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Videos Currently Available:

American Tribal Style Belly Dance Volume I | Volume II

A customer review:
"I wanted to write to tell you that I have gone through both the DVDs and yours are by far my favourites! They are so clear, and the format you use (one dancer in a skirt, one in fringe and one in pants) is FABULOUS! The fact that you show transitions from one step into the next is really, really helpful. I have a difficult time transitioning from one move into the next, and your videos have helped me out so much with that (as well as clearing up some foot/leg positioning issues). I highly recommend your videos to my fellow dancers!" ~ Brenda Anderson, Canada

"American Tribal Style Belly Dance with Kajira Djoumahna, Volume One" Produced by the International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance (IAMED) early in 2002 (the organization that awarded me their "Best Instructor" Award!) this video reflects my personal format and innovations for Tribal Style Bellydance. To visit the IAMED web site, please click here. To read an online review, click here.

My Volume One video contains the following:

*A Brief Discussion of American Tribal Style Bellydance (ATS) and Group Improvistaional Choreography
*Four Types of Crunches
*Posture for ATS
*Thorough Breakdown and Demonstrations of the Following Slow Movements, Their Cues and Variations, including Transition Practice between each Movement:
*The Vertical Figure Eights with Arm Variations, Level Changes and Rhythmic and Arrthythmic Practice
*Ribcage Circles, Both Directions, with Turns and Level Changes
*Cross-Point, Simple and with a Turn Combination
*Pestle and Pestle Variation, both with corresponding Turn Combinations
*And a "Follow Along" Section using all Slow Movements taught, with transitions.
*Thorough Breakdown and Demonstrations of the Following Fast Movements, their Cues and Variations, including Transition Practice between each Movement:
*3/4 or Walking Shimmy, Square and Diagonal
*Egyptian with Full and Side-to-Side Turns
*Hip Bumps with Original and Direction-Changing Vines
*Mo' Rockin' Hip Hop, Simple and with a Turn Combination
*And a "Follow Along" Section using all Fast Movements taught, with transitions.
*Fully Costumed Performance with Kajira, Seana and Najla of United We Dance.
*running time: 1:52 minutes (about 2 hours!)

"American Tribal Style Belly Dance with Kajira Djoumahna, Volume Two" has just been released! Also produced by IAMED (the International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance) and recorded over the same weekend as Volume One, you can expect the same high quality as you got from my first video.

My Volume Two video does build upon some ideas and movements introduced in Volume One. However, I think that anyone would benefit by this volume alone as well. It contains the following:

*A brief introduction defining American Tribal Style Bellydance and Group Improvisational Choreography
*An explanation of what's to come
*Thorough breakdown and demonstrations of the following Slow Movements, their cues and variations, including transition practice between each movement:
*Slow Arabic, side-to-side and with a turn combination
*Tribal Bodywaves, angled to either direction, turning, three size possiblities, rhythmic and arrhythmic applications
*Spanish Turn, its cues, angles and attitude
*Over-Over-Up-Roll Down, standing and with diagonal half turns
*And a "Follow Along" section using all slow movements taught with transitions and cues.
*Thorough breakdown and demonstrations of the following Fast Movements, their cues and variations, including transition practice between each movement:
*Arabic 2, in place, turning and with an optional shimmy overlay
*Arabic 3, in place, with an optional shimmy overlay and a third turn combination, all both directions
*Turkish, in place, with half turns, plain and with optional shimmy overlay, all both directions
*Up-Up-Drop-Drop, in place and with two different turn combinations
*Pivot-Shift-Step, in place and with two different turn combinations
*And a "Follow Along" section using all fast movements taught with transitions and cues.
*The section about new ideas for variety in your chorus (and explanations of what that is and how an ATS performance is typically staged) has several classroom assistants to demonstrate what I'm saying as well as additional bonus footage of United We Dance performing at Tribal Fest 3.
*A final performance with Kajira, Najla and Seana of United We Dance
*running time: about 2 hours!

Inquire about quantity prices by phone: 808.891.8891




	Videos Currently Available: American Tribal Style Belly Dance Volume I \| Volume II A customer review: "I wanted to write to tell you that I have gone through both the DVDs and yours are by far my favourites! They are so clear, and the format you use (one dancer in a skirt, one in fringe and one in pants) is FABULOUS! The fact that you show transitions from one step into the next is really, really helpful. I have a difficult time transitioning from one move into the next, and your videos have helped me out so much with that (as well as clearing up some foot/leg positioning issues). I highly recommend your videos to my fellow dancers!" ~ Brenda Anderson, Canada "American Tribal Style Belly Dance with Kajira Djoumahna, Volume One" Produced by the International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance (IAMED) early in 2002 (the organization that awarded me their "Best Instructor" Award!) this video reflects my personal format and innovations for Tribal Style Bellydance. To visit the IAMED web site, please click here. To read an online review, click here. My Volume One video contains the following: A Brief Discussion of American Tribal Style Bellydance (ATS) and Group Improvistaional Choreography Four Types of Crunches Posture for ATS Thorough Breakdown and Demonstrations of the Following Slow Movements, Their Cues and Variations, including Transition Practice between each Movement: The Vertical Figure Eights with Arm Variations, Level Changes and Rhythmic and Arrthythmic Practice Ribcage Circles, Both Directions, with Turns and Level Changes Cross-Point, Simple and with a Turn Combination Pestle and Pestle Variation, both with corresponding Turn Combinations And a "Follow Along" Section using all Slow Movements taught, with transitions. Thorough Breakdown and Demonstrations of the Following Fast Movements, their Cues and Variations, including Transition Practice between each Movement: 3/4 or Walking Shimmy, Square and Diagonal Egyptian with Full and Side-to-Side Turns Hip Bumps with Original and Direction-Changing Vines Mo' Rockin' Hip Hop, Simple and with a Turn Combination And a "Follow Along" Section using all Fast Movements taught, with transitions. Fully Costumed Performance with Kajira, Seana and Najla of United We Dance. running time: 1:52 minutes (about 2 hours!) "American Tribal Style Belly Dance with Kajira Djoumahna, Volume Two"* has just been released! Also produced by IAMED (the International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance) and recorded over the same weekend as Volume One, you can expect the same high quality as you got from my first video. My Volume Two video does build upon some ideas and movements introduced in Volume One. However, I think that anyone would benefit by this volume alone as well. It contains the following: A brief introduction defining American Tribal Style Bellydance and Group Improvisational Choreography An explanation of what's to come Thorough breakdown and demonstrations of the following Slow Movements, their cues and variations, including transition practice between each movement: Slow Arabic, side-to-side and with a turn combination Tribal Bodywaves, angled to either direction, turning, three size possiblities, rhythmic and arrhythmic applications Spanish Turn, its cues, angles and attitude Over-Over-Up-Roll Down, standing and with diagonal half turns And a "Follow Along" section using all slow movements taught with transitions and cues. Thorough breakdown and demonstrations of the following Fast Movements, their cues and variations, including transition practice between each movement: Arabic 2, in place, turning and with an optional shimmy overlay Arabic 3, in place, with an optional shimmy overlay and a third turn combination, all both directions Turkish, in place, with half turns, plain and with optional shimmy overlay, all both directions Up-Up-Drop-Drop, in place and with two different turn combinations Pivot-Shift-Step, in place and with two different turn combinations And a "Follow Along" section using all fast movements taught with transitions and cues. The section about new ideas for variety in your chorus (and explanations of what that is and how an ATS performance is typically staged) has several classroom assistants to demonstrate what I'm saying as well as additional bonus footage of United We Dance performing at Tribal Fest 3. A final performance with Kajira, Najla and Seana of United We Dance running time: about 2 hours! Inquire about quantity prices by phone: 808.891.8891