Bellydance Fitness for Beginners - Basic Moves & Fat Burning

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Starring: Veena Bidasha
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Directed By: David Nakahara
Studio: Goldhil Home Media
Release Date: 2001-12-04

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fun and interesting
This DVD is great, they really go slow enough and speak instructions that are very easy to follow. Its really a fun workout too. I didn't realize that there was a cardio piece too until I watched the entire DVD. I'd recommend it!

Well Worth it!
I bought these for my wife. She had already started with Neena and Veena overseas and we bought the DVD's for here. Overall they have a great dancing style and are fairly easy to follow.
The main problem is that you will need to rewind a lot when you first start out watching these as they tend to go a bit fast and not explain anything very well. A big help would be to put a full size mirror next to the TV to make certain you are doing the movements correctly.
Also if you want to learn how to do a Drum Solo look elsewhere as they really don't do them as well as others. They do have an alluring style of belly dance and if you can follow it, it's excellent but they really need to break down what they are doing instead of having you follow along with no explanation.

all the basics I remember
I had bought the VHS version of this DVD when I had a TV that only played VHS videos - now that I've had a DVD-only TV for the past few years, I decided to get copies of these in DVD. I'm so thankful that I did because these videos provide a basic understanding of belly dancing and a thorough workout, complete with warm-up, strength training, and cool-down. Veena and Neena are knowledgeable and explain the movements very clearly. This is a video every belly dancer should have: it is an excellent source for beginners, as well as something experienced belly dancers should refer back to.

For beginners? I'm not so sure - but still great
I bought this DVD to supplement a beginning belly dance class I was taking. The first half of the DVD included many of the basic moves I learned in class, as well as a few other simple ones. There was a bit of a learning curve, but they were fairly easy to pick up on. The second half was quite a bit more challenging. The fancy footwork is beyond my beginner level.

There is a dance demonstration before each half of the workout. While Neena and Veena are completely enchanting, and the demonstrations are well worth watching, I don't really want to sit through a five minute dance before getting to actually dance myself. So I usually fast-forward through those parts. It would have been better to just leave those demonstrations at the end of the workout as a "treat," rather than inserting them before the workout.

I find the first half to be a gentle, invigorating workout. The second half, however - maybe one of these days I'll work up to completing it!

Good fitness workout
Neena and Veena provide an easy-going stretch workout and a much more intense fat burning workout (which a lot of beginners will probably need to work up to). Both are great in their way and I recommend the DVD.