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veighouda · 10-06-2007, 02:09 PM

Hi Everyone,

My teacher and troupe leader Suzy is going to be putting together a couple of choroegraphy DVDs this year, Egyptian style Bellydancing.

As someone who buys a lot of choreo. DVD's I have a few ideas about what I like to see on a DVD and what I don't.

1. Full Costumed Performance of the Choreo being taught.

2. A Teacher facing a mirror at an angle, think Jillinas 3 choreo dvds, so that i can see what shes doing in front and from behind.

3. don't really care if strertching and warm-up is added

4. Choreo break down, something broken down into at least 3 or four segments. A run through of each section by itself it and then all together from the top with music.

5. Seeing the choreo performed at the end of instruction from the back, and the front if theres no full costumed performance, like the way Hadia does it. Because once i know the sequences its just nice to have someone to follow along with sometimes when practicing.

6. Chapters for each segment of the choreo. so i can rewind and do it again and again if need be.

7. A short but direct explanation of complicated movements, if it something simple like a shimmy or a turn i don't care i want to get on with the choreo. allready. (My friend all ready has a set of instructional DVDs where she goes through tech. so I think it would be pretty fair for her to just say, if youd like to practice these movements please refer to my tech. vids.)

So those are my opinions, What about yours? What do you guys love to see or hate to see on Instructional DVDs? Let me know, for the sake of market research.

Also, She will be teaching these choreo.'s frequently in workshops, the main purpose ofthem was to be able to sell them at workshops so that when people go home afterwards they have a clear reference to what they learned. Because sometimes there's just too much to absorbe in a workshop and you find yourself forgetting the entire choreo. and just give up on it entirely.

Anyway, she was thinking of maybe shooting the instruction at one of the workshops that she would teach these choreo's at, perhaps to cut costs.

What are your thoughts on workshop DVD's? Are they any good? Which would you prefer, something done in a studio with just the teacher or something shot at a workshop?

Anything else you'd like to add to the list go right ahead!

Thanks for all your help ladies!

Veighouda

10-06-2007, 02:09 PM	#1
veighouda I could get used to this! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 84	Instructional DVDs, What you do you like? Hi Everyone, My teacher and troupe leader Suzy is going to be putting together a couple of choroegraphy DVDs this year, Egyptian style Bellydancing. As someone who buys a lot of choreo. DVD's I have a few ideas about what I like to see on a DVD and what I don't. 1. Full Costumed Performance of the Choreo being taught. 2. A Teacher facing a mirror at an angle, think Jillinas 3 choreo dvds, so that i can see what shes doing in front and from behind. 3. don't really care if strertching and warm-up is added 4. Choreo break down, something broken down into at least 3 or four segments. A run through of each section by itself it and then all together from the top with music. 5. Seeing the choreo performed at the end of instruction from the back, and the front if theres no full costumed performance, like the way Hadia does it. Because once i know the sequences its just nice to have someone to follow along with sometimes when practicing. 6. Chapters for each segment of the choreo. so i can rewind and do it again and again if need be. 7. A short but direct explanation of complicated movements, if it something simple like a shimmy or a turn i don't care i want to get on with the choreo. allready. (My friend all ready has a set of instructional DVDs where she goes through tech. so I think it would be pretty fair for her to just say, if youd like to practice these movements please refer to my tech. vids.) So those are my opinions, What about yours? What do you guys love to see or hate to see on Instructional DVDs? Let me know, for the sake of market research. Also, She will be teaching these choreo.'s frequently in workshops, the main purpose ofthem was to be able to sell them at workshops so that when people go home afterwards they have a clear reference to what they learned. Because sometimes there's just too much to absorbe in a workshop and you find yourself forgetting the entire choreo. and just give up on it entirely. Anyway, she was thinking of maybe shooting the instruction at one of the workshops that she would teach these choreo's at, perhaps to cut costs. What are your thoughts on workshop DVD's? Are they any good? Which would you prefer, something done in a studio with just the teacher or something shot at a workshop? Anything else you'd like to add to the list go right ahead! Thanks for all your help ladies! Veighouda