Bellydance Tray Balancing Technique: Queen of Flowers

Queen of Flowers review by Lady Beth 10/19/2004
You will love this Queen of Flowers DVD by Neon if you have not worked with balancing a tray on your head before, OR if you are looking to do something surprising for your teacher, friends, and the community. Three full choreographies to learn, and artistically adapt for parties, birthdays, shows, and more for all levels of dance. Choreography is broken down into small groups of moves and than repeated to make sure you go over what you learned. Neon does this throughout the entire DVD, so be sure you are comfortable going over your moves several times. I had trouble putting on my veil on time to repeat the routine from the beginning to the point in the routine we stopped at. It got annoying, but Neon explained that it is important to go over certain moves to make sure you do not have accidents while you are dancing. Good point! Subtitled "Logistics" is the section where Neon talks to you herself and goes over some of the things you will need before learning the choreographies...

I DID IT WITH A CAKE.....!!!!
LOL, Ditto to the outlandish green miniskirt mentioned in the previous review! Neon has a proclivity toward unconventional costuming. I included a couple of her outfits in my "America's Best and Worst Dressed Bellydancers" list (I am still working on it) actually among the best but if I were to give another "fashion police ticket" Neon's miniskirt outfit from the "Queen of Flowers" is asking for it!

This said, I love Neon's choreographies! They are easy and sophisticated all at once. I am intermediate level, tray balancing is not exactly my thing, but I pulled it off for my hubby's B-day (with a cake!) inspired by Neon's stunning yellow dress (on the cover) and her methodical instruction.

I emailed her regarding balancing a tray with a cake on it, and she gave me a million dollar piece of advice: "Get rid of the paper doily from under the cake, center the cake on the tray, center the tray on your head, and you're in business."

great instruction
I really enjoyed this video, Neon teaches and performs on an all black background so there are no distractions. The video also has illustrations for body and arms and that really helps whan you are not sure what she is doing. She wears an outlandish green bra and miniskirt and at first I thought it was quite funny but soon realized it is helpful in order to see her movements. She also tells you what knid of tray to use and how to arrange the flowers. All in all this video is very good instruction, and Neon has a cute Russian accent too!

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