| | |  | LATIN MUSIC | Home » » Ballroom and Latin Dance Sampler (Shawn Trautman's Dance Collection) | | | | | | | Description: | | No experience necessary! Salsa, Cha-Cha, Fox Trot, Hustle, and Tango are all taught from a complete beginner perspective. Whether for a hot night at a club, a cruise, or just something fun to do, this volume is for everyone as you will learn to lead and follow the five most popular Ballroom and Latin dances. The Ballroom and Latin Dance Sampler is professional, easy to follow, designed specifically for beginners and fun for anyone wanting to get started on the dance floor. With over 80 minutes of instruction, four camera views, and beginner-friendly curriculum, Shawn and Joanna Trautman will build your confidence and help you get moving on the dance floor. Filmed and presented with multiple camera angles and Picture-in-Picture technology, you will be surprised at just how easily you learn with the right instruction. 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 will also get to dance each dance with music alongside the instructors at the end of each section. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Shawn Trautman, Joanna Trautman | | Director:
| Shawn Trautman | | Format:
| AC-3, Color, Digital Sound, Full length, Full Screen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Dance Videos Direct | | Run Time:
| 77 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| November 15, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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| $34.99 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | | | $49.95 | New | | | $49.99 | New | | | $119.99 | New | |
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| $28.24 | Used
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Good foundation with a nice paceDec 05, 2006
By Megan Hendricks
This DVD creates a nice foundation. Shawn teaches the moves clearly and slowly, giving the lead just enough information without confusing him. Although, I would have liked to see more tips for the follow. The pace was also nice, not overwhelming but not boring. The variety of dances made for an interesting and diverse dance DVD.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Excellent InstructionDec 04, 2006
By Mindy Collinson
My favorite thing about Shawn Trautman's DVD's is the instruction provided individually for the leaders and the followers, so that each person learns what they should be doing. The camera angles are great too. This particular DVD has a lot of great variety (salsa, cha-cha, tango, etc).
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great Lesson!Nov 27, 2006
By Wayne
This lesson is definitely worth taking! It's a private lesson that you can take and repeat anytime. I really enjoyed the variety of dances taught in this Ballroom & Latin dance sampler. While all of the dances are fun to learn and practice, the Tango steps were particularly fun for me and my partner!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
ExcellentDec 05, 2006
By J. Sheffer
My wife and I are new to ballroom dancing in the last year. We've taken some lessons, but found that we needed the extra help of videos that we can use on our own schedule in our home and we've tried a bunch of them. This DVD and the whole series of new videos from Shawn Trautman have been a godsend and much more useful to us than the others we've tried. We are actually doing the dances within a short time and having fun, rather than getting aggravated with one another. Trautman's emphasis on the differing roles of leader and follower and the very clear demonstrations of those roles have helped us enormously. These DVDs include much more music and time to practice the new steps than most videos, rather than just watching an instructor do a step and go to another step. We like this video a lot and strongly recommend it. On a side note, the logistics/timing of shipping and subsequent email communications with the company were, after many frustrations with other online outfits, the best we've seen.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Basics you can use again and againNov 29, 2006
By Rose M. Jenkins
Before this DVD I didn't realize there are so many common elements in different dances. Little things like how to hold your hands and where to place your hands can be used in more than one dance. I had no idea how important those little things could be, or how easy they can be to master. This is a good starting point for any beginner.
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