Product Details

• Actors: Dolphina
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: GoddessLife
• VHS Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (132 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004RFSC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #263,431 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

- 5 minute warm-up- 30 minute bellydance workout- Dance routine combining the movements you've learned- 5 minute cool-downAn exhilarating cardiovascular bellydance workout that increases flexibility while toning and contouring your body.50 minutes.

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106 of 109 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Playboy Bellydancing, June 9, 2000

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This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Introduction to Bellydance [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first bellydance tape I ordered was Veena and Neena's Bellydance: Basic Moves, which I enjoy greatly. So do my son, daughter, husband and sister, as well as a good friend of mine and her daughter. Basic Moves is attractive, a good workout, and well produced, by two women who manage to be athletic, sexy, energizing and classy all at once.

Dolphina's Goddess Workout, by contrast, seems to have been inspired by Playboy. If Playboy bunnies decided to make a bellydance tape, it would probably be something like this. Dolphina is a beautiful dancer, but there is a vampy quality to her dancing. She has a sex-kitten voice, and the number of her outfit changes on the tape is reminiscent of a beauty pageant. The metaphysical references are vague and uninformative. When she describes awakening Kundalini energy, it comes out sounding more like sexual induendo than spiritual insight. She definitely presents a good workout, but the tape seems designed to appeal more to men (there are countless shots of her breasts undulating up close when we are supposedly learning a hip movement) and movie star wanna-be's than regular women who want to use bellydance as a fun and sensuous way to stay in shape. It is the kind of tape that could discourage or frighten off older women, rounder-bodied women, and women who are out of shape to start. That is a shame, because belly dance is such a wonderful way to have fun, get a workout, and celebrate the female form, no matter what size, shape, or age it is. For people looking for a more accepting and authentic bellydance instruction tape, check out Fat Chance Bellydance's Tribal Basics. For great introductory bellydance workout tapes, Neena and Veena have my vote.

68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The kind of video that gives bellydance a bad name, March 28, 2002

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Robyn Russell (Fairbanks, Alaska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Introduction to Bellydance [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Sadly, anyone who looks reasonably good in a two piece outfit, has had a few Middle Eastern dance lessons, and has a good publicist can not only produce their own bellydance video these days, but can flog it to an unsuspecting public and no one will be the wiser. That's my review of The Goddess Workout in a nutshell. As a Middle Eastern dancer/instructor with 20 years experience, I am always on the lookout for good videos, especially beginner's videos, to recommend to my students. The Goddess Workout will not be getting a recommendation from me for several reasons. The movements are not well broken down or not broken down at all. "Be open" is not helpful advice for mastering undulations--just take it from me. The importance of basic posture--pelvis tucked, back long, shoulders down and relaxed, knees bent--which is very critical for doing Mid-Eastern dance movements safely and well is not emphasized or even mentioned. The neckrolls are not done properly--you should not allow the head to drop all the way back. The rhythm she identifies as "zar" is actually "beladi". And on and on. I don't know how long Dolphina has been dancing (and I even went to her website to look it up), but I suspect that she has either not been dancing very long or that she didn't manage to learn very much while she was taking lessons because she seems to be having trouble with her isolations and her movements in general seem awkward. The mark of an experienced dancer is that she is able to isolate her muscle movements and that her transitions are smooth.
In my opinion, the beginning dancer will be lost, the intermediate dancer will either pick up bad habits or will be frustrated since Dolphina tosses in (without breaking them down) some layered moves (shimmies with Figure 8s, for example) that can take a while to master, and the advanced dancer will be bored, amused, or nauseated (or possibly a combination of all three).
If you are looking for a New Age belly dance instructional video, I highly recommend Delilah's Bellydance Workshop Vols. 1-3 by Delilah Flynn... New Age philosophy makes me throw up, but Delilah is an excellent dancer and teacher. If you are looking for a dance teacher in your area, check out Shira's teacher's directory... Whatever you do, avoid purchasing Dolphina's video.

54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just the Video I was looking For!, August 31, 2000

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Susan Evans (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Introduction to Bellydance [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I had seen this video on TV over a year ago and looked for it everywhere, because I always wanted to bellydance, but couldn't remember the name. I proceeded to purchase 3 other bellydance videos, which weren't what I was looking for. While the other videos do have positive qualities, they lack the special quality The Goddess Workout has over all the others. The Goddess Workout is a beautiful video that makes me feel beautiful. I look forward to my workout everyday and feel like Dolphina has given me the secret to enjoying life. Everything about the Goddess Workout is amazing: the music, the set, the costumes. Dolphina is beautiful, like a goddess, but not intimidating.The video by Veena and Neena is good, but I hate the music and it lacks the spiritual aspect which Dolphina naturally embodies. The Magical Motion one is ok, but Atea is very awkward to watch. I would recommend the other videos, but if you were to have only one video, definately get The Goddess Workout