| Electronics Retailer: Consumer Electronics: Home Theater
Our Electronics Retailer Store offers Online Shopping for a huge selection of Electronics including Home Theater, Audio, Video, Receivers, Amplifiers Speakers, Subwoofers, Plasma, LCD, DLP, LCoS, HDTV, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, DVD Players, DVDs, Movies, CDs, Music, Gadgets, Video Games, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo and much more. One of the largest Electronics Retailers on the Internet. We hope you enjoy shopping at the Shack! |
|
|
Luscious - The Bellydance Workout for Beginners | 
| Actors: Neon, Blanca, Sarah Skinner
Studio: StratoStream - World Dance New York
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $10.99
You Save: $3.99 (27%)
New (9) Used (2) from $8.64
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 3241
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 30165
UPC: 188883000567
EAN: 0188883000567
ASIN: B0015FJYV0
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Lavish and overflowing with deep, rich, feminine movement, Luscious: The Bellydance Workout is made of 100% of bellydance moves and steps It is gentle, but it will work your body to enhance your muscle tone, flexibility, and fluidity, and promote weight loss. With a special focus on muscle conditioning and elongation, the program works each group of muscles deeply - using carefully built combinations to switch between muscle groups and add intensity to the workout. Luscious: The Bellydance Workout features gorgeous music and a beautiful flow undiluted by conventional exercises. Systematically addressing each group of muscles to deliver a total body workout, it creates an entertaining and aesthetically fulfilling dance experience inspiring you to do your best in executing each move with the proper depth, range of motion, and articulation.P A true dance experience as much as a fitness experience, Luscious is beginner level, but it offers you a perspective of challenge and growth. The workout consists of 7 sections, each building consistently upon the dance vocabulary covered in the previous sections through its own series of combinations. The combinations include classic bellydance transitions between steps to help you create the muscle memory to ingrain dance in your body.P Luscious is an instructional workout. It introduces the dance vocabulary in a careful, systematic way and contains an extensive tutorial section breaking down each move used in the workout. P If this is one of your first steps in bellydance, this program will be a fun introduction to all the basic groups of bellydance moves and transitions. If you are a dancer, it s a great way to practice the core of the bellydance technique and vocabulary through functional drills performed in the context of dance combinations and transitions creating an extra layer of muscle memory that isolated drills do not provide. P Workout duration - 45 min. P Tutorial section - 50 min. P The Circles section explores circular bellydance moves. It follows a slow-to-moderate tempo, working both the lower and upper body through isolations. P Next is the Infinity Loops section. Together with the stretching and toning impact of every move in this section, infinity loops are the ultimate exercise in fluidity. P Undulations maintain flexibiilty of your spine and help develop deep awareness of your core. They are also a challenging full-body muscle-conditioning exercise. P The bellydance hipwork section exercises your thighs, glutes, and abdominal muscles. In the Hip Accents section we ll perform traditional bellydance hip moves and then weave them together with the fluid movements: circles, infinity loops and undulations. Hipwork is what gives bellydance such vibrancy and party appeal - these steps look great on any dance floor. P The Shimmy - that effortless shaking of the hips - is actually hard work! Join us to shake your way through a few styles of shimmy, and enjoy the wide range of shimmy flavors. P The Body Line section is built of moves involving your total body. It shifts focus from working individual body parts to dance steps that offer the most stretching and give you a dancerly posture and carriage. P The last section is a short dance routine choreographed entirely of the bellydance moves featured in the workout. P
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Beautiful Dance Workout! December 1, 2008
Ms. Serena Kerbes (Calgary, Alberta Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This DVD is quite enjoyable...it is a great way for the belly dancer to refine his/her techniques and get a full dance workout. The content of the video seems to have more of an artistic approach, as opposed to just doing one drill after another. (Don't get me wrong, drills are great, but sometimes I get bored with them and I just want to dance!) The combos flow nicely together and the choice of music fits well in each section. The fact that it is put together to feel more like a dance performance than a workout makes the time go by faster! br / br /Only a couple of things on the negative side. I would not recommend this for a beginner belly dancer. This DVD is best suited for an experienced dancer; someone who has taken classes for awhile (perhaps at the advanced beginner or intermediate level) and understands the basic principles of belly dance technique and has a solid foundation. Videos are a great tool for practice but it is usually beneficial to get feedback from a teacher in person, especially when you are learning belly dance for the first time. That way you can avoid bad habits that could lead to injuries, such as a lowback strain from doing hip infinity loops. br / br /The other negative thing, (and this is just my personal opinion), is that I would have preferred a cool down and stretch at the end of the workout. But that is pretty minor since a person can easily stretch on their own without video guidance! br / br /Overall a well thought out video...something I will be adding to my home practice for sure! br / br /
 Fantastic way to mix up your workout November 21, 2008
Tami Fayette (Philadelphia, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this workout. It moved a bit fast for me at first but when I decided to mix it up a bit by doing the tutorial section, I found I still got a great workout. I first started with bellydance 7 years ago but continue to learn and find the best methods in which I learn. Using the tutorial section where the move is taught then demonstrated by a clip of the workout it shows up in, I could get a nice little workout. When the 'practice' part of the tutorial plays it is with music only. I found that to be a great option for those who get overloaded with trying to listen to the voice over instructions while watching what the dancers are doing next. So, it's not just a great workout done in sections and as one big workout- but a great tool for the more advanced bellydance student in drilling transitions.
Luscious lives up to its name. I feel amazing! November 3, 2008
Jena La Flamme (New York, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a seasoned customer of [...] I had high expectations for this DVD, but even those were exceeded by Luscious. I put it on. intending to spend 20 minutes on it, and the next thing I had gone all the way through all 6 sections before I had noticed, as it was just too fun, too sensuous and too delicious to stop. br / br /As a fitness pro myself, I have been exposed to 100s of different types of workouts and this is one of my favorites ever. br / br /Truly luscious, which is exactly how I feel now. br /Yum! br / br / br /
Wonderful November 2, 2008
Holly Fullmer (Media, PA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This video is a great product for beginners as well as more advanced bellydancers. There are tutorials for each type of movement and there are choreographed combinations of movements. The result is a very full, practical and beautiful bellydancing workout.
belly dancing October 30, 2008
Judith J. Kringle (Pasadena, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really liked it. its a bit difficult but what exersise isn't if its good?
|
|
|
|
| |
