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General Cabaret Technique

Abso-Olutely Fabulous (Princess Farhana) – serious abdominal technique!

Advance Your Dance - (Sabah) - discusses concepts and teaches techniques that improve stage presence

All New Hot Belly Dance Cominations (Ansuya) – six different combinations

Aziza's Ultimate Bellydance Practice Companion (Aziza) - drills to help build stronger technique

Ballet for Belly Dancers (Brianna) - teaches ballet technique that works well with belly dance and improves your overall presentation.

Basic Workout (Princess Farhana) – in spite of its name, this is not a workout DVD. It is however a very good instructional DVD. Princess Farhana breaks down several beginner level moves and drills them. The sections beginners might have difficulty with are the arm movements layered with hip lift shimmies, the hip drop kick and the horizontal and vertical figure 8s (I introduce all of these concepts in intermediate). Her undulations section is actually sagital hip and rib cage circles, though she does add stepping with them. She calls these moves camel and then rib cage camel. I had not heard the hip circle referred to as the camel by itself, usually the camel is the combined ribcage and hip movement. Purchase at Amazon

Belly Dance Egyptian Style: The Baladi (Ranya Renee) - teaches classic Egyptian technique used in the Egyptian Baladi

Belly Dance Egyptian Style: Modern Oriental (Ranya Renee) - teaches modern Egyptian technique

Belly Dance with Michelle Drills! Drills! Drills! – (Michelle Joyce) strengthening, isolation, shimmy, layering and finger cymbal drills. Purchase at Amazon

Combination Nation 1 - teaches combinations by nine different belly dancers

Combination Nation 2 -teaches combinations by nine different belly dancers

Discover Belly Dance: Basic Dance – (Neena and Veena) beginning belly dance technique includes a basic choreography. Purchase at Amazon

Discover Belly Dance: Beyond Basic Dance – (Neena and Veena)  beginning and intermediate belly dance technique, including a short intermediate choreography. Purchase at Amazon

Discover Belly Dance: Mystic Dance – (Neena and Veena) beginning and intermediate belly dance technique, basic veil technique, also includes a short veil choreography. Purchase at Amazon

Dynamic Combinations (Ava Flemming) – various combinations taught by Ava Fleming.

Exciting Entrances and Exits – (Dondi) explanation of different types of entrances and exits you might use in different performance settings. Purchase at IAMED.

Hahbi Ru Level 2 - Egyptian Oriental Style (Rita Alderucci) - teaches classic Egyptian moves

Hot Combinations (Ansuya) – various combinations

Layers with Leyla (Leyla Jouvana)

Lavish Layers (Ansuya)

Lovely Layers (Princess Farhana) –layering techniques for many different possibilities

Luscious Layers (Ansuya) – uses combinations to teach layering technique

Magnificent Moves

Meaning in Movement (Alimah) - teaches techniques that help improve stage presence

Sizzlin' Hips – (Ava Fleming) Drills the different methods for creating hip movements emphasizing precise control. Purchase at IAMED

Sizzlin' Torso – (Ava Fleming) Drills the different methods for creating chest/torso movements emphasizing precise control. Purchase at IAMED

Spins and Turns with Marguerite – (Marguerite) covers the different spins used in belly dance and different techniques used for spotting. Purchase at IAMED

Stage Dynamics (Katia) – includes the use of space in your dancing to create a richer experience

StarPower (Amaya) – covers techniques you can use in your performance to take it to the next level.

Sultry Slow Moves (Sadie) – covers the aspects of a taxseem and movements to use as well as combinations for this slow section of the music.

Thrillin' Drillin' with Sadie – (Sadie) technique building to layers building to combinations, each at three levels of difficulty. Purchase at IAMED.

Totally Turkish (Ruby) - teaches Turkish cabaret technique and a choreography

Turn it Up (Summer Sahar) - teaches spins and turns

Ultimate Combinations 1 – combinations taught by nine different dancers

Ultimate Combinations 2 – combinations taught by nine different dancers.

Ultimate Combinations 3

Ultimate Combinations 4

Ultimate Combinations 5

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