like the camera person is too close to Tanna and can't get her quite into the whole shot, so they angle it. At this angle (tilt your head to one side), it is very distracting when you are trying to follow along. Luckily, this is not the case through the whole DVD.

This DVD is perfect for someone who wants to try something different and fun, strengthen the upper body, or learn some slinky dance moves. Sorry to say, I would not recommend this if you are seriously interested in learning traditonal bellydance floorwork. You might like to try "Classic Cabaret Floor Work."

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Floorwork Instruction, March 15, 2005

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Tamii - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bellydance for Body Shaping: Floorwork - Belly dance fitness workout. (DVD)

This dvd delivered everything I'd hoped it would deliver in terms of instruction and sensuous moves. With this dvd, anyone can learn how to add grace to floorwork moves by following and practicing the 3 sessions.

The dvd is broken down into 3 "sessions" where instruction and practice is given on moves and 3 "dance" sections where the instructor uses all of the moves in a dance. (No instructions or cueing is given during the dance sessions) Following these sessions is a performance by Tanna.

In my opinion, the info on the anatomy of the moves could have been left out and in its place, instruction on arm movements could have been given and would have been very helpful. Also, beginning belly dance students might find that the movements are done too quickly and without time for much repetition within the session, but the moves are used again in each session.

I feel this dvd is a good buy for beginning dancers who want to learn and practice floorwork. The moves will make you feel and look sexy and exotic!

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars beware floor work danger, April 4, 2006

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Slinky Snakes "Slinks" (OZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bellydance for Body Shaping: Floorwork - Belly dance fitness workout. (DVD)

I wanted to give this DVD 3 stars but took off one for the simple fact that Tanna does not put any effort in telling the viewer that certain moves that are executed on the floor are just plain dangerous.....
The two stars I did give were for the ideas of the DVD and the setup....

I did not think that Tanna was an experienced enough dancer, I get the feeling that her experience is a tad too fresh, young, I feel she has not been doing this long enough to teach so openly, on a dvd, floorwork is a very dangerous dance... She moves from one move to another at an extreme pace, that floorwork is not !! If in fact she has been dancing for longer than I think then I apologise, this is just the feeling I have when observing her.


That said...
I'm a Belly dancer and was feeling ready to move onto floordancing. I was looking for something to help build up muscular support to properly perform a floordance. This DVD pretty much has it all, alot of what is done in the, NON instructional, workout is floor exercising, muscle toning around the legs, lower back, abdominal and arms, I praise the ideas and exercises shown.

If you are new to floor dancing I would not suggest this DVD, unless you have prior Yoga and Pilates experience. Although this DVD is for strengthening the muscle groups needed for dancing on the floor my personal observation of this is that you need to have some muscle control already in order to execute these moves..... As I said at the start there are some potentially dangerous moves on this DVD and if you are unaware of them you're bound to hurt yourself before you get started.

All in all if you are aware of the dangers and you have strong muscles and a little experience behind you I would recommend this DVD.