Tribal Fusion Bellydance with Sharon Kihara

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Actor: Sharon Kihara
Brand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Cia - Copeland Int'l

DVD Reviews of Tribal Fusion Bellydance with Sharon Kihara

DVD Review: Short Workout
Summary: 3 Stars

Sharon Kihara is a lovely, talented dancer with great visual presentation, but this DVD falls short when it comes to instruction or practice. The whole thing is only an hour and fifteen minutes, and much of that is spent on the combination. As far as the isolations go, Kihara is content to do as little as two repetions of each movement (as with the shoulder rolls, for example.) In contrast, the DVDs released by Ariellah and Asharah give us very thorough drills. Your arms will be falling off by the end of their shoulder sequences, if you can even get through them. I recommend renting or borrowing this DVD before you buy. It might be just your thing, for the long combination sequence. But if you're looking to practice your isolations, this one won't do it.

DVD Review: Joy
Summary: 5 Stars

Before this video, Rachel Brice was one of my favorite bellydancers...but now Miss Sharon takes that place. She brings joy to a dance, that often takes itself too seriously, come on girls smile a bit. A beautiful performance and great instruction.

DVD Review: Verbal Cues Can Make A Big Difference
Summary: 5 Stars

As much as I love Sharon Kihara, I hadn't planned to buy this one based on some of the negative comments in other reviews. I ended up with it anyway because the store didn't have the one I wanted, and I am so glad that I did.

First, I love Sharon's friendly, easygoing style. She's also better than most about offering tips and safety cautions in the yoga segment - which is absolutely invigorating. I've owned and used Rachel Brice's Tribal Fusion - Yoga Isolations & Drills for Bellydance for several years and it's been my favorite up until now. However, if I do anything longer than the fifteen minute workout, I feel tired. After doing Sharon's yoga workout for the past week, I've consistently felt energized and invigorated - even when I was tired to begin with. The difference may be that Rachel's drills might be just a few seconds too long for my physical condition. In both the yoga and drills segments, I find it much easier to complete every single drill in Sharon's workout. For those in better physical shape, this may not be pushing it enough but for me, it's perfect. I feel that I'm getting a great workout along with having gotten a good stretch. I'm working toward getting back into dancing after an injury and I also felt significant improvement in my hip work after just doing the workout a few times - which makes me question whether I was not taught properly when I was taking classes. I believe that this is also due to Sharon's choice of verbal cues - or maybe my instructor was not doing a very good job. Her use of "upper abs" and "upper(or)lower back" instead of terms like "tuck under" have made a huge difference in the way that my brain talks to my muscles. She also really focuses on using the obliques, something my instructor rarely did - if ever - and this has been incredibly helpful as well. The Suhaila Salimpour booty dance thing has also helped more than I would have imagined. I've done traditional gluteal squeezes for years and wasn't sure whether there would be a difference in simply changing the posture they're done in. There is. First, it's a lot harder! and sitting in straddle position makes you far more conscious of which muscles you are using. If I keep my hands on my thighs, I find that I am using all the muscles Sharon says not to use! I find it easier to focus on the correct muscles if I place my hands just above my butt. This is a phenomenal workout and I feel like I'm going to be back in shape in no time. I completely agree with Sharon in that it is critical to our development as dancers to build strength in the muscles we use for dance.

While I'll always love Rachel's workout, I was disappointed upon purchasing it that she does not teach any combinations. Sharon's are fun and very easy for an intermediate dancer to pick up. I'm not sure about beginners, but based on my own experience I would guess that this is one of the better tribal instructional dvd's for those at that level. I own and have tried around a dozen bellydance instructional DVD's including Instructional Bellydance With Jillina: Level 1, 2, & 3, a few of Dolphina's and Veena and Neena's DVD's and several from World Dance New York. I've seen very few that are suitable for beginners.

Sharon teaches in front of a mirror so that we can see both front and back, but there are also closeups of her face where she is speaking directly to the student. This contributes to her friendly style but in a few places, we're unable to see both aspects. This is the fault of the person doing the filming, not the instructor, and is only slightly annoying.

Sharon's workout has bumped Rachel's down to number two in my favorites, but I plan to use both of them together. I do love the way that Rachel broke hers down into 15, 20 and 45 minute workouts and wish that Sharon would have done that with hers. However, both DVD's have chapters and it's very easy to skip around to create a workout that suits your schedule and using both together will build your strength and develop your skills.

DVD Review: Tribal Fusion Bellydance
Summary: 4 Stars

I did view alot of the reviews for this product before I purchased it.

I tried the video for the first time yesterday. I liked it.

One improvement could be the explanation of the yoga positions before implementation. When Sharon would mention moving into a position, I would have to break my concentration to see exactly what exactly she meant.

I did appreciate the isolation movements broken up into sections. This means that I can work out the part of the body that I want, or skip a part, say, for instance, I'm feeling sore.

I did not expect this to be a beginning belly dance instructional dvd, and it is not. As I stated before, I am not disappointed in the product.

DVD Review: great dancer or yoga teacher.
Summary: 3 Stars

sorry, she is a cute talented girl but as far as dance instruction goes? nope. i mean it's okay. lets say, i can see what she is doing but as far as her explaining it, nah. her yoga and stretching session in this dvd is awesome, i really haven't come across a better yoga instructor on dvd. kihara should stick to dance but become a yoga instructor.

Description of Tribal Fusion Bellydance with Sharon Kihara

Sharon Kihara welcomes you to the world of Tribal Fusion Style Bellydance, a beautiful, expressive and stamina building art form. With her first long awaited and popularly demanded instructional DVD, she presents to you a fun and invigorating take on learning to move with strength, grace, and power. With practice and patience, the exercises in Tribal Fusion Bellydance with Sharon Kihara,Technique and Conditioning can help you increase your strength, flexibility and overall muscular control, and contribute to a lifelong healthy dance practice.

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