| | |  | Rumba | Home » » » » Rumba Lessons: Dance Like a Star | | | | | | | Description: | | Put a touch of sensuality into your life and master the moves of the rumba like a superstar! Divided into "bronze," "silver," and "gold" sections, this captivating instructional program takes you step by sizzling step through the basics and variations of the romantic dance. 60 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo. | | | Features: | |
• RUMBA LESSONS Introduction to the rumba The rumba is about love and sensuality. The music of the rumba fires the senses and transports you straight to the tropics. You feel the power of the waves, the warm wind and the whispering palms. The rumba is the dance of eduction. The rumba was created by the Cubans and then spread to Europe via the United States. Try to remain stillwhen you hear it.
| | | Product Details: | | | Format:
| Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Foreign Media Group | | Run Time:
| 60 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 08, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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Very Poor InstructionFeb 06, 2008
By K. Bunnell
Very disappointing DVD. Sadly, this DVD offers very little useful instruction. Although there are four sections, Beginner, Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, each section offers one short set of dance steps that are merely repeated from various angles for roughly 13 minutes. While the professional dancers repeat the moves, some poor narration comes in to offer the actual instruction. In fact, the Gold level is really just a repeat of the Silver level with stylistic elements added. So, if one copies the dancers exactly, one can "dance like a star" for about ten seconds. Then one just has to repeat the movements ad infinitum.
I already know a little Rumba, so I was initially very excited to see that upper level moves were listed in the menu, but quite honestly, I already know the moves, as they are quite simple and were covered in my beginning level of rumba lessons. Stylistically, the pros show them at the height of competition style, which is fun to see and emulate, but as I said, the style is higher level, not the actual dance steps. So, I think it's false to list them as upper level moves. (Actually, the Silver and Gold dance steps are the same, so really no steps are added for Gold, it's just a little more stylized.)
Very disappointing and not worth the $12.99, as there are better DVDs available, which are also perfectly danced by professionals.
Furthermore, this DVD includes extras that are quite silly: small bios of the two dancers, and video tour of Cuba (while the narrators talks about the origins of rumba), which includes lots of old cars and some run-down tenements and a woman in the water in a thong bathing suit, oh, yes, and there were a couple of shots of original rumba come to think of it.
This is really a useless DVD. A more useful DVD for absolute beginners is Invitation to Dance: Latin Dance, and I'm still looking for a DVD with more advanced moves.
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