Product Details

• Actors: Atea
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Magical Motion Enterprises
• DVD Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006ZP4F0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,144 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this to my students, March 7, 2006

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Rom Deussen "Rom" (St. George, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bellydance! Fast Moves (DVD)

The good: Beginner dancers will learn a very easy choreography to build up their confidence. Moves taught are done slowly, and are not layered. Atea encourages putting them together in free-form. It's great to see other dancers perform solos at the beginning and end of the tape. Atea is older, and a little stiff, but for beginners, it does show that a wide variety of ages and body styles can dance. One learns shoulder shimmies, hip shimmies, as well, in a basic format so one can build on them.

The bad: I would have liked to have seen this a bit longer (I think the instruction and routine slides in at just under 30 minutes). Atea does look stiff when she talks, and it is an older tape. It is a bit dated, but the moves are not.

Nothing that is dangerous, like the backbends on Neena and Veena tapes, is taught, and this is really a great, solid tape for beginner dancers, ones who need to practice at home to gain confidence, dancers with limited mobility who want something relaxed to work with, or a good time to really drill.

This is for beginners, and never tries to market itself higher than that.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GET this to learn bellydancing, August 1, 2007

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Purple Turtle (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bellydance! Fast Moves (DVD)

This is exactly like being in bellydance class. Very easy to follow. It's fun and can be used to practice steps from class.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as vol 1, but still a good buy, May 6, 2007

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Justine B. Hancock-Marsh "SongflowerMari" (Modesto, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bellydance! Fast Moves (DVD)

I was a little disappointed in this video. Although still very good instructional-wise, the depth of instruction was not as comprehensive as Magical Motion. I agree with Rom's view that the instructional portion was just under 40 min while the rest of the DVD is taken up with performance examples and talking. However, the choreography at the end fits nicely with "Beledi 1-1" from "Rhythm of the Dance" by Solace...a good track to practice shimmies and other fast movements. My recommendation is to watch the video all the way through, then skip over the performances and go right to the instruction. On a side note: for those put off by the costumes and make-up, keep in mind that this was made sometime in the mid-to-late 80s. Look past the gaudiness and see the dancing,