Instant Bellydancer 2: A Crash Course in Belly Dance Review

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(More customer reviews)Neon is an exciting dancer with an amazingly precise and clear teaching technique.She is one of my absolute all time favorites. Unfortunately she doesn't do tours or workshops, so I am happy that I can see her work on DVD.I find Instant Bellydancer 1 very useful, and I've just purchased Instant Bellydancer 2.Both DVDs are dictionaries of belly dance movement.There is a lot of materialthat builds on the basics such as combinations, transitions and drills.With Neon everything is system based, you get a very clear explanation of the technique for each and every step plus you get to understand how different movements are related and therefore how they can be combined.

Instant Bellyedancer 2 is devoted mostly to hip isolations and combinations and it is superb! Neon is an expert teacher, actually she does the best job of teaching beginners I've ever seen. She explains things in such a simple yet articulate way that even if you are only half-listening you will get it right.She won't let you get away with mushy travel steps or unfinished figure 8s!You think a "crash course" is a gimmick until you actually experience her teaching style.

Here is what you will find on Insatnt Bellydancer 2:

HORIZONTAL SLIDES each of the sections below consists of basic technique,combinations, and a practice session. For every hips isolation you get a few different travel steps using that isolation, some of them rather challenging.
Hip push, slide,
Chest slide
Shoulder accents and shimmies
Hips twists and swivel shimmy
Review (a practice session that includes all the above moves and combinations, some new and some from the practice sessions above)

VERTICAL SLIDES same here, every section below has basic technique,combinations, and a practice session
Vertical hip slides
Up-down hip shimmy
Vertical hip slides with a twist (including arabic hip walk)
Upward and downward arc hip slides
Review (a practice session that includes all the moves and combinations above, some new and some from the practice sessions)

LIFTS AND DROPSsame structure in each section (basic technique,combinations, and a practice session)
Hip lift and drop
1-Hip twist
Chest lift and drop
Pelvic drops and locks
Review (practice session that includes all the moves and combinations above, some new and some from the practice sessions)

ARCS same structure,
Front-back upward arc (hips) and front-side-back upward arc
Front-back downward arc and front-side-back downward arc
Review (a practice session that includes all the moves and combinations above, some new and some from the practice sessions)

There are also two other menu items:
Practice 1 plays all the practice sessions for each move together.It's an amazing 50 minutes of drills and combinations!
Practice 2 is all the Review sections combined into one class.It's more challanging than Practice 1 because there are no isolations drills, it's only combinations so it moves much faster,but it's only aboyt 10 minutes

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Product Description:
"Instant BellyDancer 2" is a breakthrough rapid-learning system created by New York star dancer and trend-setting instructor, Neon. This DVD is a new, updated edition of Neon's acclaimed bellydance instruction classic: "Instant Belly Dancer: Hipwork Plus."
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.
FEATURES
* on-screen animated geometric renderings of dance moves superimposed directly on the instructor's moving image
* NEW! Practice session and combinations for every move (total 60+ min. of practice!) plus four "review" practice sessions
* Access each individual move directly from systematic menus
* NEW! Play practice sessions only, or play review sessions only for a fun, non-stop bellydance WORKOUT!
The INSTANT BELLY DANCER SYSTEM consists of two sections: Instant Bellydancer 1 ( or "Curves") andInstant Bellydancer 2 ( or "Hipwork Plus" )
Belly dance movement is organic, deriving from the natural, instinctual motion of the human body. Bellydance productions by WorldDance New York are designed to introduce you to bellydancing as art, entertainment and as a form of exercise. Dance is the fun way to pursue your weight loss goals, get in shape - and stay in shape.

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