with Paulette Rees-Denis and Nina Martinez, of Gypsy Caravan Dance Company, International

and guest dancer Sienna

In this Technique DVD #10 we build on our ever growing and exciting repertoire of steps, with combos and partnering concepts to use as ideas for group improvisation.  To help you learn new steps and add variations, we include a warm-up, our technique section, and several practice sessions so you can drill the moves and work on transitions, and we include a few moves from past DVDs to get you up dancing! Remember that all of these Tribal technique DVDs are sequential and build upon the previous sessions. Drill, drill, drill. Be the best dancer you can be, and most importantly, have fun!

Many thanks for joining us on our tribal travels as we Take Tribal Global.  May you continue to dance on your journey with peace and passion!

The ten dance moves included in this Volume are:

Directional shimmy combo
Salsa step
Propeller turn
Triangle pestle (turning)
Hip offering combo (with Arabic box)                                                                                                                                    Heel drop combo

With partner:
Alternating Arabic
Shimmy around
Orbit one
Orbit two

Music by Gypsy Caravan

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DVD Review

BY DEIRDRE  CLITHEROE  AKA HIPSWITHATTITUDE

www.hipswithattitude.co.uk

This DVD comes  hot on the heels of the No9 and from a different continent, Australia. This  variation on settings adds to the Taking Tribal  Global message and does have a different feel with  Nina Martinez (a member of Gypsy Caravan Dance Co International) and  guest  Sienna  emphasis the  message that  this  truly is a global dance  language. Again a full  warm-up starts  the DVD off, which is good to do and get ideas  for  your own  teaching, and then  into  the moves.

Some  of the moves  and partnering ideas Paulette  has taught previously in workshops so it is good to  recap  these  and correct some  of the  detail, and have  them on film. And  again  both  sides  of the body  are used for the brain-body challenge!   Nina  does a lot of the work  here as Paulette  dances  then  stops to point out the details.

There are also some moves  and combinations that change  a little as dancers get more advanced so it’s good to look out for these. I have been studying with Gypsy  Caravan for  10 years  now  and still  felt  the DVD offered me updates, new  combinations and I particularly loved the partnering ideas including the new Shimmy Around.

With  a practice session  with  an additional dancer  again  the facing/facing away  route is shown and very helpful. I particularly enjoyed this  one as other  Gypsy  Caravan  moves are introduced in the session  and the dancers  improv is impressive.

The discussion and slideshow at the end of the DVD again reinforces Paulette’s style of tribal, taking care of yourself as a dancer  and the power in this  dance.