Pop, Lock & Shimmy: Drum Solo Technique & Choreography (Intermediate / Advanced Belly Dance)
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DVD: Region Code 0Format: NTSC
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-17
Studio: Cheeky Girls Productions
DVD Reviews of Pop, Lock & Shimmy: Drum Solo Technique & Choreography (Intermediate / Advanced Belly Dance)
DVD Review: Pop, Lock & Shimmy
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great DVD. The moves are well broken down, the mirror is well placed, and the drum rhythmns are interesting. Each segment can be used as a stand alone 5-10 minutes quick workout, so if you don't have time for a full cardio workout, you can just do a quickie ab workout. The segments are short enough that you can learn them quickly, and then do them at the office. I am a 7 day/12 hour a week fitness enthusiast, and I do abs daily. This is the first video that made me feel my obliques and quads had worked the next day.DVD Review: Pure Technique
Summary: 5 Stars
Michelle has a masterful ear for matching pops, locks, and shimmies perfectly and endlessly to the beat of the song. This in and of itself is unique in bellydance dvd. She's near-genius with her ear and eye for matching movement with a beat for dramatic effect.
(She really needs to work on her arm movement and placement tho in her final dances as she's extremely focused on her lower body and hips to the actual exclusion of her arms that do nothing to frame her or excite the audience, and the majority of the time, if not all the time, merely are extended outwards at her side - not a good use of arms at all and really hurts the drama of her dance. In her final costumed dances she tends to face front only and statically, and that is not a good habit for a bellydancer as many of the movements become much more exotic and interesting if the body is turned on angles for just interest's sake and that air of mystery we come to expect from the supple and flexible body of a bellydancer.)
To pop, lock, and shimmy? This is a good dvd for that. And that is what the dvd should be judged on since it isolates these movements in the very title. You don't need to see her feet as one reviewer requested. This isn't a spin, travel, transitions dvd, it's a stare-at-her-midsection dvd and try and keep up.
If you are looking for a dvd where your feet move around, and you learn travelling combinations, and get the full flavor and instuction of bellydance in general -- this isn't it. She rarely spins or does anything but stare straight at the mirror, isolating and popping, etc, yet none can deny she is dancing with an unique and subtle level of skill. And it will add to your skill as well.
That said, I believe it is an excellent, practical and usable dvd for any bellydance collection, adventurous beginner and advanced alike. Just keep in mind it is popping locking and shimming, so if you need more than that, look around for a more general bellydance dvd and don't mark this one lower becuase it fulfills it's specifically-stated goal, and not ALL possible goals in bellydance :)
DVD Review: Another Kickin' DVD from Michelle
Summary: 5 Stars
What makes a good dancer? Skill, personality, and that little extra something that makes them stand out. Michelle's is her incredible flawless execution. Shimmies so small and perfect you wonder if they are a mirage,pops and locks the same. This is a great DVD that teaches all this, plus an extra extra challenging choreography at the end. If you buy this for nothing else buy it for the choreography!DVD Review: Very Useful
Summary: 5 Stars
Teaches an entire choreography to a drum solo and the basics of 'pops and locks'. The combinations are broken down well and easy to follow without being too slow or redundant. You can see the front and back of the instructor. Plus there are performances and trailer clips from some of her other DVDs at the end. Overall a great instructional DVD and I highly recommend it for anyone who has surpassed the basic movements of bellydance and want to go a step further.DVD Review: what can i say
Summary: 5 Stars
Michelle Joyce is one of my favourite dancers and teacher, i love her dvd's they are explained in detail and i like the going over and over it does sink in. Pop lock and shimmy has to be one of my favourite's.
Description of Pop, Lock & Shimmy: Drum Solo Technique & Choreography (Intermediate / Advanced Belly Dance)
**Trailer available on YouTube**ABOUT THE DVD
Pop, Lock and Shimmy is a complete guide to crisp isolations and layered shimmies. It is designed for intermediate and advanced belly dancers and emphasizes drum solo technique.
Practice is the key to sharp and intricate hip movements. When you spend time drilling these movements they simply become second nature and are naturally integrated into your repertoire.
This 80 minute DVD consists of 11 drills and combinations that are designed to increase your stamina and to get the movements into your muscle memory. After being carefully explained, each combination is first practiced to medium paced music. Once you have mastered the combination at a medium speed, we pick up the pace.
Each segment of this DVD is divided into a separate chapter, allowing you to click directly to any combination at any pace instantaneously.
At the end of the DVD you will learn how the drills and combinations can be strung together into a dynamic drum solo choreography. You will also see a sneak preview of Michelle's performance on By Dancers For Dancers Volume 2, where she performs the drum solo choreography in a live stage show.
ALSO INCLUDED
Excerpts of an interview with Michelle describing the Hindu extremists that rioted at her New Years show in India in 2004.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Michelle Joyce is a professional belly dancer who has performed for audiences around the globe. She has won several awards including 2004 People's Choice Belly Dancer and 2006 East Coast Classic Belly Dance Competition Champion.
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