| Seven Veils - Romantic Bellydance | 
 enlarge | Director: Sarah Skinner
Actor: Sarah Skinner
Studio: StratoStream - World Dance New York
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 19482
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 60
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 188883000581
EAN: 0188883000581
ASIN: B0016C7E0U
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: July 29, 2008
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Product Description
ASeven Veils is beginner bellydance instruction that will teach you how to perform a romantic dance for a special occasion. Whether it is a birthday party or a personal, romantic evening, this program will teach you the skills and give you the entertainment ideas you need to make your special event unforgettable. Sarah Skinner, renowned for her passionate, glamorous, evocative dance, teaches you a range of classic bellydance moves that come together into an elegant dance routine, perfect for total beginners and rich in ideas for a special show with an intimate, romantic flavor. The dance vocabulary is explained and practiced in sections: Hip work, undulating moves, upper body, floorwork, and veil work. Next, Sarah breaks down, step-by-step, her romantic dance routine based on the legend of Salome and her Dance of Seven Veils. You will begin with seven veils wrapped around your body: In the course of the dance, you will take the veils off one by one. Sarah teaches you how to put on the veils using traditional bellydance veil wraps, and how to take them off in mesmerizing swirls, waves, and cascades. Enticing and entertaining, the Seven Veils Dance incorporates spectacular veil moves, striking poses, and body angles. It can be performed as a fully-choreographed routine combining veil moves with hipwork, undulations and other traditional bellydance steps, or you can simply follow the outline of the dance, focusing only on the veil moves - a great introduction to veil dance for a total beginner. Special sections of the program include tips on audience interaction and a step-by-step guide to creating your own bellydance costume from materials widely available at craft stores. A bonus performance section features Salome s Sins - a dance theater piece presented by Sarah and her group. This fascinating performance includes another version of the Dance of Seven Veils, enriching the program with more ideas on how to design and perform your own romantic veil dance.
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 Seven Veils October 13, 2008
Sarah Skinner does a good job of explaining veil placement, and how to put them on so they don't fall off. The choreography isn't particularly complex. This is a good starter video for belly dance with the addition of fun veil technique.
Fun, beautiful, good for beginners. September 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sarah starts this with a history lesson about the origin of the dance of the seven veils. (This dance has its origins in the marriage of Harrod to his brother's wife. His stepdaughter Salome is actually doing the dance. There is also some discussion of the origin of the veils; they may be symbolic of the seven deadly sins, and their removal symbolizes showing one's true self.)
After the biblical storytelling, Sarah shows you what kinds of veils that you will need and how they should be held or placed in your costume. The instruction progresses to how to dance with the veils.
The instruction is very clear, and Sarah has a good sense of humour that helps the instruction along. The dance itself is inventive, impressive, and doesn't actually take that much bellydance skill.
This would be a good purchase for a dancer who wants to be able to perform something impressive without a lot of prior experience. If you can count, you can probably do this dance. It's really imaginative, and looks a lot more difficult than it really is.
Soft,sensual veil dance, so feminine!!! August 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sarah skinner-Romantic Belly Dance Seven Veils
Before writing a review, I was determined to learn the entire contents of this dvd. At great length, I did so and my reward has been an enrichment to my dance language, increased fluidity, sensuality in floor work while improving on basic veil tricks.
The floor work in this program is exquisitely performed by Sarah Skinner. In brief, Sarah marvels her audience as she goes through her 7 veils, without heavy draped on fabrics, but rather making great use of kerchiefs which are just as effective and flirty.
The romantic bellydance dvd has in content:
Sarah welcomes her audience by sharing her interpretation of the famous story of Salome and the 7 veils as redone by Oscar Wilde, the number seven coming into a curious play and interpreted into a personal vision; a brief history of veils, types of fabrics and varying lengths..
For this great, fun veil dance program, you will need:
3 long veils, 4 kerchiefs in varying sizes; (as you will learn how to drape yourself.)
Included also in the program:
*Upper body warm up, beautiful hand and arm articulations
*Spine and torso warm up, proper posture
*Hip movement using inner core muscles
*A segment devoted to floor work, how to change levels using hipwork, cute flirty tricks on the floor
*Veil tricks and switches, cascades and a beautiful choreography integrating all of the above.
*A complete step through into the choreography with Sarah guiding gently and thoroughly beginning with the first veil and to end with veil seven.
*Great tips on using the veil to interact with the audience
*How to decorate a bra top, head piece and much more!
There is so much packed into this great program. In addition, enjoy a sultry and playful choreography with Sarah and Dancers.
A very thorough veil program, for the beginner, or those well versed, there is much to learn. The material presented in a fun approachable manner.The costuming is gorgeous, the music is drawing, captivating, and lending to the dance of veils as you flow back in time to a time of Salome and her dance of the seven veils.....
Beautiful veil dvd! July 30, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Sarah begins with an introduction to veils, including some of the fabrics and types of edging that can be used. She then demonstrates several ways to wear the veils. She shows you how to wear the veils for the choreography she teaches. The choreography is beautiful and easily followed. Sarah is beautiful and a pleasure to watch. Follow along with her and you will be beautiful in your dance! Sarah demonstrates how to make an economical costume for yourself out of a bra, mirrors, trim, glitter glue and necklaces. The performances on this video are lovely. Sarah not only performs the choreography taught, but also performs "Salome's Sin" with a chorus of other beautiful dancers. This DVD would be suitable for beginners that have a grasp of most of the basic moves, but it is also appealing for any dancer that loves veils, great music, a little theatrics, and simply elegant choreography.
Sarah wears some gorgeous costumes on this DVD. She is a talented costume designer as evidenced in the costume she designed for the front cover. I found this to be a very enjoyable DVD.
"Seven Veils" DVD Trailer July 18, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3DXUGQ7CSGT3I Also by Sarah Skinner Bellydance with Veil
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