Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17266 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-03-25
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

Video Description
The worlds first step-by-step, fully interactive, high quality guide for all those learning to dance or who have always wanted to try is available from March 25th. Discover Dance Ballroom DVD shows how a total novice can become a confident and impressive dancer by practising a series of easy to follow, simple, moves for the Waltz, Quickstep, Foxtrot and Tango. All in the privacy of your own home.

How often have you watched a couple dancing and secretly wished you could appear as effortless and graceful on the dance floor? Simon and Heidi Cruwys, whose career includes UK Ballroom Championship and National Championship titles, guide you through all the techniques that will make you the perfect dancing partner.

The material on the disc includes a step-by-step guide to each dance. You can view from the female, male or couples perspective, and you can even set it to repeat the steps for additional practice. The commentary provides helpful advice on common mistakes as well as how to get the most out of the DVD. Bonuses include a counting clock to enable users to keep time and there are professional performance sequences and illustrations on other dances you may wish to try out in the future.

Synopsis
A step by step instructional programme for anyone wishing to learn to ballroom dance.

From the Back Cover
The best step-by-step guide for anyone learning to dance, or who has ever wanted to try!
This DVD gives you everything you need to become a confident dance partner at any social function. Just follow in the steps of former UK Pro Ballroom Champions, Simon & Heidi Cruwys, your personal tutors guiding you through the Waltz, Quickstep, Foxtrot and Tango.
Simon and Heidi also explain fully how to use the DVD and guide you through the menu. After each step-by-step lesson, a combination routine shows you how to put all the steps together, and there are also additional music tracks to give you extra entertainment and practice.
The DVD technology allows a truly interactive learning experience. You can loop ‘dance routinesâ€(tm), ‘practice stepsâ€(tm), automatically view an on-screen counter to help with timing and rhythm, and choose either the Gentleman, Lady or Couples role.
Simon and Heidi also offer helpful advice and tips for beginners including warming up, leading, following, holding, how to avoid common mistakes, where to get the right clothes and where to look for venues to show off your new skills. Who knows where this may lead?!

To give you a flavour of the passion of Ballroom dancing weâ€(tm)ve included a free ‘professionalâ€(tm) performance by Simon and Heidi, as well as a sequence of more advanced routines to be taught in the forthcoming DVDâ€(tm)s in the ‘Discover Danceâ€(tm) series.

Special Features: >
* Gentleman, Lady, Couples role option
* Interactive menu
* On-screen counting
* Repeat function for practice steps and dance routines
* Tips and advice
* Additional Music tracks
* Professional Show
* Bonus routines from the next ‘Discover Danceâ€(tm) DVD

Customer Reviews

Yet another masterpiece - a MUST BUY!!
I bought the first "Discover Dance - Latin" DVD a few weeks ago, and I was so impressed that I had to see what this one was like. It was a pleasure to discover that the quality of tuition and fun are just as good with this style of dance.
Thank goodness for the DVD interractive media which has transformed the boring old video format into something easy and great to use. Set everything up the way you like, go at your own pace and jump instantly to any part of the tutorial at any time.
If this is the last of the series I, and others, will be very sad. If the authors read this - PLEASE keep going!!
If you want to learn to dance, trust me, these DVD's are perfect.

Great for beginners
My wife and I bought this DVD when we started dance lessons and it was excellent as complimentary to those lessons. Easy to follow and useful interactive control e.g. how many times to see a sequence of steps. A really good learning tool.

Slightly disappointed
I think the presenters are very good, clear, personable and demonstrate well. There are some basic errors in editing - eg in the Quickstep Introduction, you are asked to listen and count to Quickstep music and they play a Rhumba! The presenters show identical steps for Quickstep and Social Foxtrot and there is so little content. I also think the choice of steps could be better targetted at getting round a dance floor. There are slightly more steps in the Latin DVD which is a bit better. The preview shown of the next DVD looks much better and this will probably not deter me from buying that.