Learn to Salsa Instructional VOL. I- An Instructional Guide for Beginners

Customer Reviews:

Go go go!!.......2005-11-14

The word salsa and I go berserk! I wasn't too much of a salsa fan before until my friend gave me the volume 1 DVD. The video is very good, excellent quality and very well produced. The step to step guide is executed in comprehensive totality and not even the minutest detail is left out. You are involved every inch of the way and the whole learning experience is so much fun. It never strikes you that the moves are impossible because the instructor makes it look so easy. It has very nice combinations. I never imagined myself doing salsa. It looks complicating but nothing is impossible to learn. Salsa is so lively and fascinating. It has not only helped me gear up with my laid back lifestyle but also helped me built up confidence in myself. Now, whenever I go dancing with my friends I can't wait to show my funky moves and exiting new steps. I always scandalize them...little do they know that I am learning all my moves from home.
I would suggest everyone to go for it and if you've never tried salsa before I would recommend to first go for volume 1. I recommend this DVD well worth buying. You definitely don't want to miss out on this. You'll love it!

Menu on this DVD helps make it easy to learn steps.......2004-05-01

I have reviewed this salsa video along with many other dance videos and I have to correct the viewer who says you cannot skip through the different scenes as you can with DVDs normally. She is WRONG. This product is made for DVD... it has chapters and I could easily skip around through the 15 different dance combinations. I imagine there was a problem with her machine or she does not know how to use the MENU to navigate through the chapters. Most dance videos by independent instructors (those i've reviewed)are NOT made for DVD (DVDs require 'authoring' in order to create menus & chapters to navigate through). Some people copy them onto DVD because this is less expensive then being made for DVD. But the "Learn To Salsa" series with Tenia and Raul seems to be highly produced- with professional sound, DVD Authoring, and much more professional production, in general, then I'm accustomed to seeing in this genre. I hope this review helps.

Clear and concise.......2004-04-17

This DVD has been just what I was looking for. Not a substitue for classes, but a great companion.

Tenia and Raul have chosen a realistic set of moves: they are uncluttered enough to master correctly from the DVD, but also relate well to moves dancers actually use 'in the wild'. With just these moves you could definitely have a good night at a club.

The teaching style is concise, covering all the factual information you need (for both the leader and follower) with the minimum amount of fuss. Precisely because it's a DVD, you don't need them to say the same thing in several different ways as a teacher would in class, because you can just watch it again.

I've been dancing on and off for a while so buying the DVD was aimed more at giving my boyfriend confidence before he braves local clubs and classes. Since I've never learned to lead, and have a poor memory for the routines taught in class, I wasn't in a good position to give him help beyond saying "no, that doesn't feel quite right". Now we have a neutral authority to turn to, which saves arguments!

They have chosen not to offer explicit style tips, leaving you to pick things up by example, but that's fair enough for an introductory DVD. Similarly, there's nothing about club etiquette or advice on accommodating different partners, but there are plenty of websites that can offer that. Still, I think it would be useful to have a little more on how to make leads unambiguous.

It would also be fun to have a little more footage of them (or others) dancing to music, to show how the moves look when strung together, as well as for general inspiration. But that would be icing on the cake.

Easy to follow, great to learn.......2004-01-10

This is the easiest way to learn salsa and you don't even have to go to class. The video is great, it breaks down the steps and makes it so easy and fun to follow, you don't even know you are learning how to dance. I recommend this video over any other video I have tried.

Perfect for Beginners.......2003-12-20

As a beginner salsa dancer, I found that this instructional DVD was as close to perfect as one could expect. The steps are elegant and the breakdowns provided by the instructors are easy to follow. I'm moving on to Volume 2!!!

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