| | |  | HIP HOP KRUMP & BREAKDANCING | Home » » » Rania Advanced Choreography Drum Solo Belly Dancing DVD | | | | | | | Description: | | The lovely and talented Rania a renowned dancer and instructor and twice the Champion Bellydancer of the Universe hosts this accessible program. She guides experienced dancers as they choreograph complex and beautiful movements offering tools for both rehearsed and improvised drum solo dances and using live energized performance footage instead of stale studio video.System Requirements:Run Time: 60 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 640615937522 Manufacturer No: HMC9375 | | | Features: | |
• The lovely and talented Rania, a renowned dancer and instructor and twice the Champion Bellydancer of the Universe, hosts this accessible program. She guides experienced dancers as they choreograph complex and beautiful movements, offering tools for both rehearsed and improvised drum solo dances, and using live, energized performance footage instead of stale studio video. Format: DVD MOVIE Ge
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| Rania Bossonis | | Director:
| Rania Bossonis | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 275 | | Studio:
| Hollywood Music | | Run Time:
| 60 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| December 09, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 DecentJul 30, 2006
By Eden Russell
Before all, here's a disclaimer: I need to note that I almost got this item thinking I had never seen it before. I got confused because I have the same DVD at home but the cover was different (obviously an older edition). It's possible that she might have redone the DVD to improve aestethics but I have compared the contents and they're the same.
Overall this is an OK DVD. It's a choreography on a single song as the title suggests. Rania breaks the choreography into moves organized into several combinations shown without, then with music, and strings them up. There is a performance of the choreography with regular clothes and one more, with a full costume.
Even though the title says "advanced" I think it's targeted at intermidiate dancers.
What I LIKED about the DVD:
- Choreography was nice and I learned a few new moves, especially the barrel turn.
- It was nicely challenging, this means not as hard as to be frustrating but also not as easy as to be bored with it immediately.
- DVD value is decent.
- Rania explains as she would to her students in class.
- I found some of her traveling steps very interesting
- The drum-solo bonus performance of Rania. I can't be certain because I haven't bought her Drum Solo DVD but it's likely this is the same dance she teaches there.
- Rania's explanations are nice and clear but not very detailed. Of course this is because she presumes that if you've bought an *advanced choreography DVD* you must be already familiar with the steps.
What I did NOT LIKE about this DVD:
- Rania's outfit when she teaches. I don't know why she got into the idea of dressing herself in back from neck to toe! I couldn't see her belly at all because it was covered! This is one reason why I took off a star.
- Lights could be better, especially because Rania "blended" with the room because of her dark outfit.
- I'm sure it's a matter of taste but I didn't find Rania as graceful as I had expected. Her movements are a little... mm, jerky.
This DVD may be right for you if:
- You are a Rania fan
- If you're looking for a whole choreography to learn and practice on your own
- If you're an intermidiate dancer
- If you like seeing a dancer who can't qualify as a model (in other words, a REAL woman even though Rania can't quite qualify as plump)
You probably won't care for this DVD if:
- You don't care any for Rania either
- If you are looking to expand your zills or any props horizons. No props were included
- You're a beginner who still finds it hard to layer
- You are willing to spend some more money if it would buy fancy settings. Don't expect thick Persian carpets, draperies and the like.
- You are want fusion and western music.
If you already have a couple of DVDs and want to expand your horizons and you like traditional Mid-eastern style, you won't be disappointed with this DVD.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Rania Choreography good for intermediate studentsJan 10, 2007
By Mireya Campos
I'm a Bellydance teacher and I can see difference in dance quality, Rania is a good coach, she breaks down the steps in an easy to learn way, she is clear in dance vocavulary, this is a good enjoyable dance routine, you can chose a single parte and do your own choreography with another music or ddance the whole routine that is challenger, this is not a beginners video and her Egyptian style is pretty good.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 I agree with the BikieDivaDec 22, 2008
By A. Norris
"Michaele"
Her expressions were almost as if she were in pain. It made me think that she was somewhat of a bad dancer but I have seen other videos of her on you tube and she dances quite well sometimes.
But in this, she danced very sloppily as if she were a beginner trying to do advanced moves. She was not always on beat and she sometimes struggled to give accurate instructions. I don't know what was going on here but I wish I never spent money on this DVD. I threw it away after I watched it the whole way through. She HAS to look back at this DVD and regret it. It should be taken off the market.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Disappointing but still useful...Jan 10, 2008
By Bikiediva
I was disappointed in Rania's dancing. She appeared frantic, a little awkward, and the expression on her face is best described by 'a rabbit caught in the headlights' which made me wonder if she was struggling to do the choreography.
I tried to learn the whole choreograhy but stopped about half way through because I didn't like it. However I have given the DVD three stars because there are a couple of combinations that she taught that I have put into a choreography of my own.
I've kept it in case there is something else I may want to use from it one day.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Intermediate levelSep 12, 2007
By Laja Ar
"Laja"
El nivel de esta coreografia es intermedio, no avanzado. De todas maneras me gusto la coreografia aunque es un poco "cuadrada". Lo que mucha gente dice de Rania es cierto, es un poco rigida (stiff) le falta fluidez en sus movimientos, ademas a veces explica los pasos de una manera y los termina haciendo de otra!
De todas formas yo me diverti mucho con el dvd! y logre sacar algunas ideas de el.
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