Belly Dance For The Beautiful Freaks (All Regions)(NTSC) [2006]

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-09-13 rating:
Check YouTube first!
The reviews here seemed so mixed I thought I'd have a check on YouTube to see if there were any good examples of Tempest's work before potentially wasting my money.

Heartily recommend anyone else does the same. Dear gods, she's TERRIBLE! Absolutely zero personality or charisma, which is kind of important in an engaging teacher, but more importantly she simply can't dance the style she's endeavouring to teach! Her movements are rigid, stilted and frankly quite ugly to look at... and her awareness of space and form are utterly non existent. How she ever deluded herself she's good enough to teach others is beyond me; any dancer watching themselves in studio mirrors would've seen in seconds they simply don't have what it takes.

Absolutely won't be wasting my money on this. Any decent goth club will have countless better examples of gothic belly dance in it; you're far better off learning it there than anything this wooden clothes horse has to offer. Real shame; it sounded so promising.

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review by: if you question nothing, you know nothing. date: 2008-09-10 rating:
disapointingto say the least
i had high hopes for this, but those hopes were dashed very quickly, ive seen a few performaces of tempest's on youtube, and thought chuluthu lies dreaming no more was fatastic, not much belly dancing but the arms were great.

then on to the dvd, very little content, i wouldnt call the music goth, and she is as jerky in her movements as the bleepy electro junk, most clubs are playing these days. i was expecting soft flowing, evocative movements with fluid hips and arms, and what i got was jittery, wooden movement and a voice that got very annoying after a while.

and i wasnt too keen on the clothing either, it seemed like she was trying too hard to fit the 'goth' image and failed dismally.

so all in all this definatly wasnt my style at all, and i'll be taking it to the charity shop first thing tomorow.

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review by: tutu date: 2008-02-05 rating:
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!
Right, as someone who has been interested in this kind of dancing since I was a kid I thought I'm going to buy a couple of DVDs of different styles so I can perfect my technique, get some professional guidance to tighten it all up!

The key word in that paragraph is'professional'!

I think this DVD shows you don't have to have a clue about something to sell a DVD on it!

This woman is terrible!!!

Her technique is terrible! She can't dance, she cant do the moves and shes not a very good teacher!

Belly dance and other similar forms should be just that dancing from your belly!!! Its supposed to look like your hips are not attached to our body and can move all by themselves, like they are being pulled rather than you pushing them around! This woman has no flow, no grace and is about as fluid as a rock!

Save your money a watch Shakira videos on youtube instead of buying this!

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review by: artist & illustrator date: 2007-10-22 rating:
"Art is about expression"
What you will learn most from this marvelous DVD is not so much about bellydance technique, but style. Tempest has a sumptuous, dramatic and elegant style, that also has a whimsical, mischievous side to it...she is both sophisticated and witty in her dancing, and has a sensual grace and beauty in her movements few get to equal. Tempest's arms and hands are exquisite, and she makes a point of emphasizing how important "pretty hands" are and to be aware of the position they are in while dancing.

One of the most valuable sections in this DVD, of benefit not only for bellydancers, but for any type of performer, is "Gothic Bellydance Expression Workshop," where Tempest talks about facial expressiveness, how to convey a "deep sense of drama," the type of smile one should use, and much more. One can see she has had a variety of different dance disciplines that have influenced her, especially Spanish flamenco, which she mentions in this section.

Contents: #1: A "Welcome," where Tempest among other things discusses footwear (the warm-up is done barefoot, the combinations in both platform heels and a pair of killer boots). #2: A nice warm-up that starts with a breathing exercise and has stretches and isolations. #3: 2 slow combinations (lovely and ideal for a beginning student), and 2 fast combinations, that are more in the "punk/industrial" mode. All 4 are demonstrated and then broken down step-by-step. #4: The "Gothic Bellydance Expression Workshop" mentioned above. #5: 2 fabulous performances, that one can watch again and again and never tire of. The first is one where Tempest looks like a honkey tonk saloon girl with a modern day twist, and the second one has the classic appearance of a woman on a Wedgewood vase. Well produced, the teaching sections of this DVD are presented without a horizon line, so that Tempest floats on a blue background, and the music is always interesting and appropriate. Tempest teaches and performs the "...darker, more dramatic side of bellydance," but also says "The most important thing is to have fun." This DVD will make a unique and wonderful addition to your dance instruction DVD library.


review by: date: 2007-07-17 rating:
Not for really old school goths
The first thing I thought when I saw this DVD was WOW, something I can do at home to keep fit that will be fun and have some great tracks. I'd read some of the other reviews and was expecting some great querky goth humor.

Ok, if you were lucky enough like myself to be round the rock clubs in the early 90's or earlier, when goth was all sister of mercy, the mission, Fields of the Nephlim, then you know more about this style of dance than the instructor. I understand she was aiming this at people that know nothing about goth bellydancing but it was over simplified, if you watched the demo's you didn't need to watch the instructions. Someone please take her to carnival of souls. The clothes I will admit were nice but I did get the feeling this was more a self promotion video more than anything else.

If you want to learn gothic bellydance I am aware their are some amazing British instructors going around the gyms in the UK at the moment, why not go along or better yet some one go and sign these lovely ladies up to do a goth bellydancing DVD, please.

I'm very dissapointed with the dvd, I had such high hopes

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