| | |  | DANCE PERFORMANCES | Home » » Tribal Fusions: Exotic Art of Tribal Bellydance | | | | | | | Description: | | "The Bellydance Superstars have, in the space of four years, performed more than 480 concerts in 18 countries to over 1 million people and more than 60 television shows to over 100 million viewers. Their DVDs and CDs are bestsellers and workshops are typically sellouts and in high demand. All in all, things are good for the world s only full time, professional Bellydance troupe. The Bellydance Superstars line of DVD s have consistently delivered top quality product to the growing dance forms audience. Bellydance is a dance where passions run high as do opinions as to what bellydance is and isn t. There are the traditionalists who worship all things Egyptian. The Egyptian influence remains strong even in the variations now loosely termed cabaret bellydance. Learned bloggers offer dissertations across the internet as to the differences between Turkish style or Lebanese style but to the average person they all remain within the loose definition of cabaret. Meanwhile a whole new strain and indeed division of the dance is represented by the Tribal style. Originating in San Francisco it incorporates gypsy, flamenco and other folk dances into the bellydance arena to result in a darker alter ego. Heavy tribal jewelry be rift of any sparkle, tattoos, dark course fabric in complete contrast to the sparkle and femininity of the cabaret style. Tribal itself now has many offshoots and practitioners often feel compelled to describe themselves as Tribal Fusion . As this underground phenomenon continues to grow in popularity, the Bellydance Superstars are pleased to release Tribal Fusions.
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• The Bellydance Superstars present some demonstrations of the art of Tribal Bellydance with this program. Tribal Bellydance originated in San Francisco and is executed in a style that is much darker than the more typical upbeat bellydance routines. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MISCELLANEOUS Rating: NR Age: 894169002704 UPC: 894169002704 Manufacturer No: 9416900270
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| Tribal Fusions | | Director:
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| Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| CIA - COPELAND INT'L | | Run Time:
| 64 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 11, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 21 reviews |
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 another good BDS dvdMar 01, 2010
This performance DVD is not as bad as many claim. Sometimes during torso movements the cameraman will do an extreme facial close-up--annoying--but it doesn't happen often. This is a performance DVD, not a tutorial, so theatrical flare isn't excluded. Besides, fans of BDS should expect this camera style; it happens on all of their performance DVDs. The outstanding performances on Tribal Fusions are from Sharon Kihara, Moria Chappell, Samantha, Zoe Jakes, and Rachel Brice. Rachel Brice, although good, is very overrated. Across the internet, aspiring dancers list her as the greatest bellydancer ever. While good, I sense a desire to be better. On other DVDs, her drum solo improvs suffer, probably from anxiety of competing with masters like Sonia or Sharon Kihara. On this DVD she has a great drum piece, albeit non-improv to a pre-recorded drum solo. She always has the most fluid undulation but falls short in overall skill compared to others. Like Sharon Kihara, whose eerie first dance is the best of all. Moria's better dances were on TF:2 or Tribal LA, but she shines here as well (and hosts a DVD extra). Like Moria, Samantha's best can be found on the other DVDs, but these early dances are great. She has a unique belly shimmy and undulates similar to her teacher Rachel Brice. Zoe Jakes is good on all Tribal volumes. Dusty Palk is good, but I don't understand the strange twitches every once in a while, like her system is shorting out temporarily. On one dance it's okay, but both? Overall, you get two dances per dancer and one worthwhile DVD extra, and most editions come with the soundtrack. BDS always shine.
 Music is off, but performances are stunning.Feb 05, 2010
So I saw clips of this DVD on youtube and thought, like many other "comment-posters", that the music was off by a few milliseconds. But since it was on youtube, I figured the issue was related to video conversion. Not the case. It's that way on the DVD as well, but the stunning performances make up for it...most of the time.
tribal fusionsJul 14, 2009
this dvd is amazing. Moira Chappel, Sharon Kihara, RAchel Brice? awesome. if you love to watch preformances defintely buy this dvd. as a beginner, i am just amazed at how beautiful tribal fusion is. highly recommended.
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Some of it YES and some of it ..umm no.Nov 10, 2008
My two favorite dancers in the ATS bunch are Mardi Love and Moria Chappell. Not to take away from the others dancers' beauty and talent but I like to see the old ancient dances mixed in a little bit too and thats what Mardi and Moria do, they're graceful and very beautiful to watch. The others were great also but I found myself skipping through them too often. However I liked Rachel's fast paced moves, she busted out with, def, a change from the slow moves I usually see her do. I guess for those whom like a mixture of old ancient dance and some breakdance and some industrial goth moves, this might be for you....
My favorite tribal bellydance performance DVD!Sep 11, 2008
I really liked all the performances on this DVD, especially Rachel, Sharon, Zoe and Samantha. Rachel's 2 routines are *awesome* and I especially love the drum solo. It has really inspired me to work on my layering. I love Mardi but her routines are a bit sleepy. Kami Liddle is one of my favorite bellydancers, but I didn't love her performances. The Thai inspired one was interesting artistically, but there was only 1 short combo I wanted to learn myself, whereas I have learned the entire Rachel drum solo routine (still working on layering!). I loved Kami in Bellydance Underworld - if you like her you should check that out! There is also a video of her from tribal fest 8 on youtube which is just amazing. All in all, this is a must have for any tribal bellydancer! Also - there was a review complaining about the video quality, but mine looks fine...
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