Street Fusion - Street Jazz & Hip Hop Dance with Karen Gayle
Actor(s):
Karen Gayle
Director(s):
World Dance New York
Label: StratoStream - World Dance New York
Publisher(s):
StratoStream - World Dance New York
Studio: StratoStream - World Dance New York
Manufacturer: StratoStream - World Dance New York
Binding: DVD
Brand: STRATOSTREAM
MPN: STSD30146D
Format(s): Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $12.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
An eclectic blend of street jazz, hip-hop, and funk, all mixed into one! Street fusion consists of a warm-up and 3 dance routines varying in style and technique.
The warm up is broken down into 3 sections - Stretches, Isolations and Basic Footwork - and is designed to prepare your body to dance, get the blood flowing, and get you ready to groove! From there, you'll have 3 dance routines to choose from:
1. In The Mix: A funky blend of jazz and hip-hop, all in one fun routine;
2. Smooth It Out: A smooth groove with challenging accents and dynamics;
3. Hittin It: A choreography full of challenging sequences that require you to hit it.
So grab your sneakers and let's hit the dance floor...for Karen Gayle's STREET FUSION!
Customer Reviews
Not for Beginners
Street fusion dvd is not so easy to do. It starts with a dance for beginners. But definitely its not for beginners. Karen Gayle teaches so fast that you can't follow all the moves. It would be better if she can teach slower. But the choreography is good. If you know how to dance Hip-hop, its ok for you.
Jazzy and Fun
Karen Gayle with her enviable agility, solid technique and creativity, has put together a DVD of the latest in dance styles, a blend of modern jazz and hip hop, that is a blast from start to finish. After the "Welcome," there's a "Warm-up" that includes marvelous stretches, isolations and footwork, and does well on its own, if used as a short daily workout to strengthen and tone your body.
There are 3 "Dance Routines," labeled Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Though there is not that much difference in their level of difficulty in the actual steps, there's quite a bit to remember in the choreography, and there's the jazzy and fun style to assimilate. The routines are broken down step by step first, and then are danced continuously with music to practice until you get it right. Finally there's a "Demo" of Karen and her 4 dancers (Jessi, Liz, Radhia and Kiyomi), giving it there all and wowing us with their moves. Music is by Jay T. Jenkins and Mervyn Theodopolis Jr., Daryl "D. Roe" Monroe, and Ray Johnson.
Slim, leggy and beautiful, Karen Gayle is a superb dancer (watching her, I can't help thinking how much the great Bob Fosse would have loved her to dance for him!) and she knows how to impart her knowledge, and choreograph interesting pieces, making this DVD a valuable addition to your dance instruction library!
Worth the little amount it cost
Product delivered exactly what was promised. Easy to follow- gives a good work out and helps to develop skill.
not what I expected
I was hoping for more of a workout routine... this is a slow-paced dance instructional video. It gets you moving, but no really heart-pumping activity. Fun to learn new moves but won't work for my cardio.
Not what I expected
I will try to be as objective as possible although my conclusions are based on my expectations. I expected a DVD that would substitute my hip-hop class for the days I can't attend it. Something that will make me sweat and have me learn new choreography, on top of some funky music. Well, this DVD didn't deliver any of these three things. The warm-up is slow (lots of explanation in stead of just getting into it), really basic, and it will not make you break a sweat (it lasts about 15 minutes). The three routines are okay, but because of the low production value and generic beats, I really didn't want to stick with it long enough to learn it. And frankly, everybody who teaches choreography from the TV should know that a back shot is absolutely obligatory in order not to be confused and have to translate the movements in the opposite direction. A big reason why I didn't stick with the choreography also.
If you only want to learn some choreography, have a lot of patience, and don't mind dancing only to beats, then this will work for you.
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