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# Diamond Cut Bellydance: Precision Technique & Practice for Beginners with Irina Akulenko 2-DVD Set - belly dance

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## Description

As distinct from Western dance forms, the movement in belly dance is more internally focused and requires finer muscle control. There are many torso and hip movements that are completely unique to this dance form. Created by New York City-based star bellydance instructor and performer Irina Akulenko, Diamond Cut Bellydance - Precision Technique & Practice for Beginners will help you learn the delicate nuances of belly dance as well as build an overall strong technique from the very beginning. This program is divided into 3 sections. In the first section, after a thorough warm up, Irina goes over foundations of belly dance movement breaking down 36 basic steps and isolations and leading a practice with music. Section two is a series of 21 drills where two contrasting or two similar movements are paired together into a simple combination - you will love this! It s a step toward mastering precision muscle control, and a fun way to explore the nuances of the moves you learned in section one. Irina focuses on a single area of the body, such as the hips, and works with similar movements that have just one key variation, such as different kinds of hip figure 8s. The final third of Irina's Diamond Cut Bellydance program offers breakdown and practice of the seven graceful dance combinations, varying in mood, tempo, and dance vocabulary. Irina plays with different stylizations, from an Oriental flavor to a touch of Tribal style. The combinations start off easy, but escalate in sophistication, culminating in an explosive drum solo. These dance combinations will apply the technique you learned to beautiful music, challenge your coordination and let you enjoy bellydance to the fullest! Learning belly dance helps you rediscover and accept yourself, feel more in control, more at ease in your own skin. Enjoy!

Review: Awesome & Practical - I'm very pleased with Irina's new practice DVD! To address the criticism of the intermediate bellydancer who claimed this DVD was lacking in detailed instruction and who recommended a number of other DVD's instead; I own & have used 2 of her recommendations: Jenna's "Basics & Beyond" & Auttumn's "Beautiful Bellydance Technique". I can say that, yes, these DVD's have excellent instruction and are very good DVD's to help new dancers get off to a tidy start in BD as well as being useful to help more experienced dancers fine tune & correct their technique. That said, these DVD's are not the types you want to work with daily for weeks or months on end...they're meant to teach you the skills you need but aren't really well suited to be used so repeatedly...more like for the occasional review & recorrection of technique. Irina's Diamond Cut Bellydance is wonderful to use to continue on forward from those other DVD's, once you have the basics addressed and understood, start using Irina's DVD to practice & bask in the pleasure of these movements. Let me also state that, while Diamond Cut Bellydance might not be the most detailed in discussing BD technique, it's also not lacking in helpful information either...I found LOTS of helpful guidence in it! Irina has a beautiful selection of music, often times hypnotic when drilling the movements in slo-mo. I am one of those dancers who carries so much tension in her body all day long that it's difficult to remember to relax my body & facial muscles when I get into my home dance practice...which isn't good for creating healthy flowing movement. With how Irina's first practice section is done I find it very easy to melt into the movements with plenty of mental "space" to dedicate to reminding myself to relax (faster moving DVD's make that difficult and the more you practice without relaxing the worse your bad dance habbits & tension-riddled movement get...DVD's like this one help you build good habbits to use later in the faster moving practices). I easily set my mind to the "calm" setting in this practice and it made a HUGE difference in my resulting dance isolations & flow. Often, she slows you down and has you hold the movements at the point of maximum engagement, building & strengthening those very necessary muscles. The warm up is very good, thorough without being so long that you feel like you've finished your "workout" before the actual practice has begun. I haven't attempted anything on the second DVD yet. I looked it over and it looks great. For now, however, I'm content to keep working with the material on the first disc, strengthening and refining my technique...& simply enjoying the luxuriousness of the movements in slow motion :). My dancing is feeling easier everyday since working with this DVD & I've awarded it a place of honor in my over-stocked DVD collection, right next to Sarah Skinners Shimmy Workout DVD, as a video I will use ALLOT in coming months :D. I will still review Autumn's & Jenna's DVD's from time to time, but Diamond Cut bellydance is my go-to for daily skill building. THANKS IRINA!!
Review: She's the Best! - I have taken intermittent tribal style belly dance classes but never advanced very far and have also tried a few belly dance DVDs. I no longer live where I can take classes and I wanted something to continue my training. This DVD is the best I've seen. Irina breaks down each move, then each section advances you into combinations until you can put everything together into simple yet beautiful dance routines. I like the way this is organized and just practicing makes for a good workout. I will say I might have found it a bit challenging if I was a complete beginner. Though using the first section until you get a good feel for things would work for a beginner, I'd just say take it slowly and don''t expect to be able to do all the moves right away. Learning to isolate areas of your body and getting your muscles used to certain moves takes time. She makes it look so easy, it might frustrate some people. Don't give up! Irina is amazing and so beautiful. You could buy this DVD just to watch her performance at the end and it would be worth every penny.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B00EZ6FXHU |
| Actors  | Angela, Irina Akulenko, Sophia Ma |
| Best Sellers Rank | #137,929 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #5,384 in Special Interests (Movies & TV) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (130) |
| Director  | Irina Akulenko |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| MPAA rating  | NR (Not Rated) |
| Media Format  | NTSC |
| Number of discs  | 2 |
| Product Dimensions  | 0.58 x 7.48 x 5.33 inches; 3.2 ounces |
| Release date  | October 1, 2013 |
| Run time  | 2 hours and 52 minutes |
| Studio  | World Dance New York |

## Product Details

- **Contributor:** Angela, Irina Akulenko, Sophia Ma
- **Format:** NTSC
- **Genre:** Music Video & Concerts, Rock
- **Language:** English
- **Runtime:** 2 hours and 52 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome & Practical
*by D***. on January 28, 2014*

I'm very pleased with Irina's new practice DVD! To address the criticism of the intermediate bellydancer who claimed this DVD was lacking in detailed instruction and who recommended a number of other DVD's instead; I own & have used 2 of her recommendations: Jenna's "Basics & Beyond" & Auttumn's "Beautiful Bellydance Technique". I can say that, yes, these DVD's have excellent instruction and are very good DVD's to help new dancers get off to a tidy start in BD as well as being useful to help more experienced dancers fine tune & correct their technique. That said, these DVD's are not the types you want to work with daily for weeks or months on end...they're meant to teach you the skills you need but aren't really well suited to be used so repeatedly...more like for the occasional review & recorrection of technique. Irina's Diamond Cut Bellydance is wonderful to use to continue on forward from those other DVD's, once you have the basics addressed and understood, start using Irina's DVD to practice & bask in the pleasure of these movements. Let me also state that, while Diamond Cut Bellydance might not be the most detailed in discussing BD technique, it's also not lacking in helpful information either...I found LOTS of helpful guidence in it! Irina has a beautiful selection of music, often times hypnotic when drilling the movements in slo-mo. I am one of those dancers who carries so much tension in her body all day long that it's difficult to remember to relax my body & facial muscles when I get into my home dance practice...which isn't good for creating healthy flowing movement. With how Irina's first practice section is done I find it very easy to melt into the movements with plenty of mental "space" to dedicate to reminding myself to relax (faster moving DVD's make that difficult and the more you practice without relaxing the worse your bad dance habbits & tension-riddled movement get...DVD's like this one help you build good habbits to use later in the faster moving practices). I easily set my mind to the "calm" setting in this practice and it made a HUGE difference in my resulting dance isolations & flow. Often, she slows you down and has you hold the movements at the point of maximum engagement, building & strengthening those very necessary muscles. The warm up is very good, thorough without being so long that you feel like you've finished your "workout" before the actual practice has begun. I haven't attempted anything on the second DVD yet. I looked it over and it looks great. For now, however, I'm content to keep working with the material on the first disc, strengthening and refining my technique...& simply enjoying the luxuriousness of the movements in slow motion :). My dancing is feeling easier everyday since working with this DVD & I've awarded it a place of honor in my over-stocked DVD collection, right next to Sarah Skinners Shimmy Workout DVD, as a video I will use ALLOT in coming months :D. I will still review Autumn's & Jenna's DVD's from time to time, but Diamond Cut bellydance is my go-to for daily skill building. THANKS IRINA!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ She's the Best!
*by J***R on May 20, 2018*

I have taken intermittent tribal style belly dance classes but never advanced very far and have also tried a few belly dance DVDs. I no longer live where I can take classes and I wanted something to continue my training. This DVD is the best I've seen. Irina breaks down each move, then each section advances you into combinations until you can put everything together into simple yet beautiful dance routines. I like the way this is organized and just practicing makes for a good workout. I will say I might have found it a bit challenging if I was a complete beginner. Though using the first section until you get a good feel for things would work for a beginner, I'd just say take it slowly and don''t expect to be able to do all the moves right away. Learning to isolate areas of your body and getting your muscles used to certain moves takes time. She makes it look so easy, it might frustrate some people. Don't give up! Irina is amazing and so beautiful. You could buy this DVD just to watch her performance at the end and it would be worth every penny.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I got it scratched
*by L***C on July 29, 2022*

I like the video, but it was scratched I didn't notice that , but when it started playing it stopped at the certain point. I looked at the disk and saw scratches. I was disappointed because techniques and video were amazing

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