| | |  | Big Dance Bands | Home » » » The Samba Reggae Workout | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Studio: Stratostream Release Date: 08/28/2007 Run time: 45 minutes | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Quenia Ribeiro | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| StratoStream - World Dance New York | | Run Time:
| 60 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 25, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 46 reviews |
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 Can't recommend it.Apr 26, 2010
A couple of things wrong with this workout. 1) Ribeiro is obviously a professional dancer and I felt I needed to be one to follow the steps. 2)She was wearing a mic but unfortunately it was not working so her instructions were coming in on the same mic that was recording the bongos & drums of the guys playing in the background, the result was that she was very hard to hear and turning up the sound also turned up the drums. 3) Finally, it wouldn't be good long term because if you did learn the steps, then you would be very annoyed with the long, built-in "here's how you do it" segments. I watched once--probably won't watch again.
 Wow!!!Mar 23, 2010
This is good!!!
I would sooo recommend it... It really works you out!!
With in the first 5 min. I was soooo sweating already...
It really is a good work out video, this is my first work out video and I love it!!
Give this a try, no matter who you are!Feb 24, 2010
I'm quite a bit overweight, and I never jump, hop, skip, or leap -- I don't want to risk hurting my knees or ankles. If that describes you as well, don't think you can't do this workout! Just adapt it to your needs: When she jumps, do a step instead. This DVD is very much worth getting, even if you look nothing like the person on the cover of it. (In truth, SHE doesn't look much like that person either, it must be heavily photoshopped. In my opinion, the real her looks a lot better than the cover image.)
The music is great, the drums make it so lively! I have two left feet, so I got confused a lot (I've only done it for the first time today), but it's very much worth it. Just keep on moving, even if you're not doing it exactly right, and it'll still be great, fun exercise!
 Who says exercise has to be torture?Jan 16, 2010
I can't help but love a fun workout that keeps me smiling the entire time. Quenia is lively and full of energy, but what I love most is how learning the choreography is structured. In my bellydance classes, instructors tend to teach each section of the routine one section at a time. After they've finished teaching you each section they then take it from the top, at which point I've found I've frequently forgotten at least half of what I've learned. I love that Quenia works through the entire routine each time she adds on a new section. I've never learned choreography so quickly. Granted, this might make the video a little less interesting to some for regular use, but I can definitely see popping it into the rotation at least once a week.
The less good: The movement are very big, so for the most part I found that I could easily process what she was doing. If you're unable to tell from watching her, though, you will be out of luck. Her idea of instruction is to pause, change angles, point at her leg and say "see like this." While angle changes can sometimes be useful, they're not always enough. For me, much like samba, bellydance involved learning a new movement vocabulary. Fortunately, most good bellydance instructors have done a lot to verbalize those movements. I can understand that it would break up the workout pace to include a lot of instruction in the routine section, but it would be nice to see it somewhere in the video, even if it were in an expanded "basic step" section.
VigorousJan 07, 2010
I bought this despite some of the negative things I read in the reviews, and strangely enough, I agree with all the reviews. It is colorful, fun, and nice to watch. The dancing is good. But it's not for me. It would take me a long time to get all this down. Not because she doesn't cue well. I think she does alright. I guess the moves themselves don't seem natural to me. Maybe someone with more dance background would enjoy it more, but I don't think I'll be using it much. However, it's a good video.
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