Customer Reviews

Rania's Advanced Choreography: Drum Solo [VHS]

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For what it's worth, I have over 20 years dance experience, as a professional dancer and teacher in both modern and belly dance. I'm usually not one to submit a review that's so out of sync with the majority, but I have to wonder if I was watching the same video as the rest of you!

I found this choreography fussy and complicated but by no means advanced. I was very disappointed, especially for the price.I got more good material from Jillina in less time and for far less money.

I was also unimpressed with Rania as a dancer. She seemed stiff and self-conscious. She did not fully finish her movements, nor did she have grace and flow.

For a truly advanced drum solo get jamila al waheed or suzanna delvecchio!

I am extremely pleased with her latest video. Her instructions and demonstrations are very clear and simple to follow. I found this the perfect tape to take my dancing to the next level. It's also a great workout!

The only thing that I was disappointed in was the bonus footage at the end of the tape. The sound quality was very bad.

This is definately worth the purchase if you're ready to move up to the next level in belly dance! Not for beginners!

As a belly dancer and performer, I bought this video for a new choreography, but was exceptionally disappointed. When I first saw the cover and read the reviews I expected more than what I paid for. The quality is extremely bad, there's hardly any lighting or sound, and to top it off there is no camera angles. It seems as if it is a home video. The choreography was nothing out of the ordinary. Her movements were rigid and inflexible. The outfit she picked for her performance was classless (there is a fine line between this exotic dance and that of a stipper).And I'm not even going to mention anything about her bonus performance (except that the stage wasn't even set for her). There's more to bellydancing than just turkish hip shimmies, the choreography needed the more mysterious undulating moves. But I'm giving it one star because I got a good workout. If you want to learn belly dancing moves, I suggest you skip this video and I recommend you buy veena and neena's mystic dance (which is around the same price). Overall the video is missing the essentials of the art of belly dance.

When I first watched this video, I said to myself, "How the heck am I going to do this?" I think I actually fell over the first time I tried it. By the second time, I was cruisin' along just fine with the choreography.

Some of it was easy, some of it was difficult. Some of it was intricate, and some of it was straightforward. The choreography has a nice flow.

I found that working through this video improved my ability to count. I used to be lazy and not count, but with Rania's instruction, I learned to stay on top of the choreography.

I am an advanced student and was always attracted to the Modern Lebanese/Amany style. I am very happy with this video and look forward to more choreography from Rania.

As is expected from Rania, the bonus performance at the end is gorgeous. I actually learned a lot of new moves just watching the performance.