Android Goddess: Tribal Fusion Bellydance [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Welcome, In the welcome section Fayzah is giving you an overview of what the dvd is about.She talks about the two different concepts she has Android and goddess.
Warm-up and strengthening, I feel as it some of the movements could have been slower, some of them just moved way to fast.I liked this warm-up it was not a yoga warm-up or yoga inspired warm-up like you see on most dvd's.Some yoga was used but not an extremely long section dedicated to it.Like you would see in serpentine or other fusion dvd's. The movements are movements you would likely see in a regular class setting. I do not think this warm-up was beginner friendly. posture on how to do these movements are not carefully explained. Lunges and squats are used and careful explanation on the lunges should have been given but were not.On another note if you workout regularly or dance regularly these movements will not be new or difficult.

Android concept breakdown/Demonstrations,
Hitting break down/ Demonstrations

Andriod moves breakdown/ Andriod drills
goddess moves breakdown/Goddess drills

Combinations Breakdown
Combinations Deomonstration/ Practice

The sections are pretty self explanatory for the Android portion she teaches hip hop dance concepts
and in the goddess bellydance concepts. There are about six combinations, and then she puts all the combinations together into a demonstration like performance. After the combinations she does a movement flow section that focuses on body awareness, which I thought was pretty cool,:) it reminded me of a section on one of the Blanca's dvd's, where she initiated different movements from each body part. Except this is a little more free form improvisational.She then goes into gestures and imagery which I loved, she used an african dance move in this section that I recognized and some very asiatic,indian and tribal fusion style movements that were also very nice. She did not break these movements down that she uses, so if you know them you do if not good luck.The last part is about movement energy which was good.

The problem that I have with dvd's like these is that the breakdown is not thorough enough for me. I was scared the breakdown would be minimmal like anasma's liquid fusion. While some of the movements could have been broken down with more detail, I do believe these movements are attainable for dancers.Overall the breakdown I would rate 3 stars .I do not think the dvd is geared toward beginners in either genre the breakdown suggest it is geared for at least the beginner -intermediate. I was a little upset about there not being any instruction in the Drills, you just watched her and moved along.That is not a sufficient amount of time to really get these movements down well enough to just be able to follow aong. If you struggle with either concept then you will have to practice the movements outside the dvd to get them down good enough to be able to do the drill section.Overall I think she did a pretty good job. The instruction was a little better than similar videos and there were some cute combinations. This is definately a dvd you will have to go back to, to get the movements down.If you already have a steep background in both genre's I would probably skip this dvd. If you are an beginner-intermediate in either genre and want to add some variety then it will be fun to have.Equal time was spent on both the android and goddess movements.

I love her hand movements they are so graceful. I think she is much better in her hip-hop dance form than in her bellydance form. But she is a good dancer either way.

Dance along-the dance along I must say was fun, it wasn't just a dance along as in a traditional "follow me" it had commentary of what movements to do.She uses some the movements that she taught. It was nothing super hard but some of the movements looked and felt awkward. This is probably more for loosening up and moving with the rhythm than drilling. The objective is to 'loosen up and have fun". I also enjoyed some of the combo's she creates in this segment.

Performance by Fayzah-I don't know what to think about this performance.Overall I didn't enjoy it.It was weird. You can tell she knows what she is doing but it just seemed like a string of movements put together. I liked the short hip hop portion of the performance though.The performance in general shows a lot of the moves she had taught throughout the video and in her combinations section, and maybe thats why it felt so "Weird" because she was just trying to show the movements in a sequenced pattern to let the viewer get an idea of what the movements looked like together.

I gave this dvd overall a 3 because this dvd is not a dvd that if you do not have in your ever growing bellydance library :) you will have missed out on much. It is not a "Must Have" to "Me", but it is interesting. It added a little more variety to my dance vocabulary and help me get a feel for some of the hip hop movements a little better.If you have the extra cash and just want a dvd that will do those things listed above then go ahead.

Fayzah credits/ Disclaimer
Also from World Dance New York
I loved her practice outfits and the music that she selected throughout the dvd.

I found the warm-up a little too rushed, but younger dancers won't have a problem with it. This has a good intro to hip hop. You need to have a little bit of belly dance under your belt to go through this smoothly, so having the basics down will help you out a lot. I have to mention that I am very glad that not all belly dance videos are geared toward beginners. We need lots more geared toward intermediate and advanced. If you like fusion, perhaps this is your next step up from being a beginner. Happy dancing!

This was a pretty awesome DVD. Fayzah is very talented and I love the solo she does at the end. This is not your typical Belly dance DVD because she combines elements of hip hop. I did not purchase this DVD to practice purely belly dance, I wanted something different to spice up my routines. I got exactly what I wanted and more because I can even use some of these moves outside of a belly dance setting such as a club.