Customer Reviews

Dance Hot Salsa Levels 3&4 [VHS]

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Dance Hot Salsa 2 video follows the same pattern as video 1 but with more advanced BASIC steps. There are 22 steps shown in this video. A person with rhythm will be able to do any of the techniques in both Hot Salsa videos with ease due to the teaching style shown. Both videos teach basic Salsa steps. Together both videos give you a total of 47 Salsa steps. All you will need for nightclub dancing. This is a very popular video. I use it for video teaching.

This video is great for intermediate-advanced level salsa dancers who want to learn or sharpen their salsa variations. The video features Josie Neglia and her assistant who are excellent at breaking down each step both male and female and once completed they dance the variation to music at least twice. The moves are classified as level III & IV salsa and indeed they are intermediate to advance steps. The video goes through each routine clearly and concisely which prevents the viewer from being overwhelmed. This video can meet the needs of salsa dancers who are at the intermediate level and wish to perfectionize their moves and beginners who are ready to try more difficult steps. I strongly recommend this video as it displays great choreography, coordination and is well organized from start to finish.

This video is definitely not for beginners! Get the first video if you are, there are plenty of nice steps and variations there. Josie breaks down each partners step individually, making it easy to follow. The level 4 part "Hot steps and trick" (or something like that) is pretty lame for my taste. I was expecting more partner to partner dancing but turned out to be include several solo steps. Overall, I found this tape to be very good for two reasons:
1. She knows how to dance!!! (unlike some other video instructors)
2. Each step is repeated at least four times before moving on to the next.

i'm an intermediate/advance dancer - the steps are great for beginners - i found the steps too basic for intermediate dancers.
The quality of the tape is not that great (can't get a clear picture when you pause it or slow-play it :(
lessons are explained very thoroughly - i would recommend this video to intermediate/beginner dancers.

Many of the dance videos are too basic. This one may err the other way. I had taken a Salsa class, so thought I could move to levels three and four. I was wrong. I'll see what happens when I go back to the first tape which has levels I & II. Although they do go through the steps slowly, one time, because there are so many combinations, it requires multiple replays for me to get the hang of it. I would much prefer to have seen them break down the steps one at a time rather than doing the whole combination. I'll check back in after trying the more basic steps.

DO NOT BUY THIS VIDEO!! Save your money! This one of the most poorly done instructional videos I have seen! I hope following reasons will help others to make a more informed choice:

1. Video: Quality was very poor as ,any instructional videos tend to be.
2. Sound: For some reason the instructers voice was dubbed with another voice. But the dubbing was only occasionally, so you end up with the instructor speaking partly with her voice and partly with it dubbed. It makes no sense and was very annoying to listen to.
3. Footwork: The footwork was shown very fast paced which makes it very difficult to understand and replicate the steps even after multiple viewings.

I have been dancing for many years but have just begun Salsa dancing. I have seen many instructional videos but have never seen one as poorly put together as this one.

For people looking for a suggestion as to a good Salsa choice in an instructional video, Learn to Salsa Vol 1 & 2 with Tenia. I very well produced video series with great instructional footage.

A friend and I purchased Josie Neglia's videos and found them to be excellent tapes all around. Very well done.