Hi Shamira,

I danced to your choreography for Zeina at our last haflah and it was very well received, people said it looked very graceful. At our local haflahs the preferred length of a dance is 5 mins max., so this is a very useful choreography to have, because there are three versions.. Zeina is only 3.21 mins long, but there is the option of making it into a longer dance if you use the choreography to a longer track of music, as you demonstrate on the DVD.

I've really enjoyed learning the choreography. You have explained the combinations so well that they are very easy to learn, and it's fun to do . Also the picture and sound quality of the DVD is very good and the chaptering is easy to use.

I look forward to working with your "Smoking Hot Bellydance" DVD.

Jahbie

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Shamira, your DVD rocks! I love it!! Great workout, and I'm finally getting a lot of the moves, it is SO helpful having the DVD to play over and over, having you to watch, and myself in the mirror to make sure I'm doing everything right.. I wasn't doing the hip circles quite right until I studied this DVD... now it's effortless! I am having so much fun with the combinations.

And I'm still practicing the Zeina combination from the Valentine's workshop. That in alone proved to be a good workout. I bought the CD with me to Florida for a family visit and I managed to actually NOT GAIN WEIGHT on my vacation there....why?? Cause every day I was there I was showing my family and friends the Zeina combination at 4 different speeds, thus working up a sweat every time. They all loved it! This sure beats going to the gym!

Laura Cole

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Hi Shamira,

I got the DVD's (Sensuous Workout 2 and Zeina) I ordered yesterday. I looked at them and am looking forward to working with them. You make it all look so easy! Girl, you just waft and glide...

The steps look like they can be used in all kinds of choreographies which is a point you make in the "Zeina" one. I can groove on these for a good while.

Sohair

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Hi Shamira,

I watched the Zeina dvd for the first time today, and was most impressed with the whole package. I have quite a few instructional bellydance dvds/videos in my collection and none comes up to the standard you have set. Its like being in a class, and as I have not danced for a few months due to a move to a new state here in Australia, I will be using it to get back into before I join the troupe here.

Our troupe in W Aust where we moved from had done a choreo for Zeina but it was a bit on the boring side, and was also hell on the calves as there was a lot of toe shimmies!! I always felt it should be done like Fifi Abdou's shimmies which looked like she was levitating while shimmying!! Anyway, your choreo is very versatile, and I will be trying it out to the Oojami music as well.

I took up bellydancing late in life: 45, and am now 50. It gave me new found confidence and also I lost quite a lot of weight without trying to diet. I made friends with like minded women for the first time in my life too, and I was very sad to leave them when we moved. But life is an adventure, and I will be happy to be part of a new troupe!

Thank you for producing such a clear concise instruction with such a fun choreo to boot.

Best wishes
Jan Shaw
Swan Hill, Victoria Australia