Giveawawy: Amira's Bellydance 101 DVD

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This giveaway is courtesy of the wonderful Amira - International Emissary of Dance. Amira is a professional bellydancer located in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. She has generously offered a copy of her Amira's Bellydance 101 dvd for giveaway to my wonderful blog followers. She has a variety of bellydance dvds, bellydance music, and bellydance veils available on her website.

I have been interested in learning bellydancing for some time but didnt know where to start. Amira's dvd has solved that problem. The dvd is instructional AND includes a complete routine once youve mastered the moves. This is definitely a dvd you can grow with. And if you are in the Las Vegas area Amira is available for group & private lessons, corporate events, parties, workshops, weddings, and more. Check out her website for more info. I would LOVE to get a group lesson going with Amira.

Review: Amira's Bellydance 101
Amira, 2005


This is an 80 minute dvd that is chaptered exceptionally well. You can play all or select the chapter you want to perform. You won't need any props for this workout, though a nice bellydancing outfit would be fun! Amira works out alone on a really cool set w/ Indian type veils hung around. Each segment she is wearing a different fabulous bellydancing outfit. The dvd is voiceover and includes instructional chapters along w/ a full dance routine chapter. Also included is a wonderful dance perfomance that is amazing to watch or follow along to.


This dvd has very detailed instruction, making it easy to understand and grasp each move. Amira does an excellent job of teaching each move without being boring or repetitive at all. This is the 1st instructional type dvd that I have actually enjoyed. Each chapter focuses on a specific bellydancing move & the combination section allows you to put the moves you've learned into practice.


The chapters are introduction, position, warmup, head and shoulders, chest, hips, shimmies, combination, and stretch. The moves you will perform in the combination include: snake arms, hip lifts, figure 8's, Egyptian shimmy, shimmy, body wave, shoulder rolls, hip slides, chest rolls, etc. Before beginning, I was leary that I would actually be able to follow along in the combination section (I am not a good dancer), but I am happy to report that I did pretty darn good.

The entire dvd was a lot of fun & I look forward to practicing more & really mastering the moves. Many of the sections provided a great core workout and I really enjoyed Amira's teaching style. This dvd is really appropriate for all fitness levels IMO. Amira is very obviously a skilled bellydancer and instructor and that shines through in this dvd.

Want to try this workout out for yourself? Head on over to Amira's website and get yourself a copy! Want to win a copy? Enter here and remember ten entries = ten SEPARATE comments.

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Entries will be accepted until 11:59 pm on Wednesday 1/12/11 and the winner will be selected using random.org random number generator and annouced on 1/13. Remember 2 entries = 2 comments (so for blogging about this you would leave 5 separate comments). Contest open to EVERYONE! Good Luck!

I received a sample of this product to review. I was in no other way compensated for my honest review. All thoughts and ideas expressed are my own. I can not be held responsible for shipping errors, postage errors, damage in transit, or undelivered prizes.