4/5 gentle stretches, super helpful to loosen up
  by Emily Wednesday
I too have mixed feelings about this DVD, but in the long run, it's been one of my favorites. It seems to be the antidote to my shoulder and neck problems after I've been on the computer for too long. Although there are some glitches with the camera work & editing that make it sort of frustrating at first, eventually, you learn it and you have your eyes closed so you're not trying to follow her anyway. I've tossed aside a lot of workout DVDs, but I always pick this one back up, and sometimes I just do the warm-up at night to stretch my neck. The exercises seem so slow that you don't think they're helping, but if my muscles are stiff I just have to follow along for a little bit and I'm amazed at how much better I feel.

1/5 The worst bellydancing instructional DVD around.
  by Colorado Girl (Denver, CO United States)
This is absolutely the worst instructional bellydancing DVD I have come across yet - and I've been through about 20. The beautiful costumes and sets cannot camouflage the fact this DVD is more about her ego and less about bellydancing. However, if you're looking for laughs, be sure and stop here.

2/5 Disapointing
  by Tracy C
I was excited at first. I started feeling the burn with the arm moves. Beautiful scenery & costumes. I quickly got fustrated trying to follow what she was doing for hip, leg & footing- kinda hard when the camera only likes her upper body. She would be in the middle of a move & the camera would zone in on her chest, face, move on her smile- she would be done with the move & onto another one. I kept rewinding with no futher luck.
My opinion is that if your able to see her whole body doing the moves, it would be great for a beginner. I'm not wasting my money on her other videos!

2/5 Just....no.....
  by H. Walters (Gulf Shores, AL United States)
Thankfully, I've become familiar with bellydance moves before trying this DVD. Although the settings are beautiful and her costumes are gorgeous (good place to get ideas for your costumes by the way) the actual material is less than desirable. First, Dolphina spends a lot of time chattering about eastern (Hindu) ideas like chakras and love energy and such while ignoring important historical tidbits such as where bellydance originates from, when and why it's practiced, and the different recognized styles (because there is more than one!!!) Second, she does not spend enough time breaking down the moves you are about to learn, nor does she follow a coherent flow in teaching sets of moves (going from arms to hips, then back to chest, then to hips again, then arms...). She tries to incorporate more advanced 'moves within moves' that will completely stump a newbie (shimmying while walking AND doing figure 8's). Her routine at the end, poorly explained and running together without breakdowns and repeats, will be lost on all but professional dancers. Third, and most importantly, her form is, quite often, poor. I haven't learned from a teacher and even I can see that she isn't executing moves properly. Save your money and buy someone else's instructional video.

1/5 She can't dance
  by Viviana Chan (NY)
Dolphina is a not belly dancer.
She is not flexible. Her technique is not good. Her upper and lower body can not perform most of the moves correctly especially the camel and snake arms. The camera focused mostly on her face. This is supposed to be an instructional video but there were too few body shots to display the technique.

Dolphina has no business teaching belly dance.