Review from a Serious Beginner | Instructional Bellydance With Jillina - Level 1

Instructional Bellydance With Jillina--Level 1 | Instructional Bellydance With Jillina - Level 1 | Jillina

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	• Instructional Bellydance With Jillina - Level 1 Jillina Universal Music and Video Distribution, 2004 average customer review:based on 88 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

a choreography dvd, not drills

Many people who don't like this DVD say that there is no drilling and it goes too fast. This is not a drill DVD. The point is to learn the choreography, so you need to drill as a separate exercise. If it's going too fast, then stop the DVD and practice the parts you need on your own. If you are doing the moves correctly, you will get a good work out. And if you feel there's not enough stretching, stretch on your own beforehand. It seems that those who gave this DVD a bad review were quickly frustrated when they couldn't keep up and were expected to do things on their own.

Jillina shows you the basic stance, how to do each isolation on its own, then puts them together into combinations, then puts the combinations together into the full choreography. It's a very logical setup. The choreo is entirely made up of shimmies, snake arms, hip drops, hip bumps, mayas, camels, and turns. These are all beginner moves. She stands with her back to you so you can move on the correct side as she does, and there is a mirror to her front so you can also see the front angle. Don't get what people's gripe was about standing with her back to us. If she stood the other way you'd be doing everything backwards.

Jillina's personality and choreography is a matter of taste. However, she repeatedly says you should change it to reflect YOUR OWN STYLE. She is giving you a basic choreo which you can play with as you choose. If you're a beginner you do it as it's taught and as you learn more you can go back and change it.

Overall, I really liked the setup and production quality of this DVD. It's simple, classy, and user-friendly. To get the most out of it, you need to drill on your own and not be afraid to work on portions at a time. Don't expect it to be easy if you are a beginner, but it's worth it in the end.

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Review from a Serious Beginner

I really enjoyed this DVD; it was fun and the technique was nice and basic, which made it easy to learn.

The only thing that threw me, was that Jillina wouldn't always include little details in her steps.

For example, during a couple of the hip isolations, Jillina doesn't mention right away that you need to bend your knees a little OR say that you can adjust your feet while doing it. Because of this, I tried doing the hip isolations while keeping my legs absolutely straight, which felt really awkward.

However, after watching her closer, I saw what she was doing and had a couple of "OH! I get it now!" moments.

Also, I felt she could have gone a bit slower with the combinations (since it IS supposed to be a beginner's DVD) and repeated the instructions a couple more times.

All in all though, I'm glad I bought this DVD. My friend and I had fun with it and it really does help me.

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Instructional Bellydance With Jillina--Level 1

Jillina's teaching style makes bellydancing fun and as creative or difficult as you want it to be. She demonstrates the dance you will learn. She then breaks it down and shows a move, gives time for the student to practice, and later gives variations just before putting a whole routine together for you. The torso muscle isolation is different to American culture, otherwise most of the steps to this style of dance are easily achieved.

Don't be fooled by the seeming ease of the practice. You will have a good workout by the time you've moved through the routine she teaches. This is a well-done teaching DVD with excellent camera work and setup as you see her and have a reflection of her in a mirror at the same time, allowing you to take in how the steps look from all sides.

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Instructional Bellydance With Jillina-Level 1

I've bellydanced for over 10 yrs and absolutely
loved this choreography to Alf La Waila Waila-
it's one of my favorite Arabic songs.

While I think one should always challenge his/her
abilities..I don't think this DVD is for the
beginner bellydance student b/c of some of the
combinations involved.

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