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Nadiyah's review of Belly Dancing
The Sacred Shapes™ with The Goddess Dancing™
Are you experimenting with Belly
Dance for the first time? Has belly dancing become so mechanical that you
have lost the previously experienced joy? Do your belly dance classes need
a new angle, flow, or direction? If you answered “Yes” to any of these
questions, then this DVD/video may benefit you.
Belly Dancing the Sacred Shapes provides a fun
introduction to Belly Dance from a more spiritual perspective than found in
other instructional dance videos. Designed for “the health and celebration of
women,” Goddesses, Sacred Shapes, directional planes, visualizations, and
stories are incorporated into the overall format. This is a very well
thought-out video with a focused structure. In addition, the audio, picture,
lighting, framing, camera, and editing are of a professional quality.
Everything about this production is clean, clear, and concise. Moreover, the
set design and colors utilized in the framing were pleasant to the eyes.
Here is the video’s outline:
1. Introduction
2. Basic Stance and Goddess Stretches
a. Isis
b. Kali
c. Péle
d. Diana
e. Copper Woman
3. Circle
a. Horizontal Hip Circle
b. Horizontal Heart Circle
c. Vertical Heart Circle
d. Sagittal Heart Circle
e. Horizontal Head Circle
4. Crescent
a. Horizontal Hip Crescent
b. Horizontal Heart Crescent
c. Vertical Heart Crescent
d. Horizontal Head Crescent |
5. Figure Eights
a. Horizontal Hip Figure Eights
b. Vertical Heart Figure Eights
c. Vertical Head Figure Eights
6. Shimmy
a. Earthquake Shimmy
b. Twisting Shimmy
c. Heart Shimmy
d. Ecstasy Shimmy
7. Undulation
a. The Wave
b. The Snake
8. The Creation Dance
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The three ladies involved in The Goddess Dancing,
Anita-Cristina Calcaterra, Cathy Moore, and Karen Uminski, each take their turn
as leader. As one lady verbally introduces the shape or topic, another lady
illustrates the topic with her body. Likewise, while a voiceover verbally
explains each move, the dancers illustrate the movement with their bodies.
The Goddess Dancing appears to be a fun group; the members’ smiles and
sincerity reflected towards each other perfectly illustrate the “sisterhood”
often found in Belly Dance. With each chapter, the group illustrates a
different theme of costuming whether through practice attire, performance
attire, or “clubbing” attire.
What a creative, yet complete introductory video. I give a big round of
applause to The Goddess Dancing.
Reviewed by
Nadiyah
Middle Eastern Dance Performer & Instructor
Energy & Spiritual Healing Practitioner
Owner, Nadiyah's Dance Supplies
Used with permission.
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