Visual Melodies by Hossam and Serena Ramzy DVD
Review
General impression - The performances
in this belly dance DVD are very well choreographed
and Serena Ramzy is a very good and graceful belly
dancer. The breakdowns of the dance routines are not
particularly easy to follow, thus this DVD is better
suited for advanced belly dance students.
Content - This belly dance instructional
DVD is divided into two parts: the entertainment part,
with three belly dance choreographies performed with
three different songs, and the educational part, where
these choreographies are explained.
The educational part of each choreography has its
own menu with four sections: breakdown info (written
instructions of the moves performed in each part of
the song) and the dance watched from 
three
different angles (front angle, right angle and left
angle).
The breakdown info leads to a section where there
is a written explanation for each part of the song,
for example the introduction, first verse etc. Every
part of the written instructions links to a section
of the choreography, so if you click on the title,
for example of ‘first verse’, this will
lead you to a part of the video with that section
of the dance performed by Serena. However, the video
will not stop at the end of that part. You have to
go back to that section’s menu again if you
wish to see that section again.
Advised level - If used as an instructional
DVD, this belly dance DVD is definitely mostly suited
to advanced belly dancers.
However, every belly dancer, no matter what level
of experience, can enjoy watching this DVD for its
entertainment value. Watching Serena’s graceful
moves provides a lot of inspiration to belly dancers,
who can also get out of the DVD many ideas for their
own choreographies.
