Luscious - The Bellydance Workout for Beginners

All I can say is wow.
I am an an advanced belly dancer who performs and choreographs for other dancers, I also come from a Middle Eastern family, so I am generally a hypercritical malcontent when it comes to Belly dance DVDs. However, this one is like nothing I have ever purchased before and yet it is everything I have ever wanted in a practice conditioning workout, but didn't know how to articulate. Not only do the beautiful dancers on the DVD lead you straight into the "Goddess Zone" but they also keep you there long enough to heal and nurture your body, soul and mind. If you concentrate and perform every movement as it is meant to be executed you will get more of a workout than you realize. It is only a few hours after you dance this out, will your body tell you what has happened. Your internal organs will glow, any physical injuries will start to self heal and your confidence and inner sensuality and joy will radiate from every pore. Forget "exercise", this "workout" will turn you back into the living work of art you have always been.

What I enjoyed most about this dvd was watching how each dancer interpreted the moves. It's good to see the slight variations, how each dancer tailored each move to suit her body and style. Also, having the moves taught in such a non-stop, flowing manner helps with figuring out how to connect moves and create routines.

Here, you get a lot of information for the price, plus gorgeous costumes, and skilled, enthusiastic dancers. Also quite nice, they give the names of the songs and the musicians in the credits.

I've been taking bellydance classes for over a year and have over 20 bellydance DVD's. I love this DVD and it's become one of my favorites. This is great for people who have taken some bellydance classes and want to be able to put moves together in a flowing fashion without the choppiness of trying to learn a choreography. It's exactly what I've been looking for and I like that there are transitions and combinations I haven't seen before. This is perfect for someone who just wants to dance, not drill moves, not learn a specific choreography and is looking for some new ways of putting moves together. The moves they use are beautiful and make you feel beautiful and serene while you practice them. I think it will add grace and elegance to your dance. I tend to like the World Dance bellydance DVD's and I hope they make some sequels to Luscious. I strongly reccomend this DVD.

Plenty of other reviews here - but I just want to join the chorus. I'm not really a beginner but it's a great easy workout for a saturday morning. Lovely to watch, with costumes and staging. I like the onscreen directions, I like the option to play without voice-over, I like the breakdown section, I like that they swap over, I like that it moves at the right pace for me when I'm tired and stiff. The only small quibble is with Neon who can't seem to isolate her hips when shimmy'ing in some of the sections - but she doesn't lead those parts and she is beautiful to watch nevertheless. I think I would have to buy Blanca's sensual bellydance after watching her here, I think she is fantastic. Definitely worth the small price, which is only the cost of a lesson in any case! I would a love a series of 30-40min workouts like this.

As a former aerobics instructor, the timing is right, the contents are right and it is fun. Instructive and a good workout.