Product Details

• Actors: Dolphina
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: First Look Home Ente
• VHS Release Date: May 20, 2002
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000068MOT
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,975 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, but too short..., May 28, 2003

By 

Marirene Medina Edwards - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Bellydance with Finger Cymbals (DVD)

This is the first and last Dolphina DVD I plan on getting. My biggest gripe with it is that it is way too short. There is a total of about 25-30 minutes of actual instruction. Thats it. A DVD can hold so much more information than that. It seems overpriced to me. Other negative aspects of it are the annoying super happy/perky high school cheerleader attitude of the instructor. It seemed forced. Also, most bellydance videos/DVDs include a professional performance at the end where you can see things come together. This does not include that.

The one positive aspect of this DVD is the way that she chooses to teach the rythms. She introduces catchy phrases as ways to memorize the zill rythms as opposed ot the "dum-tek-a-dum" nonsense seeming syllables that most instructors use. Dolphina's method is easier to remember at first and therefore easier to learn if you don't have a regular instructor that you take classes under.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am happy I bought this DVD!, July 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Bellydance with Finger Cymbals (DVD)

I am happy I bought this DVD, though I nearly didn't because of some of the other negative reviews. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, so I am here to add mine to the mix. I have many bellydance DVDs and craved more: more variety, more bellydance moves, more fun, more bellydance and The Goddess Workout filled my needs. Dolphina has a great personality, and makes bellydance more fun, interesting and sexy than any other dancer/fitness instructor. All her comments, tips, and instruction fascinate and motivate me. She is very charming and makes me laugh. I really do love her style and found it refreshing to see Bellydance be sexy, afterall, why would you want to do bellydancing if it wasn't sexy?(there are plenty of other workouts). I have not been able to find another video or DVD on Finger Cymbals and the review that said this DVD is overpriced is out of line: most other bellydance video/DVDs, including Veena and Neena's are only 30 minutes for the same or higher price and I would have paid more for instruction on this difficult to find topic. This DVD is EXCELLENT and I think that you should give it a try and make up your mind for yourself.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "I'm a crappy dancer. I'm a crappy dancer.", January 18, 2004

By 

E. L. White "member of the 3AM Zill Brigade" (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Bellydance with Finger Cymbals [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"I'm a bellydancer" should be changed to "I am a poser". Instead of teaching the viewer how to really play finger cymbals, Dolphina gives them cheat phrases. Perfectly fine for making noise around the house, but not for learning proper zil playing. You'll be lost when it's time to dance or play to middle eastern music, or really any music for that matter. Dolphina doesn't bother to teach you how to play anything besides her silly phrases, so you wont know how to play to different rhythms. Pointless if you plan on playing seriously.

There ARE other videos which teach this topic, and teach it well. You wont find them on Amazon, so don't bother looking. UPDATE: I wrote this review in 2004 when there were far less bellydance videos on Amazon. You can now find "Killer Ziller" with Michelle Joyce who is a great zill teacher! I listed them below for easy reference. Both are fantastic videos!

-Killer Ziller: Belly Dance Finger Cymbals
-Saroyan presents How To Play Finger Cymbals with Mesmera