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| Honey Kalaria | | Director:
| Steve Kemsley | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Platinum Disc | | Run Time:
| 76 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 12, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 39 reviews |
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47 of 47 found the following review helpful:
 Great Challenging Dance Work OutApr 10, 2005
By starry1001nights
"starry1001nights"
I bought this DVD with apprehension after reading the unflattering reviews posted on Amazon.
Here is some advice to enjoy this lovely work-out:
1-Ignore the hand positions at first: they are well broken down at the beginning, but you will become very confused if you focus on getting the hand positions right. Keep your hands flat.
2-Modify, modify, modify: At the beginning: concentrate on the footsteps and add fancy arm movements only after you have mastered the footsteps.
3-The Second Work Out is much easier than the first one, even though it is presented as more advanced.
I would recommend to buy the Masala Bhangra Work Out Volume 2 as a companion to this DVD.
I use both of these DVDS, the Masala Bhangra Work Out Volume 2 is a FANTASTIC work out that will have you burn lots of calories(Sarina Jain the creatrix, said that on average, these work out burn up 500 calories.)
When you feel you want to dance and have fun but are too tired to do a challenging work out: use Honey Kalaria's work out.It will give you a reasonable burn if you do the 2 work outs back to back.If you feel tired: doing just one will put you in a good mood.
18 of 19 found the following review helpful:
I WANTED to like it, but....Jan 13, 2005
By M. V. Haley
As a bellydancer and a big fan of Bollywood movies, I've been trying to find ways to teach myself Bollywood dance techniques. When I saw this video, I thought it would be a good fit. Unfortunately, it is not.
The camera work is jerky, often focusing on Honey's face or feet, rather than giving the viewer an overall look at the movement. Honey explains some of the moves in the beginning, but not all of them. She calls out new moves without demonstrating them. Finally, the video is not really a good workout, not really a good instructional video.
With that said, I'd encourage you to buy this video if:
You have some experience with dance and can pick up an unexplained move or rhythm change quickly on your own.
You want a basic overview of Bollywood dance, but are not expecting to learn a whole lot.
You like to dance for exercise and want something a little different.
I'd encourage you not to buy it if:
You want to learn lots of Bollywood moves and routines.
You have bad knees, as the hopping and squatting can aggravate them.
Overall, I've learned more from Bollywood dance DVDs purchased through an auction. They cut right to the dance scenes and offer up to 70 dance sequences on a single disc. Sure, they don't explain the moves, but with my dance background, they are easy to pick up.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Dancer's POVNov 21, 2005
By Rosie
"Tiny Dancer"
I like that Honey takes time to demo hand and head movements in the introduction even if they are just genaric motions. Traditional Indian dance conveys meaning through hands and head and the wrong movement can be 'profane' or just ridiculous.
My biggest problem with the video is that the dances aren't 'clean'. The choreography is sloppy and I would expect a professionally choreographed piece to be more exact. The timing is ever so slightly off and the dancers aren't doing *exactly* the same movements.
I had no problems following along, but I have a background in traditional dance from Hawaii, Nepal, China, India, and Persia in addition to ballet and other performance arts.
It does go from high impact to higher impact, so be careful with injuries.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Sorry, HoneyFeb 04, 2007
By wild animals
Honey Kalaria seems like a sweet person, and she is really encouraging through the workout. Some of her descriptions of the hand movements ("woof-woof," for example) made them easier for me to remember. That was good! But other than that, I hated this DVD. I'm pretty sure that Ms. Kalaria and the ladies dancing with her couldn't actually hear the music that we hear through the DVD--I think the music was added later--so the beat of the dancing is not the beat of the music, and I can't handle that. Almost annoying as that is watching those poor backup dancers try not to trip on the thousands of throw pillows strewn about their workout area. They need more room! I really wanted to like this DVD but I couldn't make it happen.
Just to leave this on a more pleasant note: I loved to see fuller-figured women in a workout video, dancing and looking awesome. I wish more workout DVDs were like that.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Bolly GoodJan 15, 2004
I'm a Brit and so is this DVD; it galls me but I have to say that a lot of American fitness stuff is far better than ours, though this one offers something different. This is a dance workout that is more than simply learning a couple of steps. Honey is great, and starts us off with a low impact, very easy Bollywood workout, going on to a higher impact Bhangra one that - if you put your back into it - works up a surprisingly good sweat. The music was obviously put on afterwards, which is a shame as it is slightly out of sync with the dance moves, and there is no toning section, but other than that a good addition to any collection. Really good fun. NB for serious British cardio, try Nell McAndrew's Peak Energy or Maximum Impact - those are the only ones that really give the high level American programmes a run (ha!) for their money.
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