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Originally Posted by Estela
Oooh, it's great to hear someone talking about bellydance! I'm just in the beginner level, but I love it! I discovered bellydance when I was looking for something to do for exercise for my health but found the treadmill and weights too boring. I'd like to get the opinions of more experienced dancers on a good progression of videos to use as I go along. So far I've done Amira's Bellydance 101, Leila's Bellydance for beginners, and Sadie's Complete Bellydance. I tried the Bellydance twins Neena and Veena but for some reason I can't explain I didn't really like them. Now I'm looking for something with choreography based on these beginning level skills that doesn't involve too much spinning around or going too fast but does provide a good workout. What complicates things for me is that I'm on oxygen--that tube can get really twisted up when I exercise! Thanks for any input.
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Michelle Joyce's Pop Lock and Shimmy DVD has a really good drills section to it and only one of the combos has a turn in it - so it would be easy to work around.
I just got Sarah Skinner's Shimmy Workout DVD and I'm liking it. She has several 5 minute shimmy drills that you can do seperately or one after another for an hour long workout. She has a very nice warm up section. In the cool down she does several advanced yoga type stretches and the stretches in between have a couple of advanced sections. You might end up using a chair to hold the back for balance. There are a couple of times when she shimmies in a circle.. for instance, arabic 3/4 shimmy walk doing points.. forward.. side.. back.. side.. basically staying in place and turning with the walk.. hard to explain.. but you could just stay in place during that part and it wouldn't hurt a thing.
I have done 4 segments of it so far - and then the cool down. She has some walks front and back.. and walks to the side with the shimmies. She has a review at the end covering each shimmy - I need to watch to see if it has a break down. I've been dancing several years, so I know the ones she is doing, even if I'm rusty a bit, but I love having a break down anyways. Just good to hone the technique.
I also bought 'Hard Candy' Bellydance workout.. it's a strength/toning one. I haven't gotten to do it yet, but I'll let you know what I think.
I am considering Sadie and Kaya's drills and pops/locks/shimmies types dvd's but they are expensive $36 on Amazon, and I may not get one until after I get my taxes. The ones by Michelle Joyce are very inexpensive by comparison.. in fact she has her older ones 3 DVD set for $11.. and they are a good workout too!
Amira Mor's Cardio BD workout is pretty good too, I've had it for a long time and take it out now and then. She really works the basics and has a very cute accent, too!
Anyways, I'll post more DVD's as I get them and use them or remember them from the collection.