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Drills! Drills! Drills! A complete workout with finger cymbals for belly dancers of all levels | Michelle Joyce | Michelle Rocks!

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	Drills! Drills! Drills! A complete workout with finger cymbals for belly dancers of all levels Michelle Joyce Cheeky Girls Productions, 2008 average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This DVD is designed to help you learn to make the most of your practice time. This is not simply a workout DVD, but also a lesson in how to practice. The elements of an effective practice routine are broken down and explained as you are guided through a complete, fully body dance workout.

There are several drills at varying levels of difficulty that are designed to increase your physical strength, muscle memory, and coordination. The beginner dancer can benefit from the breakdown of the moves and the slow isolation drills, while the more advanced dancer can go straight to the chapters that incorporate finger cymbals and layering techniques.

Over time you will notice the moves becoming firmly ingrained in your muscle memory. With regular practice, you will develop a strong, trained body that can effortlessly layer shimmies with isolations and finger cymbals.

The workout includes:

-Strengthening Drills

-Isolation Drills

-Shimmy Drills

-Layering Drills

-Finger Cymbal Drills

This DVD is 2 hours in length!

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VERY GOOD!

I have been using this drill almost everyday! It is good for all levels of belly dancers but especially helpful for those that are in the intermediate level and probably a nice review for those that are advanced.

Michelle Rocks!

This DVD is an absolute must for any Intermediate/Advanced dancer.The drills are challenging,interesting,and well explained. She is an excellent teacher,and I love the choreography at the end. This is IAMED quality,at a affordable price.I have been waiting for a DVD like this! What a godsend! Now if I can just make it through the never ending shimmy section. Whew! Girl, you just keep puttin'out the DVD's...I'll buy 'em.

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Here is where you start

For any new student of belly dance, you have heard the term drills. Michelle's DVD will become an essential part of your dance development.

Starting with warm -up exercises designed to increase core stability, Michelle guides you through building a repertoire of movements designed to improve your dance. When you get comfortable with building your drill work, she raises the bar with the addition of zills and layering to further enhance your dance.

One of her first explanations improved my dance almost a hundred percent, and that was in the first few minutes of the DVD!

For anyone joining the dance community, you already have felt the camaraderie. Michelle's DVD is no exception--she is friendly, instructive and influences you to better your performance. This is a quality DVD that was reasonably priced for the hours of work you will enjoy from it.

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a bit disappointed

I saw some videoclips by Michelle and I love the way she dances. However, I was a little surprised by the content of the DVD. Ok it's drills but...they are not easy for beginners and a bit strange for advanced dancers. The mayas for instance, weren't explained very well.

The grapevine combination with hipdrops either. In this section, the video was just suddenly cut and then a new part begins. While trying the drills, I felt I was doing something strange without finding the peace and beauty of bellydance I'm used to.

Playing the three different patterns so quickly with the zills and changing movements at the same time is not easy for beginners either. I didn't like the way Michelle sometimes bends her fingers in a C form while dancing, instead of stretching them. The DVD is not divided into chapters, so it is not easy to skip some parts or find the one you are looking for.

However, the choreography is nice and the exercises for the warm up are tough :-). Of course Michelle has tried to do her best but I thought the drills would be more elegant and exciting. I would say that this dvd is for intermediate dancers.

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