Product Description

No matter your age, size or shape, let Middle Eastern Dance change the way you see yourself. The Amira Belly Dance 101 DVD is perfect for beginners or more seasoned dancers looking for a review of technique. You'll learn the basic bellydance moves and then integrate them into combinations, safely and joyfully discovering your own dance. With this motivating & exceptionally high quality instructional video, you will:

Learn to love and move your body with grace & confidence Nurture yourself with safe & gentle warm-ups & stretches Practice 60 minutes of step-by-step instruction with Amira Dance to energizing, tightly synchronized rhythms from well known global recording artists Learn over 30 isolated body movements, each visually demonstrated and verbally described, with on-screen visual aids Clearly see all movements from multiple viewing angles, including full-body & up-close views Then perform fluid combinations of the moves you ve learned

Featuring the beautiful music of widely acclaimed global recording artists Phil Thornton and Hossam Ramzy, this DVD has earned accolades for Amira's clear and supportive teaching style, her attention to solid technique, as well as for its exceptional production quality. The DVD also features a bonus Live Performance by Amira.

Amira blends her love of Middle Eastern & Flamenco dance with the grace of Yoga and the daring of Fire-Eating to bring a distinct style and positive attitude to her performances and workshops around the US and her native Estonia. She has an extensive background in medicine and music and continues to study in the US and the Middle East. Amira resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and travels extensively to perform and teach.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4692 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-05-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 80 minutes

Customer Reviews

Perfect First Video
This is the DVD to get for your first bellydance instruction workout. I can't say enough good things about it, but let me start. First, the production values are high. The setting is lovely and restful, with beautifully sensuous pillows and gauzy drapes hanging in the background. The music is exotic and hypnotic, and Amira's voice and pleasant accent make you feel you're on a nice vacation, far from your own stressful world. The exercises are explained carefully and done slowly, so that you can pick them up. They are filmed in such a way that you can see the movement (no cutting away to a face while you are trying to figure out what the hips are doing.) There is a warm-up at the beginning and a gentle stretch at the end. If you skip the combination, which you might want to do at first, while you're learning the movements, you can do the whole dvd in an hour. The sections are short enough so as not to tire you out or frustrate your beginner's attention span. At some point this workout might become too basic, but I suspect I would always want to come back to it sometimes, on days when I'm not feeling so strong, or when I just want to de-stress. I love this DVD, and I hope Amira makes more!

Step by step
This is the perfect video for somebody that does not know anything and just wants to learn basic steps, it is very easy to follow because Amira makes it easy to understand, she goes slowly, step by step, at the end you have a perfect basic choreography to show your husband! and friends!

I recommend it for beginners!

Susan over 50
I have tried many types of dance. As younger woman I dance jazz, modern, and interputive. Why belly dance? Ask Isis? I choose this one to start with and was that the prefect move. I recommend it to any one interested in learning belly dance 101. It was just what I needed.