Nadira Jamal, Belly Dancer

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"I had so many 'ah-ha moments' watching it."

Terms of Sale  Available Episodes  Shipping Rates

I'm happy to announce that Taktaba is now available to purchase on DVD!

The podcast is, and will remain, free to view online or download, and you're perfectly welcome to burn your own DVDs of the program and even share them (as long as you honor the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License - i.e., you can give them away, but you can't sell them).

However, for those of you who can't or don't want to burn it yourselves, you can now pay me to do it for you. Essentially, you're still getting the content for free, but paying me for my trouble to author, burn, and label the DVD, and to take it to the post office, as well as for the cost of the disk and packaging.

Terms of Sale - READ THIS BEFORE ORDERING!!!

• I produce these disks myself, so you will be getting a burned, purple-bottom DVD+R, not a commercially-pressed DVD with a silver bottom.
• Burned DVDs play on most home DVD players and almost all computer DVD drives, but may not work on some DVD players, particularly older models. Before ordering check your player's compatibility.
• Return Policy: it can be hard to tell if a disk doesn't play because it's defective, or if your DVD player just doesn't like it. So my return policy asks you to share the risk with me: if your player is listed as being DVD+R compatible but it doesn't play, I'll send you a second disk at my expense (in case the first one was defective). If the second disk doesn't play either, you can return both disks at your expense, and I'll refund the price of the disks but not the shipping costs.
• This podcast is a"Low-frills" program. I shoot it myself in my home studio, and the picture and sound quality are consistent with a home movie, not a professional video shot on a sound stage. If you are picky about picture quality, you may want to view the podcast online before ordering.
• I duplicate and package each disk to order. That takes a while, and this is a one-woman operation (okay, my husband sometimes helps), so please allow three business days (after your payment clears) for your order to ship. Adding 1-3 days in transit, you can expect your DVD within six business days. If you need it for a specific deadline (say, a gift), contact me, and I'll let you know if I can oblige.
• I ship USPS First Class, which is almost as fast as Priority Mail, and is much cheaper. I'm happy to use another method or ship internationally. Contact me for rates.
• All prices are shown in US dollars.
• Taktaba is 100% free to view or download online. You don't have to buy a DVD to watch the podcast. Really!

Available Episodes

IMPORTANT: Be sure to read the Terms of Sale before ordering!!!

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Episode 1: Repetition and Alternation
This episode treats the twin topics of repetition and alternation, including: when and how repetition can be effective different alternation patterns and their psychological effects on your audience exercises combinations Runtime: appx. 25 minutes You can view this episdode online on the show blog NOTE: the master copy of Episode 1 was lost in a hard drive failure, and so the DVD was made from the iPod-formatted video. As a result, this episode has lost some picture quality.	$10 + Shipping view shipping rates   Be sure to read the Terms of Sale before ordering!!!
Episode 2: Long-Term Repetition
This episode deals with long-term repetition. That's repetition over the course of a song or an entire routine. We'll discuss: maximizing intellectual satisfaction by balancing length & complexity (with graphs!) maximizing emotional satisfaction by balancing frequency & drama (also with graphs!) using theme and variation to keep repeated elements fresh and interesting using the structure of your music to guide your repetition Runtime: appx. 65 minutes You can view this episode online on the show blog	$10 + Shipping view shipping rates   Be sure to read the Terms of Sale before ordering!!!
Episode 3: Timing Patterns
This episode deals with timing patterns, the rhythms we create with our bodies as we dance. This episode includes: Five different timing pattners, how they may make your audience feel, and which musical rhythms they complement Simple exercises to get the patterns into your body Theme & variation exercises forexploring different ways to use timing patterns do-it-yourself exercises to spark your creativity Four combinations that use timing patterns Two ways to adapt timing patterns to zil playing Runtime: appx. 70minutes You can view this episode online on the show blog	$10 + Shipping view shipping rates   Be sure to read the Terms of Sale before ordering!!!

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