Product Description

This DVD is a low-impact fitness routine that is designed to help you target your female fat zones (thighs, tummy and buns). The belly dance workout strengthens and tones while giving you a stronger sense of balance, femininity and beauty.

Women have belly danced for the purpose of health and to celebrate life for thousands of years. Today, the belly dance craze has captured the imagination of women of all shapes, all walks of life, and all fitness levels.

Body By Belly Dance was created because of the overwhelmingly positive response to the belly dance fitness DVD Perfect Hips, also featuring teacher Michelle Joyce. Michelle is a multi award winning belly dancer who has performed around the world, which means you need not travel further than your own living room to learn 100% authentic belly dance. So put on a hip scarf and shimmy your way to a healthy body!

***Please note that this DVD has been re-released under the title "Discover Belly Dance with Michelle Joyce: Fat Burning"***

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39103 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-14
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 74 minutes

Customer Reviews

Very clever!
I have bought all of Michelle's DVD and I have never been disappointed. Her persona on camera is excellent and she is an encouraging and educated teacher.

In the past I have been disappointed with "belly dance workout" DVDs because the actual workout is so mild and the instructors usually aren't that skilled in the dance. Michelle is a personal trainer, so she knows what a workout it. I really like that she does some belly dance instruction, but then the takes the moves and changes it up so that you aren't doing classic belly dance. She does all sorts of different variations of the moves that is designed to get the muscles burning. And there is a very good cardio section also (that really is cardio).

If you want to learn classic belly dance, maybe one of her other DVDs would be better designed for that (though you do get a breakdown of technique here too). If you are an exerciser wanting a new workout, this is for you! If you are a belly dancer (like me) and you want to practice the basics while getting in shape, this is for you also!

Wow! Even Better Than "Perfect Hips"
I really liked the "Perfect Hips" DVD, but I LOVE this one!

The warmup itself is a good "get yourself moving" segment, that even if you didn't have time to do the rest of the exercise sections, it would still loosen you up for your day.

The breakdown of the different types of workouts is excellent. You can tailor your workout to how much time you have, whether you follow the entire DVD, or just a couple of the sections. Michelle explains and breaks down the moves very well for beginners, and a good refresher for people that have been at it for a while.

Most challenging things for me on this DVD were the floor work and abs sections. Definitely some areas there that I can see where I need to improve my strength. Couple times I found myself wanting to scream... "AH, Michelle! You SADIST!" but that just shows me that I need to keep at it.

Funny thing, I gave "Perfect Hips" a 4 star review, and gave my nitpicky reasons why. It seems Michelle must have read it, because those things were addressed in this DVD.

As with all workout DVDs... I recommend paying attention to how your body reacts to the moves. I'm in a lot better shape now than I was a year ago, and I still found things I needed to modify for my level of fitness.

Thank You Michelle!
Michelle Joyce is an amazing teacher. She is warm and friendly, but not overly perky and she is not plastic and stiff like some instructers out there. She breaks the moves down into easy to understand segments and I love the way she gives little safety and/or performance tips along the way. There are different sessions depending on your fitness level, which is great! As a beginner, I like that when I have mastered session 1, I can move on and not be bored doing the same thing all the time. As someone looking to stretch my dollar, I appreciate getting multiple workouts in one package! Be sure to check out the video clip offered in another review. It is a very good bite of what this DVD is all about.

Thanks Michelle, for creating yet another stellar workout!