World Dance New York is a US home entertainment company, releasing and distributing special interest titles on DVD, video on demand, streaming media, iPhone and iPad apps, and a brand of women's dance and fitness home video products. It was founded in 2001 as "Stratostream - World Dance New York". "Stratostream" designates the company in the business-to-business environment, the home video industry, while "World Dance New York" is the publicly-recognized brand and the name of the consumer-facing operation of the company.
World Dance New York was founded by New York-based entertainment entrepreneur Neon (dancer) to respond to the demand for instruction and fitness programs based on women’s solo dance forms. The rising popularity of fitness and self-help home video and interest in creative fitness (as opposed to traditional gym-style programs) among women called for a wider range of movement disciplines and dance forms adapted for home video use. The first video releases by World Dance New York focused on belly dance and offered beginner instruction and workout programs for mass-market distribution and in-depth training programs for dance professionals.
In the years following the creation of the company, it established lines of video instruction and workout products for women in a number of solo dance forms, including belly dance, stiletto dance, hip-hop dance, Brazilian samba, Flamenco, Bollywood dance, burlesque, exotic dance, go-go dancing, fire dance, hoop dance, capoeira, women’s self-defense, and prenatal (maternity) fitness. It also started releasing instructional and workout products adapting partner dance styles such as salsa (dance) to solo practice and performance,and added titles featuring traditional fitness disciplines, such as strength and flexibility at-home workouts for women, as well as yoga, Pilates, and stretching programs.
Non-movement categories in the World Dance New York catalog include alternative modeling, styling, hair and makeup (fantasy, pin-up girl and vintage), and esoteric arts.
The Bellydance Core Fitness Workout with AysheThe Bellydance Rhythms Workout with NeonThe Bellydance Shimmy Workout with Sarah SkinnerCelebration - The Bellydance Workout with Sarah SkinnerCocktail - The Bellydance Workout with Tanna ValentineHard Candy - The Bellydance Workout with NeonLiquid Gold - Bellydance Fluid Movement Workout with NeonLove Potion - The Bellydance Workout with NeonLuscious - The Bellydance Workout with NeonPiece of Cake - The Bellydance Workout with NeonSilk - The Bellydance Veil Workout with Tanna ValentineThe Tribal Fusion Bellydance Workout with Irina Akulenko"Instant Bellydancer" with Neon Stiletto Dance: Music Video Style with Dana FogliaThrills in High Heels - Stiletto Dance: Nightclub Style with Lady MorrighanStiletto Dance: Sensual Style with NeonBrazilian samba instruction and fitness
The Brazilian Carnival Workout with Qiuenia RibeiroThe Cardio Samba Workout with Qiuenia RibeiroDance Today! Samba with Qiuenia RibeiroThe Samba Reggae Workout with Qiuenia RibeiroDance Today! Flamenco with Puela LunarisFlamenco is Hot! (campanilleros) with Puela LunarisFlamenco: You Can Do It! (sevillanas) with Puela LunarisSolo salsa dance instruction and fitness
Salsa Dance Fitness Party with Yesenia AdameSalsa... Solo! with Yesenia AdameSexy Salsa with Yesenia AdameBest Assets! The Burlesque Booty Workout with Gal Friday & Peekaboo PointeBurlesque Chair Dance: Technique & Choreography with Jo WeldonHoney & Spice: Sensual & Fierce Burlesque with Jo WeldonRefined Sugar - Burlesque Dance with Katalin SchäferRock Bottom: The Burlesque Booty Workout with Peekaboo Pointe, Gal FridaySilk & Feathers: Burlesque Fan Dance with Jo WeldonStripper Housewife - Burlesque Routines & Recipes for Stage & Kitchen with Peekaboo PointeStriptease for Burlesque, Exotic Dance & Every Day with Jo WeldonAndroid Goddess: Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, Robotic Movement with FayzahBelly Dance Pop & Lock: Tribal Fusion Bellydance / Hip-Hop with ElishevaContemporary Bellydance & Yoga with Ariellah AflaloEast Coast Tribal Bellydance with Sera SolsticeFluid Tribal Belly Dance: Swirling Waves, Isolations, Hits & Breaks with FayzahFoundations of Belly Dance: East Coast Tribal with Sera SolsticeLunar Bellydance: East Coast Tribal with Sera SolsticeModern Tribal Bellydance with AsharahSerpentine: Belly Dance with Rachel BriceSolar Bellydance: East Coast Tribal with Sera SolsticeTribaret Bellydance: Technique & Combinations with Carrie KonyhaFluid Precision - Contemporary Tribal Bellydance with KassarFantasy and Gothic belly dance
Fantasy BellydanceFantasy Bellydance: DesireFantasy Bellydance: MagicFantasy Bellydance: MysteryGothic BellydanceGothic Bellydance - RevelationsHip-hop and hip-hop/belly dance fusion
Belly Dance - Hip-Hop: Liquid Fusion with AnasmaStreet Fusion! Street Jazz & Hip Hop Dance with Karen GayleUrban Jam! Hip Hop Dance, 3 Routines: beginner-to-advanced with Laya BarakWave Explosion! Belly Dance - Hip-Hop Liquid Fusion with AnasmaWaves of the Future: Hip-Hop & House Dance with Future
