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(More customer reviews)The workout has 8 girls who can all dance well: hip hop, pop & locks, break dance & krump which they show off well at the end the workout for 3 min taking turns.
This is set in like a gym of a school, or dance class room with windows behind & wood floor. The production is great, good sound, lighting, angles with close ups only when needed & not on girl's stomachs though none are showing too much skin which is also good. The feel of the workout is that they did the entire 30 min w/o any stopping of video or at least tried to which gives a better flow & a good feeling of being there yourself & not taking a break yourself. During the teaching & practicing sections of the routine you'll learn as you go is a semi decent beat "music" that is a bit too low in volume, way too slow in speed & is definitely looped after only a min, which got on my nerves & wasn't much better then nothing at all & no music is bad as well.
Jillian leads the intro & introduces them, but admits she can't dance & was taught for a few weeks by a couple of them. It's great she admits this & lets two of the girls demonstrate the new moves as she gives out the verbal cues. She does this well, she actually calls out, "left foot out, right arm to the side..." unlike most dance routine videos that only have counting. She always counts to 8 before starting any section or starting from the top which got on my nerves, 3-2-1 is fine enough. Now considering the above, when teaching a new step, if one of the girls doesn't jump into the last move shown fast enough, she practically yells at them, then laughs it off like she's playing. Jillian still lets her ego get in the way & takes away from the great energy of the workout. Kind of like Kathy Smith.
Pros:
production, good cuing of what body parts to move as taught, the great energy of the girls, great talent of the girls, soome of the moves.
Cons:
Jillian's ego, they should teach in slow motion flowing, not fast, stop, fast stop, needs more complex moves or different moves, some were great, others I didn't like at all, more practice more often after a few steps before moving on even then this even though better then other dance routine videos, very looped basic beat music that feels slow so doesn't inspire you to want to dance more.
I'll admit hip hop isn't my favorite & I'm more at ease/natural with latin, hula & belly dancing.
Overall I'd say definitely worth a rental, try online rental, or your library first. The moves aren't THAT hard, definitely easier compared to most hip hop dance routines. The girls are great, I hope they make another one w/o Jillian & with more practice before a new move is taught, more like aerobic PACE w/o watering down the move like aerobics workouts do.
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