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Christy Lane's Complete Guide To Latin Dancing [VHS]

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Christy Lane has several dance tutorial dvds. She has the personality of a cool mother. She's a great dancer, lively, enthusiastic, corny & honest joker ("here's the next move just to confuse you more..") & teaches you fast, but simply, so it's easy to follow.
Christy introduces every move in 1/4 speed, the slowly speeds it up & she encorages you to practice every move she teaches several times before moving on & then practice more with the moves you've already learned to build up the routine & then more practicing at the end. It's almost a workout format which is great.
She givesyou the counts, the rhythm & is very detailed oriented, but so lively. The only thing you could ever want is more time with her so that you know every nuance of the dances.

You'll learn:
Freestyle
5 min - Christy alone & you'll learn the basics of loosening up, etc., of basic latin dancing, such as she has you roll your shoulders so your hips will naturally follow.
Salsa Line Dance
8 min - Christy alone teaching you the basic fwd/back step, side step, full turn, foot cross behind, freestyle (diff side step) & 1/4 turns. She has you practice a few times before moving on She has you practice for 2 min w/2 talented male dancers (line dance means no partner).
Cha-Cha Line Dance
9 min - Christy alone & you get side steps, cross behind, freestyle (diff side step), pivot 1/4 turn & again you practice for 3 min w/the same 2 male dancers.
Salsa (Parner)
6 min - Christy w/one of the male dancers showing the basics of show leads/follows, arm placement, what foot to start on for both men & women, using the basic steps you learned in Salsa line dance & adding a cross in front & how to do the turn (men to push with arm & how women should turn) & ends w/90 second practice.
Cha-Cha (Partner)
7 min - same as above, you get the idea w/added "chase" of one partner following the other.
Merengue (Partner)
8 min - very simple type of move mostly about bending the knees. Christy is w/the other male dancer to show you how both the men & women dance. Includes walking fwd/back, wrap turns, side step, push away, arms crossed slow step turn, etc.
Tango (Partner)
5 min - a rocking movement, women walk back/men fwd w/slight side step in the "quick quick slow" move & goes in a counter clockwide circle forever.
Fun Mexican Dances
2 min - Large group of people demonstrate the Mexican Hat dance & Congo (cameraman w/professional large hand cam follows w/kick at the end)

There are a couple other times like in the intro & some of the end practice that you see the talented dancing of the group of the other dances. Also has Espanol version of La Bamba in the menu, intro & credits.

I am a PE teacher and this was GREAT for teaching my students the basic latin steps. I had them watch it on video and I taught it from there. Christy is enthusiastic, precise in her movements, and she breaks it down in an easy to learn format. I will continue to use her products when integrating dance units into my lessons.

This is one of my favorites!!!!! If you have ever wanted to dance with heat, here is your personal trainer. Christy makes it easy to get in touch with your inner latino. I especially love the music in this video. The dances are so much fun and very easy to follow along with,