| | |  | WALTZES | Home » » » » Learn to Dance Waltz Volume 1 | | | | | | | Description: | | This double-feature DVD has a total of 2 1/2 hours of content with more than thirty-five figures and many variations and combinations. These are great patterns for social dancing or for competition dancing. The figures are mainly American style, but the video shows six patterns of the International style. This video is fully suitable for the complete beginner, but it goes on to show a boatload of intermediate and advanced patterns. The second video on the DVD is intermediate American style waltz with UCWDC world champions Gary and Lisa McIntyre. This is an incredible bargain...two videos and 2 ½ hours of instruction for less than the price of a one-hour private lesson! Note: both videos are contained on one disc. The easy DVD navigation menu takes you right where you wish to go. A printed step list is provided and all figures are titled and numbered. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Joe Baker | | Director:
| Joe Baker | | Format:
| HiFi Sound, NTSC | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| The Dance Store | | Run Time:
| 180 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 14, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 Country Flavor, but Good for BallroomApr 09, 2008
By K-3 Teacher
The style seems to be slightly country-western, but the figures are American style ballroom. The video contains much content - enough to create a complete advanced routine. Starts with an easy "follow the leader" approach for the basic figures. The more advanced figures require much review. Fortunately the DVD structure allows skipping back to the start of each figure. The teachers are not awesome, but they are good enough to be credible. The figures can be danced via "lead and follow" with about any good dancer.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 MisleadingOct 07, 2007
By S. Steele
The title and description are entirely misleading. This is not your typical waltz. They teach a country style waltz. The moves look like country line dancing and waltz meshed together; it is laughable. The second video is very short and useless; it teaches about 5 moves. The first(primary) video teaches a lot of moves, but only 3 of them are worthy of being used in a real ballroom(as opposed to a country bar). The teacher is monotone. He also attempts to teach proper form; that attempt was so bad that I had to spend extra time to erase his instruction and re-establish my development prior to his "assistance". Most of the steps are nearly impossible to learn as his partners long dress is often blocking vision of his feet. I was very disappointed.
save your moneyApr 13, 2010
By R. Morgan
"CHEME"
I have to agree with the other review, about the poorness of this video. The man has little to no form, and in most steps just looks like he is walking...not dancing. In addition, at the start of the video the make the point to say that many beginners suddenly drop on count one to start their rise...this is exactly what the girl does in the video. Their posture is awful and their frame is horrible. I find it hard to trust she even knows most of the figures well. If you want a good American Waltz video look at [...] or something, these are professionals who are teaching. While this video might be good for very beginners, it is certainly not for someone who knows something about waltz already. Even if you are a beginner, I would suggest something different. Start with good skills, don't learn something wrong and then need to relearn it again in the future.
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