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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0790451135139 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Giddyup Films Manufacturer: Giddyup Films Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Giddyup Films Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 19, 2005 Running Time: 60 minutes Studio: Giddyup Films Editorial Review: Description: This creative routine builds cardiovascular endurance and burns excess fat at a fast rate. A nice variety of moves without complex choreography will keep your body in motion. The BONUS abdominal section will help firm and reshape your stomach area as well. Set on Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background, this workout is recommended for the intermediate to advanced participant. Accessories:  see moreRelated Items:      see moreAverage Rating:
 Rating:  - Dated but effectiveI was looking for a refresher on Step Areobics. This DVD is a good work out and has a lot of different steps. I found Gilad annoying and the music is awful. I muted it and played my own dance music. Overall it met my needs and my expectations. Rating: - Fun workoutThis is a fun workout. Gil uses different terminology than mainstream step instructors (i.e. there's no "basic step" and "tap up tap down" means something different to him) but he is easy to follow, once you go through the workout a couple of times. He teaches you three routines and then puts them all together in the final segment. I recommend this DVD to anyone who wants a good cardio workout without getting bored. Rating:  - Kinda lameI am fairly young and like step aerobics, I read a number of reviews before purchasing this video that stated it was one of the best step aerobic routines. IT'S NOT. As if it's not obvious by the cover that the video is totally 80's. I didn't think it would matter too much, a good work out is a good work out. But all the 80's jargon throughout the video is way too much. Plus the work out itself is way too slow, even when I did the entire video straight through, I felt I needed to go for a run and try to get some real cardio in before moving to weights. Rating:  - Good aerobic workoutThis is a great video for beginners, but still a decent workout for more advanced steppers. I was an avid stepper in college, but haven't done it in about 4 years. I was looking for a video that would help me get back into it because I loved it so much and this video definitely did the trick. It is not your 'new and hot' kind of video, but a good classic. I would recommend this workout for beginners who want a good workout that they can follow without fancy moves. Rating: - I feel good when I'm done with this!Even though it's an older DVD, I reach for this when I have an hour for a cardio routine. I alternate this with hour long Turbo Jam programs to avoid boredom. This is very basic and easy to follow. It may be repetitive but I don't mind. Gilad cues well. This is mostly low-impact unless you propel the movements as he suggests. I do the entire routine low-impact and I sweat buckets when I'm done. That makes me feel good 'coz it's telling me I've accomplished something. Increasing the step height will make this more challenging.....I highly recommend this DVD! Oh, I don't skip the 6 min. ab routine at the end....it just makes it a complete workout... |
All three principals sing eloquently and with a fine sense of the opera's structure and context. Anna Tomowa-Sintow is in even better voice than Domingo, and Giorgio Zancanaro heads an expert supporting cast. The Covent Garden Chorus, directed with distinction by Michael Hampe, gives a memorable impression of the revolutionary mob. Julius Rudel's conducting is totally idiomatic. --Joe McLellan
Lotfi Mansouri spared no effort or expense in making this production special. He personally directed the staging, and handpicked an outstanding cast (right down to the very young and then-unknown Ben Heppner in the small role of Hervey). The visual elements--sets, costumes, and camera work--are also handled with great care, and Sutherland's positive response to this dedication can be sensed in her performance as the unfortunate wife of King Henry VIII. James Morris is best-known as a Wagnerian singer--perhaps the leading Wotan of our time--but he is equally at home in many of the villainous roles that are the fate of bass- baritones (Iago, Scarpia, Don Giovanni). In this sinister tale of an innocent woman ruthlessly destroyed, he shows a surprising knack for the bel canto style. Judith Forst is also excellent in the role of Jane Seymour. --Joe McLellan
