I'm looking for good ones to learn from; I have Kajiras dvd's, Asharahs and Ariellah's. I find them all good; I've had RB's dvds, but didn't find them ..enough for me. I also had all of FCBD dvd's at one point; but ATS is not really for me.

I'm looking more for gothic and fusion styles. Thanks

Depends what you are looking for. Are you looing for a particular style, new things that have come out this year, dvds that will continue to be valuable for a long while?

Some ramdom recommendations of stuff that I've liked - Nadira Jamal's Improvisation Tool Kit and Taktaba podcasts. She has an analytical mind and is able to explain abstract concepts in a way that makes sense. Michelle Joyce's Killer Ziller is very well-thought-out for the beginning zill student. Her drill dvds are also a good value. Ansuya's Lavish Layers and zill dvds are also ones that
keep popping up on the practice menu.

I'm also working with Sadie's Thrilling Drilling. Her dance style is too busy for me personally but it's great practice to be able to do 5 things at once, lol!

For beginner stuff Jenna's Bellydance Basics and Beyond is excellent. For intermediate level, I like Keti Sharif's A-Z combos.

My 6 top favourites:

For getting basic moves:
For absolute beginners: Amira 101 bellydance (Amira from Las Vegas, amirasbelly.com, as there are more Amiras)
For beginners to intermediate: Jenna s basics and beyond IS THE BEST AND SOOO COMPREHENSIVE.

For great inspiration and real "dancing" once one has mastered the basic moves:
Luscious Bellydance workout
Shamira s Sensuous Workout 2 (technique) - with 3 choreographies. These two get you dancing.

Drum solo:
Neons Rhythms Workout.

For intermediates and great inspiration from the most fluid dancer I know:
Blanca s Sensual Bellydance.



For tribal style, Sera, Ariellah, Darshan, Asharah seem to be great in this order from beginner to intermediate. (I am not tribal so far).

I am now looking forward very much to Ranyas Egyptian baladi instructional, and Autumn Wards artistic/classical dance approach to bellydance.

For inspiration:
At best the egyptian legends from youtube channels (type Soheir Zaki, Nagua Foad/Nagwa Fouad, Mona Said, Fifi Abdo and you ll find the related channels), or the dvd Legends of Bellydance 1947.

I was considering asking the same thing until I found this thread a bit farther back. I don't think the question is "depends on what you want", but "What do I use and come back to over and over again?" and yes, it will be a personal thing, but it often says a lot about the videos themselves. I'd like to hear more of others' favorite DVDs.

I'm only an intermediate dancer, but I love Jenna's Bellydance Basics and Beyond, and often use a segment at the beginning of a practice to focus and drill on one particular area. I use the warmup on that one a lot, too, because I feel a lot more warmed up from that than from warmups on my other DVDs. I also like Luscious a lot to just follow along and dance. For fun, I like Bellydance - Hiphop, and my advanced-level best friend seemed to enjoy that one as well. When I want to just sit and watch, I spend a lot of time on Youtube watching dancers, and Tempest's Bellydance for the Beautful Freaks is fun, too. I love her music and costuming choices (I do have a strong gothic tendency).

I just ordered Combination Nation based on the reviews here and on Amazon, because the one thing I really wanted to work on was improvisation and just dancing to music, and maybe start creating some basic choreography, but I haven't used that one yet.

I rent a lot of bellydance DVDs on Netflix, so I can try out different ones for variety.