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Technique & Demonstration:
Kajira teaches both slow and fast movements, with plenty of breakdown and demonstration. She also shows variations on the movements and how to transition from one movement to another. This section includes demonstration performances by Kajira and members of United We Dance, using the movements taught in this video, allowing you follow along and practice the movements and reading the cues.

You Will Learn:

Created by Ariellah, star performer and instructor of Tribal Fusion Bellydance, Contemporary Bellydance and Yoga Conditioning combines three vital components of bellydance training: * a physical conditioning regimen to develop flexibility and strength; * two sets of bellydance technique drills - basic and advanced - for improved muscle control and precision in executing bellydance isolations; * a sequence of contemporary bellydance combinations complete with transitions to form an elegant and evocative modern choreography.
Whichever form of bellydance you choose, this training system lays a solid foundation.

The flexibility and muscle conditioning section of the program consists of 3 yoga sessions that can be used as a warmup/cooldown or as a stand-alone daily yoga practice:
* Short yoga warmup (8 min.);
* Full yoga warmup (20 min.);
* Yoga cool down (8 min.)


The Yoga sessions focus on building lower body strength and opening the hips to achieve ease and precision in bellydance hipwork. A number of exercises open the chest and increase back flexibility to enhance torso isolations and make dance movement sinuous and fluid.

Bellydance technique drills (75 min.) include hipwork, upper body work, combined hips/upper body isolations and arms/hips coordination. They also include adding level changes to torso isolations and layering hipwork on traveling steps.

The style of Ariellah's choreographic work is contemporary Tribal Fusion bellydance. She breaks down 6 combinations, step-by-step, consisting of multiple movements and transitions. The combination sequence forms a choreography, practiced to two different songs, to encourage creative adaptation of steps and transitions set to music.

The performance section offers 3 spectacular Tribal Fusion / Gothic bellydance performance pieces.

The progam is set to ethereal ambient and club music with a flavor of magic and dark mystery, including tracks by Assemblage 23, Die Form, Knossos, Lumin, Soil and Eclipse, Solace, Stellamara, and

Run time approx 150 Min

Preview Contemporary BellyDance on YouTube

Instructional DVD featuring Tempest

NTSC approx 60 min

For the free spirits and the urban rebels, for Beautiful Freaks of every persuasion who revel in the unusual and the unique, welcome to an offering of self-expression through dance. Join Tempest, a pioneer of Gothic Bellydance in the US, to learn steps and combinations based on the vocabulary of bellydance and adapted to look awesome on a club dancefloor.

Make-up and costume are magic and transformation. Through out history, women have used this art to both create and enhance the aura of natural beauty. The basic elements of stage makeup, contem-porary and traditional costuming techniques and the wisdom of folklore are reflected in our distinctive style.
Recommended by Alexandria, 1995 Bellydancer of the Year!   approx 1 Hr

Vol 4 in the series, Tribal Dums soundtrack 75 Minutes

TRIBAL BASICS Volume 5:
Cues & Transitions

Like communication without words, a well-placed cue and transition can create a magical connection between the dancers, the music and the audience. This workshop will illustrate the nature of each transition and cue with clear instruction from Carolena.
You'll prepare with stretches, posture review and a moving meditation, then follow through drills linking steps by using transitions and explore how to use a basic system of nonverbal cues to communicate with your fellow dancers.
Group demonstration by FCBD, and a special performance using everything presented here. 75 minutes