Product Description

*Want to save time creating belly dance routines and choreography?

*Want to discover new ideas for improvisational dances?

*Want to have more fun performing in front of audiences?

*Want to make the most of the great steps and belly dance moves you already know?

Whether you know 5 steps or 500 steps, this book is for you!

Learn the secrets of international belly dance stars and be your belly dance best by reading this fabulous new book!

Ramona demystifies the creative process of creating belly dance routines for performance and personal enjoyment inside Dynamic BellyDance. She guides you through the creative process of dancemaking with more than 51 creativity-building exercises. Many examples are included to give you ideas for your own choreography and improvisational dances. You will build your own great dances using movements and steps you already know.

The nuances of energy, style, design elements, musicality, emotional expression, performance psychology and much more are inside Dynamic BellyDance. Ideas and examples are illustrated with many beautiful color and b&w photos.

Plus, you will find information to help you develop and fine-tune your presentation skills to make the new dances you create the very best. Informative tips show you how to refine your technique and master movements which challenge you, taking your dance up to the next level!

This book is helpful for all levels of dancers and belly dance afficionados, from dedicated amateurs through professional instructors and performing artists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1723206 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Publisher
One of the most challenging aspects of dancing is creating fresh and innovative choreography and improvisations. Dynamic Belly Dance de-mystifies the subject with clear descriptions of proven methods of dancemaking.

Readers in the U.K. will appreciate the inclusion of lovely photographs of U.K. dancers Hilary Thacker and Fereshteh Hosseini. Hilary's Bazaar in Edinburgh is also pictured in Dynamic Belly Dance. This lavishly illustrated book includes many photos of American and international dancers.

Dynamic Belly Dance received critical acclaim from Taqasim Magazine (U.K.), Bellydance News (U.K.), NADA Magazine (U.K.), Huntington News Net (U.S.A.) and Belly Dance, A Raqs Sharqi Magazine (U.S.A.). More info about the book is available on Amazon's U.S.A.

From the Author
When I started writing Dynamic Belly Dance, I set out to produce an illustrated book which would be genuinely helpful in assisting dancers with using the steps and movements they already know in new and innovative ways.

I also wanted to discuss topics which are not always covered in technique classes--such as how dancing slightly ahead of, exactly on, or behind the drumbeat relate to the feelings and impressions a dance evokes, and how this relates to dancing with a live band or recorded music.

One of my goals was to make Dynamic Belly Dance easy to read cover to cover. I want the experience of reading it to be like sitting down with a good friend who explains lots of practical techniques and trade secrets that will help you be the very best dancer you can be.

From the Back Cover
"Ramona, your book is fabulous! I found myself nodding my head while I was reading it. Your ideas and concepts are full of insight and true information. I especially appreciated the organization and scientific approach to the material. It was very easy and pleasant to read."

Carolena Nericcio, director of FatChanceBellyDance (San Fransisco, California, U.S.A.)

Want to save time creating belly dance routines and choreography? Want to discover new ideas for improvisational dances? Want to have more fun performing in front of audiences? Want to make the most of the great steps and belly dance moves you already know?

Whether you know 5 steps or 500 steps, this book is for you!

Learn the secrets of international belly dance stars and be your belly dance best by reading this fabulous new book!

Ramona demystifies the creative process of creating belly dance routines for performance and personal enjoyment inside Dynamic BellyDance. She guides you through the creative process of dancemaking with more than 51 creativity-building exercises. Many examples are included to give you ideas for your own choreography and improvisational dances. You will build your own great dances using movements and steps you already know.

The nuances of energy, style, design elements, musicality, emotional expression, performance psychology and much more are inside Dynamic BellyDance. Ideas and examples are illustrated with many beautiful color and b&w photos.

Plus, you will find information to help you develop and fine-tune your presentation skills to make the new dances you create the very best. Informative tips show you how to refine your technique and master movements which challenge you, taking your dance up to the next level!

This book is helpful for all levels of dancers and belly dance afficionados, from dedicated amateurs through professional instructors and performing artists.