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Summary: Best of the Best for Beginning 6-Count Swing
Review: My wife and I started a beginning swing dance class last week. We were hooked. The class meets once a week on Thursdays for one hour with practice afterwords. We wanted more and couldn't wait till next Thursday, We bought 4 dance video's and this is the one we watched over and over. Chris & Julie made it look easy and the instruction was excellent! We are ordering the second video for the Intermediate 6-Count Swing. If you are interested in learning swing dancing, save yourselves some money, this is the video to get you dancing.
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Summary: From Zero to Swinger in 90 minutes!
Review: Let's just say that it's about time someone put together an instructional video you can actually follow and learn from and then replicate in a public environment with confidence. Guys, you're nervous for maybe 30 seconds...then watch out. Wait till you see the expression on your friends' faces when you walk THEIR dates out onto the dance floor and look so smooth. An Introduction to 6-Count Swing is a simplified, easy to follow format on learning the basics of swing. The video is an excellent approach for those who are dancing inclined and perhaps more importantly, those who leave much to be desired (myself!). The enthusiasm of the instructors is great and the "live" music made it easy to watch over and over again. Thanks Julee and Chris!
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Summary: Best DVD out of 3
Review: My husband and I have 3 Swing Dance videos/DVDs. This was the best of the three. Chris and Julee are younger than the instructors on our other tapes so there was more energy and bounce to their steps. Their explanations made it easy to follow their moves. Being younger, they are also more "politically correct" and they refer to the dancers as "leaders" and "followers" rather than "men" and "ladies." This was awkward and a bit annoying (I know, it's a tiny thing). More importantly, they go slow and repeat everything many times so you aren't forced to rewind. A live orchestra on a real dance floor adds a little glitz and is more professional than lessons done in someone's home.
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Summary: The finest instructional dance video I've ever bought!
Review: Of the 22 dance instructional videos I've purchased (mostly all on swing) this is undoubtedly the finest. It is also the perfect video for the beginning swing dancer, since it provides clear, lucid and detailed instruction on steps, arm motion, leading and following. Most instructional tapes either omit such information or do a poor job of it. In fact, this is the only tape I would recommend for beginning swing dancers. We had been dancing several months, taking very good dance lessons and still derived enormous benefit from this tape. This tape provides a critically important instruction in proper leading and following useful both to the novice and bronze-level dancer. As a first tape to watch, it provides the skills necessary to be able to derive benefit from other instructional tapes. It also teaches enough steps for your to effectively swing your heart out on the dance floor -- I've been impressing even the instructors where I take my dance lessons!
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Summary: Put on those dancin' shoes
Review: At first, I was whether this swing instruction video would really teach me much about swing dancing. After all, my friends always say that I am a "good dancer," but I know they are being sarcastic. But since watching this video, my technique is not only better, but I no longer feel like such an idiot on the dance floor. The video presents the basics of swing simply and effortlessly. And the instruction moves just at the right pace. With a little practice in the privacy of your own home, you'll be ready to dance the night away!
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Summary: Put on those dancin' shoes
Review: At first, I was whether this swing instruction video would really teach me much about swing dancing. After all, my friends always say that I am a "good dancer," but I know they are being sarcastic. But since watching this video, my technique is not only better, but I no longer feel like such an idiot on the dance floor. The video presents the basics of swing simply and effortlessly. And the instruction moves just at the right pace. With a little practice in the privacy of your own home, you'll be ready to dance the night away!
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Summary: As Awesome as the Video
Review: I took a look at the reviews of the video version of this item, and everyone was so impressed with Julee & Chris, and they are right! They do a great job of explaining everything! One other great thing about the dvd is that it's easier to skip around than on the video to repeat moves that you need to practice more than once.
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Summary: These guys are goooood! And I'm a BEGINNER!
Review: No, I'm serious... I'm as newbie, green, novice as you can get! I decided to get into swing just recently so I went out and bought quite a few different "how to" videos just so I don't feel COMPLETELY stupid when I take my first lesson next month. This one takes the cake. It's thorough, intelligent, and well done. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Excellent beginner video
Review: Well done. Better emphasis on connection and "basics" than your typical beginning swing video. The teachers are fun and the pacing is great. The video teaches on a trajectory toward Lindy Hop. Easiest to learn from if played while practicing, you'll be dancing this Friday night!
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Summary: Lets Swing Baby!
Review: I have always wanted to learn to swing-dance, and I never thought I would actually be able to pull it off...but this tape was really great!! Me and my partner were able to master the whole tape within 2 days of practicing, and now Im ready for intermediate! I thought it would be hard to learn because you have to rely on the signals and touches your partner gives you. I thought, oh great, I won't be able to know whats coming next. But after buying and watching this tape, you just learn the motions and touches, and eventually it becomes natural. I compare it to learning how to drive a stick-shift car. At first it seems hard, but eventually you just do it and dont even think about it.
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