Product Description

*Want to save time creating belly dance routines and choreography?

*Want to discover new ideas for improvisational dances?

*Want to have more fun performing in front of audiences?

*Want to make the most of the great steps and belly dance moves you already know?

Whether you know 5 steps or 500 steps, this book is for you!

Learn the secrets of international belly dance stars and be your belly dance best by reading this fabulous new book!

Ramona demystifies the creative process of creating belly dance routines for performance and personal enjoyment inside Dynamic BellyDance. She guides you through the creative process of dancemaking with more than 51 creativity-building exercises. Many examples are included to give you ideas for your own choreography and improvisational dances. You will build your own great dances using movements and steps you already know.

The nuances of energy, style, design elements, musicality, emotional expression, performance psychology and much more are inside Dynamic BellyDance. Ideas and examples are illustrated with many beautiful color and b&w photos.

Plus, you will find information to help you develop and fine-tune your presentation skills to make the new dances you create the very best. Informative tips show you how to refine your technique and master movements which challenge you, taking your dance up to the next level!

This book is helpful for all levels of dancers and belly dance afficionados, from dedicated amateurs through professional instructors and performing artists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #815581 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-04
• Released on: 2007-05-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Atlanta performing artist and author Ramona has been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gwinnett Daily Post, and local TV. She recieved an Instructor of the Year award in 2001 for her outstanding approach to teaching belly dance. She's written for and served as an editor on the staff of several dance and entertainment magazines. A graduate of Marshall University, she writes about technical and science-related subjects, specializing in explaining complex subjects in clear, entertaining, and easily readable language.

Customer Reviews

Lots of inspiration and ideas!
This is a great book for any level of belly dancer who wants to create their own improvised and/or choroegraphed dances. Whatever style of Middle Eastern or bellydance you do, you will find that the advice, theory and practical exercises can help you develop your own dance and enhance your performance. The author touches on musical interpretation, presentation, considering the audience, design concepts, individual expression as well as different ways to organize a dance performance. There is so many ideas and excercizes in this 157 page book that it would take me several months, maybe years of practice and experimentation, to exhaust all the concepts.

The writing is clear, friendly and easy to read and the book is peppered with photographs and diagrams. I foundthe book very well organized. The author is very generous in sharing her personal perspective on the subject, and she includes a list of numerous resources the reader can use to further explore the material.

My wish for future material from this author would be a dvd companion to demonstrate some of the concepts and lead me through some of the exercises and a book has certain limitations. In the meantime, IAMED's dvd "Star Power!" with Amaya offers content on a similar subject from a slightly different perspective. I personally find that the two together have really helped increase my confidence and awareness of the performance aspects of this dance.

Excellent source of information!
Both the quality of information plus the excellence of the photos make this book a most valuable addition to any dance performers library. Something for everyone, from instructors to students! Each time I read it, I find more helpful and inspiring information. I have already recommended it to my students.Dynamic Belly Dance, The Joyful Journey of Dancemaking and Performing

Great book
This is a very informative, comprehensive book on the art of bellydancing. The author demonstrates her years of experience dancing by laying out, in easy to read and easy to understand terms, how to build your own choreography and improve your dancing quickly and easily. Her techniques are solid and enhance the performance for the audience as well as the dancer.