This is a 40-minute bellydance workout, and some of the problems with Dolphina’s Introduction to Bellydance video have been solved here. The camerawork is much better, and the sets are less cramped (actually, the set, although simple, is visually pleasing).

The routine is basic, and includes sections to work the hips, arms & upper body, undulations, combinations, hips/buns/thighs, shimmy, a routine, and a cooldown. The combination section might be fun except that it takes so long to build up one simple combination that it’s over just as soon as you learn it. The routine is sortof dancy—it strings together the moves from this and Dolphina’s prior workout (as another reviewer has pointed out, Dolphina assumes you’ve done the Intro to Bellydance; if you haven’t already learned these moves, you’ll just be left to follow her advice from the beginning of the workout: “remember, you don’t need to do these movements perfectly; when in doubt, just shake something”).

There are few form pointers, and not much cautionary advice. In the hips, buns, and thighs section, Dolphina does a move that is basically a deep knee bend with hip circles, and another that’s a lunge with undulations and then again with hip drops. Both could be really dangerous on the knees (I modified).

This might be alright for a light day workout, but the workout is so basic that I can’t really see myself doing this a lot (I get bored easily). I’d rather have better instruction and a little bit of choreography to keep me interested.

Instructor Comments:
Dolphina’s easier to bear in this workout than she is in her Introduction to Bellydance. There’s still a lot of “goddess” chatter, and her instructions are few (and sometimes vague). From the reviews and posts I’ve read here, there are better bellydance instructors.

KerryF