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Belly dance has come into vogue again, so of course there's been a rush of belly-dance fitness videos... Most market the same simple moves, performed to cheesy music, a kind of belly-aerobic crossbreed complete with fixed smiles and devoid of art.
Salimpour's videos go beyond those beginner moves to the isolations and exercises that will improve the viewer's dance... In other words, she doesn't offer the usual hip-twist, chest-lift routine meant for someone who's taken six weeks of belly dance class at the gym... Instead, these videos include drills meant both to exercise those muscles most pertinent to belly dance and to develop mastery of the shimmy and undulation... A beginner might benefit from following along, but this isn't the usual mechanical review of basics.
As a bonus the videos offer some great performances by Salimpour, a uniquely expressive and powerful dancer, and some inspiring advice and anecdotes about her weight gain and loss, motherhood, career pressures, and time management.
Customer Review: Hard to rate...
For an experienced dancer, I am sure these videos would be a perfect integration excercise... For a beginner: aside from the jazz, there is not a lot of actual dancing and the isolation excercises are really hard... So I think a beginner would be disappointed and discouraged.
The mood of the set though is very encouraging and Suhaila emits this unexpected maternal interest in her viewers, I felt like I was being mentored to by a personal friend... Although a exceedingly challenging workout that might make you feel like you are missing muscles (particularly in the bum region) that other people seem to have, Suhaila is a fantastic dancer and teacher because not one of her girls had a single flinch through the whole routine, and they are all such amazing dancers and really in-shape.
As a performance dvd collection, simply AMAZING! The zill performance on the pilates dvd was absolutely incredible... I have heard her called the Bruce Lee of bellydance and now I know why.
Customer Review: I love Suhaila!
This is my 1st introduction to belly dance, so I am a true beginner... Suhaila is wonderful! She is very genuine and explains things well... My favorite of the 4 is the Pilates, it really works stomach, legs, and buns... The Buns DVD is good, too, if you don't mind the repetition... Jazz looks great, but as a true beginner, I will need to watch it tons of times before I'll come close to keeping up... The Yoga DVD is a little slow.
On each DVD, there are performances by Suhaila and her dance company, very beautiful... She also has a short interview section on each DVD, and she is so honest and encouraging... Over all, I have been quite pleased! Oh, and after just a few weeks with the pilates DVD, I have new muscles in my legs and stomach! More Information
