Thread: Full description of Lunar Bellydance: East Coast Tribal - Sera Solstice

Coming September 28th, from World Dance New York
Click here to pre-order now



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXe_deLkzHA]LUNAR BELLYDANCE: East Coast Tribal, from Sera[/ame]

Deeper self-expression...personal growth... LUNAR BELLYDANCE with Sera

Experience the community of Sera's Solstice Studio in New York.

** Includes an active workout with extended movement flow **

Is Solar coming out in Aug. as well?

Same date Scott said!! I'm very curious for these releases :) (last Tuesday in September that would be I think!)

This looks wonderful. Very curious to see more.

The trailer has me very intrigued for this one, as well as hugely envious as Sera seems so elegant in her movements.

VERY cool! I want this and the Solar (and have already added them to my Amazon wishlist!!).

WOW! On my wishlist!

OK I just turned on pre-orders for Lunar and Solar (click the link I just added at the top of this thread)... So we are inching our way toward the complete picture: Got the trailers...got the covers...next: The written descriptions of the DVDs. We're still working on writing those, but they should be up in a day or two...unless the weather is really nice here in New York City... ,r:;

Here (and below) is the full description of this upcoming DVD:

** Includes an active workout with extended movement flow **

Lunar Bellydance, created by the trend-setting star of tribal bellydance Sera Solstice, develops and extends the East Coast Tribal bellydance style with an emphasis on infusing movement with meaning, breathing holistic intent and emotive projection into dance technique while cultivating dynamic, graceful, and visually high-impact movement.

Lunar Bellydance interprets and teaches dance as language. Even the basic movements are introduced as units of meaning that fit into phrases and prompt the release of expressivity. Each movement holds an opportunity for the dancer to open, unfold, search within, process, and let go, connecting to a deeper self and to her true desires, learning to love herself and ultimately strengthening the link between self and movement.

Lunar is of the night, of the inner-self. Lunar is often fluid, isolated and ethereal. It is the dance of self-healing, self-knowledge, self-love, of inner-searching, dreamwork, and magic.

The program opens with the East Coast Tribal Essential Movement Practice, including warmup, technique review, and meditation. The flow of movement continues with the Essential Lunar Armwork section and the signature East Coast Tribal Essential Hipwork, and then culminates with footwork, hipwork, and undulations movement drills that prepare you for the 4 combinations taught later in the program. An extended movement flow is the key element of the Solstice method of daily muscle conditioning and deep technique work. You will enjoy non-stop movement to evocative cutting-edge world music electronica.

The four elemental movement combinations - Air, Fire, Water, and Earth - are demonstrated by Sera and the Solstice Ensemble - first at a slow tempo, and then up to speed. In addition, Sera offers a detailed breakdown of each step. A practice flow section allows you to join Sera and the dancers of the Solstice Ensemble in multiple repetitions of all four combinations.

Experience the community of Sera's Solstice Studio in New York.
Coming September 28th, 2010 from World Dance New York

Hey Scott, thanks for the additional info - makes me want this dvd even more! :zillgallop:

If anyone is still curious about this video, I've been working with it the last couple days. It's a good all around conditioning and flexibility video, more fun (to me at least) than yoga. I've been trying to really learn the 4 elemental combos. They feel good and would probably look cool if I could do them better, but aren't really what I'd call bellydance, despite the DVD title. They're more like hip-hop meets Tai-Chi set to strange music.

I have both of these dvd's and I really like them. They are very fusion and I find them useful. I am a Cabaret and Fusion style dancer and the movements taught here give me ideas for fusion as well as feeling different ways of transitioning I can add to my regular Cabaret stylings. The movement flow section is a nice workout. One word of caution, I did hurt myself a little after not having danced much over the holidays. Totally my own fault for doing something I knew my body had trouble with but just be careful.