| | |  | DANCE EXERCISE | Home » » Bellydance - The Art of the Drum Solo | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Sonia | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| Ark 21 | | Run Time:
| 71 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 08, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 52 reviews |
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 I thought it was greatJan 26, 2010
While many of the reviewers seem to think Sonia's instruction was boring, I didn't think so. This is a creative dance tape not a workout out tape. Who need motivation to learn something that they want to learn???? You will get a workout though! The camera wasn't shaky like some tapes can be and her instruction is clear, precise and concise...she's not all wordy and irritating. Also, this is for beginners, if you're advanced, get another tape..duh! After following this tape I took a class and the instructor thought I had already had lessons!
Good introductionApr 19, 2009
This was what I needed. I have a few advanced drum solo's. This one helped a lot with the beats and the basics moves to the drums. It is more of a break down so that you can work your way up to the harder ones. Drum solo's are just learning how to make your body mimic the beat of the drums and to master isolations and layering to different beats at the same time. out of the basic beginner drum sols' this one will give you the foundation you need. just like in basic belly dance you need a good foundation before you can do the harder moves. I tried jumping into learning the harder ones first. I prefer to work smarter not harder. Become confident in the foundation and then the harder moves will be less stressing. The key is to be able to develop your own technigue or style and to be able to apply the moves without watcing the dvd to a piece of music. This comes with a music dvd to practice to for the price you can't beat what you are getting. The Art of Drum solo is saying you are learning the foundation and there is a Art to it. Art normaly refers to creativity.
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 Why Is She The Princess of Drum Solos?Dec 07, 2008
She has no rhythm. Watch her when she's doing simple 4/4 movements. She doesn't hit the beat. All her drum solos are canned and have probably been spoon fed to her, as she does the same thing every time. This is the routine she calls an "improvisation" at every show.
I give this DVD two stars because I learned one combination from her, and learned two moves by watching her take lessons from the real stars for thirty seconds. Incidentally, the music they chose for the Cairo sequence sounds Turkish to me...but I wouldn't commit myself either way. This DVD is worth renting or borrowing if you can get your hands on it, but until they start selling them used for four dollars, go buy something else.
Inspiring Beginner Drum SoloAug 09, 2008
This DVD is one of the longer ones for beginners (It says 71 minutes but I think its only 60 minutes worth of instruction.) And there is a bonus music CD too.
First, there is a stretching section. Next comes the teachig section, each bellydance step is paired with a lesson on different kinds of drum beats by the male drummer. (I haven't heard this information anywhere else. Important if you get deep enough into this dance style)
The second half of the video teaches a choreography. And it's broken down very well. Each step you learn is taught along with the next step so that you learn how to transition from one move to the next. There is a dance at the end with some of the steps you learn but the full choreography really isn't done at the end--exactly as it was in practice and most videos I have do. This was a major misstep in my opinion--and this is where it loses one star.
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Absolute must haveNov 17, 2007
I bought this dvd based off of the other good reviews and I must say out of all the other belly dance dvds that I have this is my #1. It really broke down the rhythms of the music and it was easy to follow. I was having a hard time with choo choo shimmy's but after watching this dvd I was FINALLY able to get it. This is a great dvd and it comes with a bonus cd of Issam's music. (I didn't know that). This is the best choice for learning moves that are in sync with the music. The performance is like poetry in motion!
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