Instructional Video
By The Gypsy Caravan
Copyright 1997 By: Gypsy Caravan
Running Time is 80 minutes (or 1 hour 20 min)
This video is an introduction to American Tribal Style (ATS) dance. It sarts with a performance by the Gypsy Caravan and then moves onto an introduction to the video by Paulette Rees-Denis. Next comes the arm-up section. I felt the warm-up section was good. It's longer then most warm-up's (on video) and the stretches are all very good ones. The instruction section was fairly good. It was easy to understand and was well demonstrated. The sound and video quality are both fair and the background is nice but not destracting. As an intermediate to advanced dancer you may find the moves to be a little simple ad the pace of the video may seem slow. Beginers will appreciate the extra time given to practicing each move. I recomend this video to begginers and those who are new to ATS.
Moves taught in this video:
Moves tauight in this vide are Takseem (Vertical Figure 8), Maya (Reverse Vertical Figure 8), Rib Circles, Structural Roll, Arabic Walk (Walking Undulation), Egyptian Basic (Basic Egypan), Ghawazee (Hip Bump Walk), 3/4 ShimmyShoulder Shimmy, Hip Bumps, Tunisian, Wrist Circles, Snake Arms, Hip Sway, Hip Lift, and Pivot Turn.
