Product Details

• Actors: Neon
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: StratoStream - WorldDance New York
• DVD Release Date: September 5, 2006
• Run Time: 195 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FTJ2XM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,760 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Belly dance instructor Neon makes this sensual dance form accessible to everyone in this effective and fast program bringing it into the worlds of the nightclub and the gym. Belly dance uses the body's natural rhythms and movements making it easy to learn and enjoyable to perform and Neon shows viewers how to become stars on the dance floor with the rhythmic circles loops and shimmies that characterize this classic dance style.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS Rating: NR UPC: 188883000123 Manufacturer No: 30119

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute coverage, September 8, 2006

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

This review is from: Instant Bellydancer: A Crash Course in Belly Dance 2-DVD Set (DVD)

I highly recommend this to all of my students. Neon teaches what a friend called "generic bellydance." It translates well into Egyptian, Cabaret, and Turkish in terms of teaching the basics needed to progress in dance. The moves are chaptered nicely, and the trajectories drawn on the side of the screen clearly illustrate the direction the hips are moving-if it is a lift to the front, if it is a drop, if it is a slide, etc.

Neon's personality and accent are pleasant, the graphics are non-interruptive, and she is a beautiful dancer (although I wish there had been a performance section).

What I really like are the practice sessions, where combinations of the taught moves are put together into a series. The practice sessions alone are a good workout and a great review. The length of the instructional session is also very good--good enough where you have to stop it and digest it in bites. There are a variety of ribcage slides and isolations, hip slides, bumps, and circles, hip lifts, hip lifts with directions (i.e. front side back), traveling steps using hip lifts and bumps, etc. Her traveling step combinations are innovative yet classic, and not what one sees in every performance. Most moves can also be done to a 4/4 count, so it makes it ideal for practicing to both classical and modern BD music.

It's a great value for the money, and for those of us who teach, truly enforces a good foundation in our students.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn the simple to complex isolation techniques, January 23, 2007

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MD Mom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Bellydancer: A Crash Course in Belly Dance 2-DVD Set (DVD)

I found this DVD to be very good at idenitfying each movement within a dance step. I would not consider this a typical "workout" type DVD. Neon goes systematically through each body part isolation and then compiles them into a dance workout. The dance performance piece is very sultry and shows how creative a belly dancer can be while dancing.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Double DVD Set, June 27, 2007

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Diana L. Rex "'Fairy Dancer'" (Southern Calif. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Bellydancer: A Crash Course in Belly Dance 2-DVD Set (DVD)

Neon is fabulous!!! Mesmerizing to watch and has much to offer in her
teaching. Noone can learn everything all at once but the great thing about
this set is that you can view it as many times over as you like. Just keep
watching Neon and practicing!! Im a beginner and it takes years to learn
these skills but Neon has been very enlightening.