Seven Veils - Romantic Bellydance
by Sarah Skinner
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Actor: Sarah SkinnerDirector: Sarah Skinner
Brand: STRATOSTREAM
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 30167
Studio: StratoStream - World Dance New York
Product features:
- Seven Veils is beginner bellydance instruction that will teach you how to perform a romantic dance for a special occasion. Whether it is a birthday party or a personal, romantic evening, this program will teach you the skills and give you the entertainment ideas you need to make your special event unforgettable. Sarah Skinner, renowned for her passionate, glamorous, evocative dance, teaches you
DVD Reviews of Seven Veils - Romantic Bellydance
DVD Review: 3.5 stars - good as a 3 or 4th DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a Very well produced DVD that has lots of information while not being too advanced for those who are just moving up from say, a Dolphina DVD. This is not a long or involved veil choreography and there are only a few different dance movements used.
The dance and veil movements are explained quickly in the technique section- if you are a brand new dancer this would not be enough instruction, but she does give good tips on different moves. (I would reccomend this to someone who has done a couple of bellydance videos for fun and already know how to do some moves already.)
Then she does a performance of the routine, then step by step choreography.
I give it 4 stars because the veil work does not match the level of the bellydancing- she uses very basic veil work with sort of medium bellydance. for instance, she uses floor work, one-hip figure-8's, and chest figure-8's that most baby dancers won't know, but if they were at that dance level already, they probably would have already learned harder veil moves, so it doesn't quite fit together for me. I am a bit disapointed in the veil work used - i expected more from a DVD called 7 veils, I guess. I also found it distracting that she taught in full costume- it didn't really make it harder to see what she was doing, my eyes just kept getting caught by sparkles coming off her cleavage. :)
That said, its not a bad little video. There are extra sections on how to slap together a home-made costume, how to put on your veils for the choreography, a little bit about different kinds of veil fabric and what you'll need for this DVD, and a little section called "audience interaction" that is basically how to turn this into a playful almost-lap-dance for your Man(or Lady). I found that section pretty cheesy and a little too stripper-y for me, but I'm sure some people are buying this just for that purpose, so that's just my opinion.
There is also a performance piece by Sarah and her troupe of a longer Salome story. I found this a rather strange mix as well in that their costumes looked home-made and Sarah has a very 80's look going on with her lace and headbands (ick!) and she rolls around on the floor during her floor work section i a way that i found a little too much, but parts of it were very avant-garde too- khaleegi in Kimonos? That turn out to have 6 of the 7 deadly sins written on the back? gosh! But overall, i thought it to be performed in the "30yr old cheerleader" style- you know, cute and perky and theatrical, but not much depth beyond their new tummy-tuck.
Yeah, that pretty much sums up this DVD for me. it's not bad, it just wasn't enough.
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