| | |  | Musicals | Home » » » Bellydance Superstars: Every Shimmy in the Book With Bozenka | | | | | | | Description: | | The Shimmy is unique to bellydancing and it is this movement in particular that distinguishes this dance form from any other. In this DVD, Bozenka teaches twelve different types of shimmies. She carefully selected the top shimmies used in drum solos and included her favorite ones too. Bozenka breaks down each shimmy and describes them in a way only she can, helping the student gain confidence, endurance and correct execution of movement. After being repeatedly requested to teach shimmies during seminars, she was inspired to gather the top 12 shimmies and put them in a DVD for students to take home. Bozenka is admired for her powerful, yet relaxed and earthy shimmies. A useful learning tool for students of all levels and a teaching tool for instructors, this is one DVD that any bellydancer should include in her video collection whether a beginner or the most advanced of dancers. | | | Features: | |
• The Shimmy is unique to bellydancing and it is this movement in particular that distinguishes this dance form from any other. In this DVD, Bozenka teaches twelve different types of shimmies. She carefully selected the top shimmies used in drum solos and included her favorite ones too. Bozenka breaks down each shimmy and describes them in a way only she can, helping the student gain confidence, end
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| Bozenka | | Format:
| Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Cia - Copeland Int'l | | Run Time:
| 51 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 07, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 10 reviews |
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 Cut her some slack!Jun 12, 2009
Ok so reading all these reviews I was prepared for the worst. Cut them some slack on the title. How many titles are not exaggerated? Leyla Jouvana's is 21 shimmies and 1001 variations. There are 21 shimmies but not even close to 100 variations! It's JUST a title! Maybe it should have been Essential shimmies or Bozenka's favorite shimmies or shimmy like/with bozenka
But drop it people! I honestly think the title is fine.
I enjoyed the dvd, yes the beginner will more than likely get flustered with it, but for the intermediate and advanced dancer it's pleasant
I loved her breakdown of some of the shimmies and didn't care for her breakdown of some others. like with any other teacher. It's this mix and match of different breakdowns that help the beginner get their first shimmy.
I loved the"bedouin shimmy" that was a nice touch bozenka! It's a shimmy she learned among bedouins in Egypt how cool is that.
I also like her explanation of the egyptian shimmy. I'm a pretty seasoned dancer and I found it helpful!! So even the most advanced of dancers can benefit from her dvd. I really liked how she included the steady shimmy for traveling too.
Her hagalla explanation was very confusing though.
The performance was fabulous! Bozenka is a lovely dancer, she's such a natural.
I took away a star because of the voiceover, Bozenka has a lovely personality. Don't voice it over!!! It makes me feel even more detached. It's already on a dvd.
Miles Copeland please stop voicing over!!! please!! I'm considering e-mailing him to ask him that.
And also the instruction was very short but you can keep rewinding.
This video is by no means essential. If you need longer breakdowns and more technical explanations opt for Leyla Jouvana's video.
This video isn't bad either though, so if you get it with lower expectations, I think you'll find benefit in it. She includes a couple of cool shimmies.
She also has a nice warm up.
And I added a star because of her shimmies. her shimmies are the juiciest in the business in the usa. they are not fifi abdo's perfect shimmies, but they are close...
so video could have been better but it's not THAT bad
Good value & content for the priceMay 15, 2009
I agree that not "every shimmy in the book" but a good dose of it. This dvd is worth the price: it has good filming, the content is good and enough of it; and the moves are explained clearly. No annoying background music when she goes through the moves.
The performances of Bozenka and Hossam is a pleasure to watch everytime. Bozenka really does dance to the music beautifully. It looks as if the main cause of complaint about this dvd is lack of one more piece of performance by Bozenka.
 Disappointing !Feb 25, 2009
I was not too happy with this DVD. Everything about was too rapid and hurried, even the warm-up. The shimmy sequences could have been longer and more fluid. This DVD is by far inferior to the other Bellydance DVD'S. Shame on you Bozenka ! You did not do your homework when making a DVD ! You should have studied Neon or Joyce to see what a great bellydance DVD contains.
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I want more from Bozenka!Jan 16, 2009
It's difficult for me to review this DVD because it seemed like very little effort went into the making. Bozenka's an amazing dancer and a gifted instructor so why this did not translate into her video doesn't make sense. The DVD would fit the advance beginner level; unfortunately, if you've had more than a year of dance instruction, you might feel cheated by the slim amount of instructional material. I would only recommend this video if you're the kind of dancer who sometimes feels lazy and you'd like to follow along without putting a lot of mental effort. As long as you're very familiar with your shimmies, you could use it for this method. I know some dancers do this at home. Still, I'd go hunting for another video before popping this one into my DVD player. BDSS should be producing better videos.
Dissipointing.....Jan 05, 2009
I'm not sure what Bozenka was thinking with this DVD. There are such excellent shimmy dvd's on the market already, to put together something so lacking.....
I attended one of her workshops a few years ago and it was the same way. She taught a choreo that she was making up as she was going along. Which might work with Yousry or Suhalia, but not Bozenka. And then her performance was 2 minutes of wings! It was obvious she put no time or effort into preparing for the event. Very dissipointing! Bozenka thinks way too much of herself.
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