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Bellydance Superstars - Solos Monte Carlo

Jillina (Actor), Amar Gamal (Actor), Gerhard Schmidt (Director) Rated:

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Actors: Jillina, Amar Gamal, Rachel Brice, Bozenka, Saida
Directors: Gerhard Schmidt
Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: Ark 21
DVD Release Date: May 9, 2006
Run Time: 100 minutes
Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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ASIN: B000E1NXNG
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Weakest of the DVDs

By Shantell Powell on November 23, 2006

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I received my copy of Bellydance Superstars - Solos Monte Carlo this week, and over all, I must say I'm disappointed with it. I think it's the weakest of the three DVDs. The Paris DVD had the benefit of being performed live, and I think that most dancers do their best work in front of an appreciative audience. The Monte Carlo DVD was recorded in a studio, and for the most part, the dancing seems to be done by the numbers. The dancers just look tired in many of the performances, which is likely the case. I'd be tired, too, if I lived out of a tour bus, eating food at truck stops, and doing the same dance routines night after night. The dancers liven up the most when they dance to Issam Houshan's drumming (probably because they have an appreciative audience).

The video suffers further from the camera work. Once again, I think they chose a camera-man with ADD. Please let the camera linger on a dancer for more than three seconds before switching views. And as for all those clever view changes done during musical transitions, well, guess what? Those are often the most interesting parts of the dance, and we're losing it! Gah!

I am disappointed with Rachel Brice's dancing in this one. Her shoulders are often very high and tense, obscuring the line of her neck in a way I find unappealing. She is lit terribly, too, looking wholly washed-out in both sets. I know what colour her tattoo is, and it's not grey. Her make-up makes her look tired, and her eyes sunken deep into her skull. It's a shame, because she's a gorgeous woman and an excellent dancer.

The stand-out performance on this DVD is Bozenka, who I've never had the opportunity to watch before. Her technique is flawless and she dances seemingly without effort.Read more ›

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I liked it!

By C. Young on August 8, 2006

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I really did enjoy this DVD... I have to agree with the person who said it was a bit cold, but watching preformances on tv will never be the same as watching live prefromances. I got this DVD the day after I saw the Bellydance Superstars prefom live on stage and they were amazing, but I still wasn't disappointed watching them on the DVD.

I'd also like to reiterate that the DVD was filmed with 2 different camera angles... one with close ups, and one with full body frames. All of the people who are complaining that the constant changing of camera angles gives them a headache need to change the camera angle on their DVD player (mine is a button on the remote that looks like a movie camera) and try watching it with the full body camera angles. You won't be disappointed.

I think this DVD was very well done and worth every penny.

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Good dancing - lousy camera work

By Farah on July 2, 2006

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Nice follow up dvd to The Belly Dance Superstars Live at the Folies Bergere although not quite as enjoyable. The performances seem a little lackluster without the benefit of a live audience.
All genres of bellydance from cabaret to tribal are shown on this dvd. The only routine that didn't belong is s "pseudo-samba" number performed by a barely clothed Adore. In fact, her outfit would have been more suited for a burlesque show. Next time she should wear some harem pants or a skirt. Besides, I agree with the Shan Monster, being able to see Adores knees frantically pumping back and forth as she shimmied was NOT pretty! UGH!!!
I also agree with other reviewers who couldn't stand the "MTV" film style of this dvd. Either the camera man - OR THE EDITOR - must have the attention span of a gnat and should be fired. The cuts every two to three seconds are blinding and distracting. I must say that I do appreciate the "dancer's cut" feature, it makes it easy to study and make notes on the moves in each dance and is much easier on the eyes.

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2 stars for editing, not content

By H. N. Dohe on May 19, 2006

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This could've been a very good DVD. I like watching bellydance performances, and in a world of "bellydance instruction videos", I'm glad when one of these "strictly performances" videos pops up. Unfortunately, this one is edited very badly. I don't know if the editor was trying to be "artsy" or what. But the views change ever 3-5 seconds (yes, I timed it). First you're looking head on-cut-now you're 10 feet away-cut-now you're on the left-cut-now you're on the right-cut-and so on. I found this type of editing so distracting I could hardly watch it. No soft fades, no shots that focus on the action for any period of time- just jump, jump, jump. What's really annoying is I enjoyed the performances after I sat and put all the pieces together in my mind. Only problem is I had a headache after that! I bought another video in this group that did the same thing. As much as I would like to get more of these, I don't want to waste money on DVDs I'll only be able to stand watching one time.

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Dull

By I. Tse on November 21, 2006

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I love the Live in Paris DVD and the first DVD was already. This one I found a bit dull. On paper it sounded great with Issam doing more solos with the dancers. But it just didn't capture my attention, not even with accompanied by an oud player.

The only thing that was mindly interesting was the short interviews in the special features section.

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Thank you for dancers angle

By Anarchy on July 8, 2007

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The only way to watch this DVD is to change the angle setting to angle 2, the "dancer's" angle. Otherwise you get an over-cut mess of head closeups and funny angles that make it impossible to see what the dancer is doing. I wouldn't want this DVD if I was missing the remote to my DVD player. Rachel and Shannon are AWESOME!!!!

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I'll have to say, right off the bat, points go to variation in dancer styles and costumes. I LOVE to see a good mix of colors and dance styles among the dancers. Read more

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Adore's performance was horrible. She was wearing panties and a bra. You could see her entire legs which is good for samba but bad for bellydancing. Read more

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Couldn't watch it., but not because of the dancers

I was so looking forward to this dvd, but after just one minute of constant rapid camera edits, I had to turn it off. Its like other reviewers have said, the editing is awful. Sad.

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There are some great performances in here from the ladies, but I do have one beef: The editing. After a couple earlier dvds, you'd think they'd film the dancers better. Read more

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