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Summary: An absolutely beautiful book on the art of dancing!
Review: Many dance books are so boring and flat that if you were an alien from another universe you would never guess that dancing is one of the most exhilrating ways to express who we are or dream of being. But this book changes that. It is chock full of interesting facts about each dance and of beautiful, color pictures depicting the steps and patterns. This book will be an inspiration to any one who has ever dreamed of expressing themselves through the art of dance!
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Summary: good complement for beginning international dancers
Review: Many of the dances taught in this book are international style. If you plan to dance in the USA, you should know that social dancing is mainly American style for beginners.The book is richly illustrated with photos. However, the angle of the photos changes randomly. So if you see a dance couple facing different directions in consecutive photos, maybe they have turned, or maybe the photographer moved. You have to read the accompanying text to tell. I think this book is a good complement for beginning to advance-beginnning international dancers. You cannot completely rely on the book to learn techniques because while it does touches on them somewhat, it mostly concentrates on dance patterns. It will give you a rough idea of what a particular step looks like and give you the name of the step. If you have learned the step before, this would serve as a good review.
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Summary: this book does not include swing in the contents
Review: The book title is incorrect, it should not include swing. There were no place in the book that teaches you how to swing
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Summary: this book does not include swing in the contents
Review: The book title is incorrect, it should not include swing. There were no place in the book that teaches you how to swing
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Summary: NOT FOR THE BEGINNER
Review: THIS BOOK ADVERTISED 1300 FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS. FOOT PATTERNS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN TEACHING SOMEONE TO DANCE THIS BOOK HAS ONLY ABOUT ONE DOZEN (12) DIAGRAMS AND IS MISLEADING. IF YOU LIKE TO LOOK AT PHOTOS OF DANCERS IT IS GREAT BUT TO MUCH READING AND WAY TO CONFUSING FOR A DANCER SUCH AS MYSELF WHO HAS HAD ABOUT 40 HOURS OF LESSONS. I FEEL THIS BOOK IS FOR AN ADVANCED DANCER ONLY. TOM BEHNEY
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Summary: Good overview of ballroom dance
Review: This book outlines most of the ballroom dances from a pictorial point of view with the assistance of footstep illustrations. Its virtue is it is pretty comprehensive, with most of the ballroom dances discussed. Even some dances considered a little risque, such as the lambada, are discussed in the book. No doubt that professional instructors will find areas of disagreement in the advice and the patterns developed, but no book can cover all the idiosyncrasies of styling that exist in ballroom classes. A good book to have when learning ballroom, and the price is very reasonable.
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