Product Details

• Actors: Neon
• Directors: 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
• Rating: 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 (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FTJ2XM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,325 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Belly dance - ancient language of beauty and feminine power modern rite of celebration freedom from the ordinary. Transform your mind and body. Bellydance... and be amazing!

Instant BellyDancer #1 and #2 Two-DVD Set is a breakthrough rapid-learning system created by New York star dancer and trend-setting instructor Neon.

To make belly dance easy to learn from video and fun to practice as an improvisational art the Instant Bellydancer: A Crash Course in Belly Dance video DVD series presents the 3D or Instant belly dance instruction system showing dance moves as trajectories following 2- and 3-dimensional shapes.

Animated onscreen graphics superimposed on Neon's moving image effectively interpret movement angles and directions promoting accelerated learning. Grouping of movements into clear-cut categories enables easy recall of dance patterns when improvising.

In addition to basic steps the DVD features moves and combinations that go far beyond the basics.

* on-screen animated geometric renderings of dance moves superimposed directly on the instructor's moving image

* Practice session and combinations for every move (total 60 min. of practice!) plus six review practice sessions

* Access each individual move directly from systematic interactive menus

* Play practice sessions onlyor play review sessions only for a fun non-stop bellydance WORKOUT!

* a bonus performance by Neon

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

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

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

By	MD Mom - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Diana L. Rex "'Fairy Dancer'" (Southern Calif. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.