Product Details

• Actors: Rania Bossonis
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: November 5, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006II7E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,623 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my perspective, August 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bellydance Fitness for Weight Loss featuring Rania: Cardio Shimmy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought this set before I read the reviews here. I am a personal trainer/fitness instructor, and I thought these workouts were well written, well-produced, and well executed. One of the most difficult things to do as an instructor is break down a new dance style without stopping the workout. Rania did an amazing job of starting techniques slowly, repeating them, layering them, then speeding them up to tempo. After watching the performances at the end, I realised why she left the more strenuous or potentially dangerous moves out of the fitness programs. I was really impressed with the whole set.

When I read through the reviews I noticed that most of the negative reviews came from people proclaiming to be belly dancers. I was a jazz dancer before becoming a fitness professional. There is a big difference between teaching dance for fitness than for teaching dance as an art form. When teaching for fitness, you have to use only the moves that are effective in terms of fitness, safe, and ones that target a range of muscles groups for a well-rounded workout. If you are expecting to learn to really dance, buy a dance instruction tape. If you want to work out safely and effectively using bellydance moves, this set is first class. Congratulations to Rania.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great workout, November 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bellydance Fitness for Weight Loss featuring Rania: Cardio Shimmy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I found this workout challenging and fun. I have studied belly dance for five years, and my teachers rave about Rania. Since alot of belly dance videos on the market are just plain junk, I was happy to see someone teaching real belly dance with good form. The combinations in this workout are excellent for practising shimmies, and it's a good cardio workout. Rania demonstrates her effortless shimmies in a performance at the end. As far as I am concerned, she is the only real dancer with videos on the market today.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Workout if you don't mind Rania, August 18, 2005

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This review is from: Bellydance Fitness for Weight Loss featuring Rania: Cardio Shimmy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a good cardio workout. It will help you work up a sweat. However, if you have trouble with high impact stuff she does some hopping here so you might want another video. The thing about Rania is that she's so stiff. Like she's in shape and her workout is great, so if you don't mind the fact that she can't bellydance for her life because she lacks grace and she's so stiff then get this because it really is a good workout video.

The performance at the end is the most atrocious bellydancing I've ever seen in my life. This lady should not have been a bellydancer I'm sorry. She lacks grace, she lacks nusicality. She's not on beat and her facial expressions are horrible. But she can give you a good workout and I guess that's all that matters.