Drills! Drills! Drills! A complete workout with finger...

Buy This Item Drills! Drills! Drills! A complete workout with finger... by Cheeky Girls Productions  Available from Amazon  $19.95  on 10-30-2008     ABOUT THE DVD **trailer available on YouTube** This DVD is designed to help you learn to make the most of your practice time. This is not simply a workout DVD, but also a lesson in how to practice. The elements of an effective practice routine are broken down and explained as you are guided through a complete, fully body dance workout. There are several drills at varying levels of difficulty that are designed to increase your physical strength, muscle memory, and coordination. The beginner dancer can benefit from the breakdown of the moves and the slow isolation drills, while the more advanced dancer can go straight to the chapters that incorporate finger cymbals and layering techniques. Over time you will notice the moves becoming firmly ingrained in your muscle memory. With regular practice, you will develop a strong, trained body that can effortlessly layer shimmies with isolations and finger cymbals. The workout includes: - Strengthening Drills - Isolation Drills - Shimmy Drills - Layering Drills - Finger Cymbal Drills Reader Reviews The one thought that kept popping into my mind as I was watching it was "Wow, that's really intelligent!" Michelle obviously put a lot of thought into this both from the perspective of an instructor and of her students. The instruction overall had some aspects that I find very helpful. Michelle does a great job of explaining exactly which muscles are involved in the movements. That helped give me a better understanding of why I was having problems with a certain movement I've always struggled with. She was also good about pointing out pitfalls to watch out for. Much of the dvd was filmed with her back to the camera in front of a mirror, too, so you don't have to mentally translate when she mentions left and right. Before she even gets to the movement drills, Michelle takes you through a bunch of well thought out strengthening exercises. Despite having taken classes and many workshops over the past several years, a lot of the strengthening exercises were new to me. I especially liked the body roll one which should help a lot with the control of my undulations. The drills themselves progress from slow to fast and basic to layered, to layered with zils, followed by a choreography using the drills. Again, I thought it was great that Michelle pointed out that you can train your mind to learn choreography more easily. So, part of the dvd is a drill for your brain, as well. I can easily see it being one of those dvds that I come back to time and time again. I will definitely be recommending it to everyone in my troupe.

Drills! Drills! Drills! A complete workout with finger... Available from Amazon Price: $19.95 Updated on 10-30-2008.

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