Tribal for Everyone
This instructional video makes tribal-style belly dance accessible to those who may be "freaked" out by other videos. Ashara's broad and extensive dance training is evident in both her instruction and performances She is proof that you do not have tattoo yourself up or have dreads to be an intriguing tribal fusionist. Her instructions are clear and broken down into manageable bits. The section on ticking is unlike anything I have seen in other videos, and her explanations of more traditional moves is refreshing. Her warm up is a workout in itself and is yoga inspired without getting wu-wu. The only drawback is the production quality, but that seems to be typical of this company.

With 3 hours of material, it will keep you busy!

just what i wanted
There are some great detailed reviews here already (thankyou bellydancing community for taking the time - you are all fabulous!)
I agree with what everyone else is saying - the three star and the five stars! I guess it depends on what you want, and serious drilling was it for me. But absolutely - be warned, she is strong and flexible and I for one cannot do her warmup without making modifications, which she doesn't give you. If you have done some yoga I think you could work it out for yourself. I agree this is probably not for beginners, this is to hone your skills.
I do like the format that WDNY is using on their dvd's - you know you will get a good menu with warm-up, drill/technique, combos, performance...and this one is really long, and great value. Can someone with influence please get these producers to start using detailed breakdown and matrix option like they do with modern yoga dvd's? That way you could take the sections you like of asharah's and make few different half hour workout's....
If you like the style, then I'm sure you will get something useful out of the dvd.

Great workout, and learn ticking, strobing, robotic movement
Other reviews have covered how great the workout is, and how clear the instruction is. I love the way Ashara combines the smooth buttery moves with the locking and ticking. She blends them into a textural experience. That said, even if you don't like the way the dance looks, this will increase your muscle/body control. I loved the performances and the workout.

SERIOUS reservation
A friend of mine wanted me to check this video out. I have been dancing for about ten years--I don't do tribal, so I was kinda curious to see what this style was all about.

Asharah, let me say right off the bat, is one SERIOUSLY in shape lady. Your shoulders will be killing you if you even think of doing the whole video in a straight run through. (I do Lebanese--we don't hold our arms forward as much--ouchie!)

However, she doesn't seem to have any real credentials in exercise physiology, and that leads me to say: use this video with reasonable caution, and modify whenever and wherever you need. (She offers no modifications). She makes you do full head circles--when most physical trainers say to avoid the back-half-circle as too compressing to the neck bones. Most dangerous, she actually has you do 'diamond pushups' (I don't recall what she calls them--when you put your hands right under your chest, your fingers forming a diamond). Even the Army has stopped doing these--they are way too hard on the elbows to justify the risk.

She'll lead you on a serious (murderous, I would say) chain of exercise, like a bunch of tribal arm waves (kinda like Snake Arms but not), but then not have you stretch at all between sets--THAT's when I need a neck-roll! And for all the bent-knee, you never stretch your quads.

She teaches a small vocabulary of movements, with basic 'locking' (as in 'pop and lock'), and has a nice useful drill segment on those.
What makes it distracting is that half the time she's off the beat. I thought it was just me, but I watched both of her performances, where I was just on my butt and counting, and, yeah, she missed the downbeat quite frequently--less so on the 'lock' movements, but anytime the music drifted, so did she. I did half of the drills with my eyes closed counting to myself.

It's physically a very demanding video, and you will definitely sweat! If I were a beginner, though, I'd have some serious problems learning the moves from her--her pants are long and cover her feet and the lighting makes it hard to see her knees, and seeing only a front angle made it hard to understand what she meant by some moves--is 'up' straight up or diagonal up on a chest lift?

Unless you're already a good dancer, looking for some super-challenging skill-building drills, I'd avoid this video. If you want to learn basics, look to the gold standard--Delilah's Belly Dance Workshop. If you're budget minded, check out any of Neon's videos. Sure she dresses crazazy, but she can explain the moves better--even the locking. However, if you want to get your dancing butt kicked, and you are at least an intermediate dancer, this video will keep you occupied and really refine your technique.

exquisite dance performances
I agree with the above reviews that this tape has incomparable warmup, drills, and combinations. However, I would like to comment on Asharah's exquisite dance performances. She is clearly based in classical Egyptian and Turkish styles, as well as tribal styles, and the fusion gives a real depth to her performances. This can also be seen in her two performances on the Gothic Bellydance video. Her arm and hand movements are a beautiful fusion of all of these styles.