Randa Kamal videos?

[kina]

http://www.littleegypt.com/randa.htm

hi, any thoughts on these? has anyone bought them? is the content worthwhile? I'm looking at the workshops days 1 & 2.

tia

[angelique2]

I was wondering the same question that you asked.

[bluecamel]

Marhaba -
I have both 2006 Workshops and to me the main 'fault' is the short length of the class.
Saturday's WS is about 90 minutes and Sunday's (poor recording quality) about 70 minutes.
I like the inspirations I can get from Randa's dance - there are lots of combinations to enhance your own repertoire. But of course it is not a cheap matter!

Happy dancing
Sabine

[angelique2]

Thanks Sabine for your input. It is greatly Appreciated.

[kina]

Originally Posted by bluecamel

Marhaba -
I have both 2006 Workshops and to me the main 'fault' is the short length of the class.
Saturday's WS is about 90 minutes and Sunday's (poor recording quality) about 70 minutes.
I like the inspirations I can get from Randa's dance - there are lots of combinations to enhance your own repertoire. But of course it is not a cheap matter!

Happy dancing
Sabine

Hi Sabine!

thanks for your response. Was the workshop more technique based or choreography based? is the quality of the videography good? Can you clearly make out what she is doing? You said that the recording quality for Sunday was poor, can you elaborate? If I can see her, I can pretty much decipher the movement, but if I can't, all the explanation in the world won't help me.

Sorry for the barrage of questions, just want to know before I invest $$$$.

Thank you!

[bluecamel]

Originally Posted by kina

Hi Sabine!

thanks for your response. Was the workshop more technique based or choreography based? is the quality of the videography good? Can you clearly make out what she is doing? You said that the recording quality for Sunday was poor, can you elaborate? If I can see her, I can pretty much decipher the movement, but if I can't, all the explanation in the world won't help me.

Sorry for the barrage of questions, just want to know before I invest $$$$.

Thank you!

Hi all you Randa fans,
Saturday's WS starts with some technique which is mostly used in the dance later on, but the greater part of the recording is choreography. You can easily use the single elements to pop up your own dance - Randa's performances do not contain commonly used movements but very fresh and new material you would never be thinking of you own. On the Sunday's WS I'll still have to work on myself but I think it was only choreo.
Both dances are starting immediately, so I have the impression that something is missing in the beginning of the music / recording, but I stopped bothering because there are no other possibilities to learn her style.

Concerning the quality: of course you can see Randa, but the picture isn't that brilliant that it could be for 60$ - I think the videography is overexposed (difficult to describe even in german, but how to say it in english?), but again the technique of the dance will nearly compensate this.

I would recommend the DVD without restrictions if it would run a little longer because of the price. If you have some money left, than don't hesitate and buy it. Maybe you know someone you can share both the costs and the DVDs?!

Hope this helps
Sabine

[kina]

it does help, thank you! I will be ordering them, they are just a bit pricey to go full stop and not have an idea as to quality.

Thank you again foryour time!