Belly Dance Crash Course by Michelle Joyce – DVD review
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General impression
Since I discovered Michelle Joyce’s instructional belly dance DVDs, I have become a fan. I think her DVDs are some of the best instructional bellydance DVDs available on the market. Michelle always explains her movements very clearly and includes a lot of drills for dancers to practise. Hence, her belly dance DVDs are very good practice companions.
Of course, this DVD does not contain all the possible belly dance movements that a beginner belly dancer can learn. This is natural, as there are so many movements in belly dance, that a DVD covering all would have to last 
for hours. However, there is enough for a beginner to sink her teeth into.
DVD Content
This DVD explains some of the fundamental belly dance movements and is divided into sections, according to the groups of movements, such as hip circles, sharp hip movements and undulations.
For each group of movements there is a section in which Michelle explains the technique behind each move; then this is followed by drills for beginners. There is then a further section, for advanced beginners, where this movements are put together in short combinations that are practised extensively, first slowly then more quickly.
Advised level
This instructional bellydance DVD is advisable for beginners (although a complete beginner should always also join a class) and improvers. More advanced belly dancers though, can still benefit from Belly Dance Crash Course, if they need to revise some basic technique or if they simply need some inspiration for practising drills and keep those basic belly dance movements into their muscle memory.
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