Product Details

• Actors: Sharon Kihara, Zoe Jakes, Kami Liddle, Elizabeth Strong, Fat Chance Bellydance
• Directors: -
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009
• Run Time: 78 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002DLB1GQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,668 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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TRIBAL LA:LIVE IN LOS ANGELES BELLYDA - DVD Movie

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW a review by Fern, from The Lost Tribe, Aotearoa, September 29, 2009

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bron "Yrth fern" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tribal LA: Live In Los Angeles Bellydance Superstars (DVD)

This DVD is recorded live on stage in front of an audience.
I love these performances, occasionally I may want to shake the camera man, but simply not that often. Before I offer my opinion I must say all these dancers are very accomplished and I mean no disrespect to any of them. As I said, this is simply my opinion of a fantastic DVD.

Urban Tribal performed two pieces. I find their choreographies very sophisticated, their interpretation of the music convincing and the interplay between the members of what is quite a large troupe quite inspiring. All the dancers seem very skilled and controlled, like moving sculptures. Their costumes are very plain and perhaps not totally to my taste but they reflect their style which follows elongated clean lines and seems to have more in common with modern dance than with belly dance.

Sharon Kihara dances two solos. The first failed to wow me. Her movements seemed to have a cursory connection with the music. Her second solo had strongly chopped music with dramatic accents and changes which suited her big moves. Sharon wears a crazy ugly costume which appears to be a bra made from plastic skulls and a stiff chained leather half skirt. Yet somehow it all suited her style and I was captivated despite myself.

Zoe Jakes and Elizabeth Strong perform a duo which simply has the wow factor. Great moves which fit with the style of music. This dance has dramatic changes in pace, a strong relationship between the dancers and real understanding of the music, all of which make this piece really dynamic.

Moria's first performance was to a great piece of music with play between classical music, Turkish Rom 9/8 and 4/4 drums. I love this piece of music. However I was disappointed. Moria's performance seems frenetic and her costume wild but somehow I wasn't convinced she really understood the music or that even her costume really reflected all the music had to offer. Her second performance also had a pretty wild costume, but it didn't really flatter the dance moves. I still believe costumes should emphasize rather than conceal dance moves, a hip shimmy is lost when all the moment is seen in the ruffles at your feet. Again I wasn't convinced by her connection to the music, but she did end the piece very well.

Kami Liddle was elegant, her costume reflected this and her moves were lovely in response to changes in the music. Her second piece of music was more monotonous, more like dance floor music and didn't show her skills as a dancer to as much advantage as the first piece.

Fat Chance performed two pieces. I enjoyed the first more then the second but I have seen much more dynamic performances from them. Carolena performs her trademark tummy rolls and flutters, but this was one of the places where I started to resent the person behind the camera as it focused any where but her stomach.

Samantha is rapidly becoming one of my favourite dancers. She really seems to know her rhythms. Her first dance is to a fusion 9/8 Rom. Samantha's understanding of the music allows her to successfully marry Rom style gestures with hip hop fusion. Her second piece was performed to a rather inaccessible piece of music in a rather tricky costume with a trailing tail. Her skill made the music more accessible to the audience and she used her trailing skirt elegantly and to great advantage. Yummy.

Elizabeth Strong performed in a duo mentioned earlier and also in two solos. Her classical sword piece showed her beautiful fluid and curves postures to great advantage. Her style is softer then many of the other dancers. She seems infinitely flexible and performs back bends as huge graceful arcs. This piece was simply gorgeous. Her second piece was also lovely, but not quite as gripping, her soft seemingly effortless moves didn't seem to quite gel with the music.

Zoe Jakes performed a duo mentioned earlier and two solos. Definitely a "Wow" sort of performer. Her dance style is certainly a few steps away from Belly dance but her dynamic expression and musical interpretation makes me not care a jot. Two great choices of music, great costumes and clever use of quiet and busy, fast and slow to keep the audience riveted. Not many dancers could get away moves which make you look like a hunched, hanging marionette!

Sharon, Moria, Samantha, Zoe and Kami perform together under the name Tribal Superstars. This is a lovely dance but the solos and duos are so innovative that in comparison this piece could have used some of the passion put into the other performances. A really lovely dance but hardly innovative. These women are all so talented they could have really put something together that wowed.

Sonia and Colleen perform another wonderful duo, Colleen in tribal dress and stylization and Sonia in Oriental. Great choice of music, plenty of changes to grip the audience and these changes were made the most of. I loved the contrast in styles sometimes dramatic, sometimes subtle and sometimes the same. Performed beautifully by both dancers.

Gosh what a long review, I hope it helps you decide whether to purchase it or not.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great performances but terrible shooting, February 19, 2011

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Gipsy - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tribal LA: Live In Los Angeles Bellydance Superstars (DVD)

I quite like all the performances, especially Samantha's.
But I'm sorry to say that the camera work isn't as good as it should be. First of all, it looks like the show was shooted with two cameras with different resolution.... Then the cameras sometimes bounced up and down when it not simply misses the dancer.... or the nice part of her dance. Finally, with dancers of that level, one expects the camera to enhance the moves even more, wich wasn't the case. By moments, looks a bit like the movie I do myself lol.
Aside from these technical downsides, I still recommand the dvd for the dancers performances, that are great.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Thrilled, March 11, 2011

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Chantal Demissie - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tribal LA: Live In Los Angeles Bellydance Superstars (DVD)

This video was shot very poorly for a bellydance superstars dvd, looks like fan footage. i had seen alot of these dance routines before, this is a good dvd if you do not own any other bellydance superstar tribal dvds, if you own most of them its not worth paying for a few new routines. sharon kihara and zoe are great in this though! kami also has a nice routine as well