Bellydance Superstar Rachel Brice teaches basic tools that can be incorporated into daily practice that will bring flexibility, strength and, if practiced regularly, effortlessness into whatever Belly Dance style you choose. Instruction includes a short Yoga practice to warm up and strengthen the body as well as a final chapter on Yoga for flexibility.”The connection and interdependence between yoga and belly dance are explored in Tribal Fusion, a reasonably comprehensive and intense program drawing on both disciplines and demonstrated by the remarkable Rachel Brice. Practices of three different lengths (15, 30, and about 40 minutes) are offered; elements in the shorter practices are repeated and expanded on in the longer ones. The yoga portions include some basic sun salutations, lunges, backbends (specifically the locust pose), and such; the more extensive belly dancing exercises and undulations focus on the hips, the chest, and shoulders. Brice’s instructions are efficient, if sometimes a bit on the brisk side (it’s one thing to exhort students to practice ujjayi pranayama, the deep, audible nostril breathing style used in yoga; it’s quite another to do so without even saying what it is, let alone showing how it’s done). Whether or not any of the female users for which this DVD is intended will be able to replicate Brice’s belly dancing moves is open to question, as her technique and amazingly toned body make things look easy when, in fact, mere mortals may find them baffling, to say the least. Moreover, although Carolena Nericcio, one of Brice’s mentors and the “hostess” of this program, stresses that “the main attraction (of belly dancing) is delight,” Brice doesn’t seem to be having much fun, never so much as cracking a smile. Little matter. When you’re this good, there’s no need to kid around. –Sam Graham
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April 24, 2010
#1
As a brand new dancer, I found this video well worth the price for helping with technique. It has helped me make my movements more muscular and less skeletal. at this point I am learning only by videos, and this video taught me how to do an undulation. Veena and Neena did not cut it for me with undulations.
I have one major caveat about the video…as a Christian, I found the idol in the background offensive. However, as it located on the side of the screen, a piece of paper covered it nicely, and I don’t have to look at it and feel like I am performing for some other god.
My wish is that this video contained similar drills for more moves. What is there is very good.
April 24, 2010
#2
Did not like this one at all. very bizzarr.not at all like I thought it was going to be.
April 24, 2010
#3
After watching this DVD one time (and I had to force myself to watch it all)I must say I was not happy with this DVD. I own over a 2 dozen Bellydancing Videos and out of all of them, I have only gotten rid of 2, one was to Nasty, and This one. Which is very Gothic and not what I like. I showed my copy to my Tribe and none of them liked it either. Sorry Rachel.
April 24, 2010
#4
Both times I tried to play the CD on my “media” laptop it crashed my computer. I have successfully played many other cd’s on my laptop but this one was a no go.
April 24, 2010
#5
I absolutely love this DVD!!! So much yummy information from such an adorable source. Rachel should be commended for sharing her insights on both yoga and belly dance. I love her approach and the flow of this video. I strongly recommend this video to anyone, beginner or expert, seeking to condition their body and stregnthen their core.