Swing Dance (Shawn Trautman's Dance Collection)

Swing Dancing for Beginners Volume 1 offers the easiest and most thorough instruction for anyone wanting to learn both Single-Time Swing and East Coast Swing, the two most popular versions of Swing. Each volume is professional, easy to follow, designed specifically for beginners and fun for everyone. With nearly 1½ hours of instruction, multiple camera views, and an easy navigational menu, Shawn and Joanna Trautman will build your confidence and have you dancing along with them... literally. The design of the curriculum and camera placement for the DVDs allows the leaders to do the exact movements that Shawn presents, and it allows the followers to mimic Joanna in real time without having to turn away from the screen. In addition to learning along with the instructors with split-screen formatting, you'll also get to dance each dance with music alongside the instructors at the end of each section.

This beginner DVD covers everything from the history of the dances, how to do Slows, Rocks, and Triple Steps, what the footwork is for both leaders and followers, how to properly use the four connection points specifically for Swing, and how to go from one dance position to another to another, seamlessly. You'll also learn the lead and follow elements to each move, what adding lilt to your body means, how to do left turns, right turns, underarm turns, and much, much more. Pick this DVD up today and start dancing with confidence tomorrow! Swing for Beginners 2 and Intermediate 1 also available.