Instant Belly Dancer: A Crash Course in Bellydance, Vol.2 - Hipwork Plus

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Summary: Strange, but I like it!
Review: Like the "Curves" version of Instant Bellydancer, this focuses more on a few movements to incorporate into regular dancing. Sometimes the camerawork can be awkward as Neon walks toward the camera, and it starts to cut off her head. However, showing her at numerous angles doing the moves makes them easier, and she teaches them at a perfect pace to learn them quickly. I mainly dance at Middle Eastern and Latin nightclubs, so these moves naturally go with the music, but these can easily be used at any other club as well. I love this DVD and how easy Neon makes it to learn each move.

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Summary: Best of the Belly Breed
Review: This is my third bellydance DVD and it is by far the best one. It covers A LOT of bellydance hip movements and combinations, from basic to intricate. True to the title, it presents everything in a clear, intuitive way that I understand "INSTANTLY." As I was watching this DVD for the first time I was able to grasp quite a few bellydance concepts that I was really not getting after trying for months in weekly group classes. Neon is a terrific instructor, showing everything in an extremely well-organized and systematic way. For example, she arranges all the movements in categories that show how they are connected and what comes from what. With the categories I can remember things and combine them on my own. Every single move is illustrated in excellent computer graphics drawn on Neon's moving body. It's a whole integrated system. So after months of feeling frustrated in class and actually having a lot of doubt about whether I could do this, I'm now moving forward very rapidly. I know this is only because of what I have picked up from this DVD.