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4.5
My DVD "BellyDance and yoga conditioning" by Ariellah has arrived!I was so impressed! I have many similar DVDs already and I know many different isolations already. But Adriellah is able to help me perfect them as well as teaching something new. No doubt, she is 1st class but many teachers are 1st class too. Yet, they somehow tend to think we are not so smart so they teach us some not so smart moves. If they dance gracefully, they teach us to move in a similar way but not exactly the same. e.g. snake arms; I never knew I have to turn the shoulder forward before the lifting of shoulder, then elbow and wrist, no wonder they look much better than me! Now I know the secret and Adriellah is not miserly to hide her secret from me. She is the only teacher who teaches me this turning forward... Also shimmy, I never knew you have to move the glute rather than the knees. No wonder! From Amazon.net, most customers give her a 5 star comment on this DVD; and I will do the same! She is very good at her subject and she is able to teach! This is the 5 star standard of any person who takes up teaching as a post.Adriellah thinks we can all dance well. So she breaks the move into bits and starts from scratch. Once we master it, she adds a bit more and a bit more. In the end, I can do as well as she or nearly. The tone is right, the music excellent, the lighting perfect. I have bought one by Blanca. She is also an excellent dancer but in the tutorial section, it frightens me. Behind her, the background has been whitened.It is not natural, it is by way of editing, I believe. In the end, the white light blinds me! How can I do the tutorials? (Other than that, the rest is perfect. But this little thing has killed my whole perception of her very good teaching.)Ariellah has a pefect body, not a big bust body like many belly dancers have but it is superb too, the kind of body well toned. This DVD has become my favourite and I am practising her moves day and night whenever I have some spare time (until replaced another one later). After a couple of days with her practices, my whole ab has been so well toned that I can see a round shape of my waist (as a lot of work by the obligues) instead of a sheet shape and it looks very much better! Yes, her DVD has instilled a lot of confidence in me! Not to mention I can follow her yoga practice to stretch the body, my another favourite subject! (originally written in June 2009)
