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Swing Dancing for Intermediate Dancers Volume 1 (Shawn Trautman's Dance Collection)

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This DVD goes all out with new moves to use on the dance floor. The instructions for Touchbacks, Kick steps, and Pretzels were easy to follow and the steps are fun. This is a great exercise tape, high energy, easy to master and fun to learn. A perfect companion tape to Swing Dancing for Beginners 1 and 2.

WHAT A DVD!!! THE TURNS ARE ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL.
THEY ENHANCE THE DANCE EVEN MORE.SHAWN AND JOANNA
ARE AWESOME.THE STEPS ARE WELL EXPLAINED AND
CLEARLY TAUGHT. IT MAKES THE DANCE MORE PROFESSIONAL
LOOKING.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ONE.I JUST CAN'T SAY
ENOUGH ABOUT IT. HAVE FUN WITH IT.

Wow...I had no idea there were this many cool moves in Swing. This Intermediate DVD is the perfect next step for those that have used the Trautman's Beginner's Volume 1 and Volume 2 DVD's. This DVD will take your East Coast Swing to the next level. In usual Trautman style, the DVD has a cadence and level of repetition to allow you to follow along without constantly stopping and rewinding, but this intermediate level is more of a challenge and will be an adventure for experienced Swing dancers. Shawn and Joanna have gotten really creative with some of their combinations and there are lots of helpful hints that will make those subtle improvements in your style to make you feel like you are a Swing star. This is a fun couple teaching the most fun of all ballroom dances.

Shawn Trautman's Swing Dancing Intermediate Volume 1 is a definite must have. What I found most useful were the moves taught from hand change positions like the shoulder roll and pretzel which enable me to keep dancing with style in between hand changes instead of just going back and forth from one hand change to the next. Other moves like the inside turn and outside turn he/she added further complexity to what I could do by showing how to execute simultaneous moves by the leader and follower. I believe this DVD is appropriately labeled Intermediate because you'll need a bit more experience and balance to be able to do some of the moves, so if you have little or no experience swing dancing make sure you can handle the material in the Swing Dancing Beginners Volume 2 before you dive into this lesson. The moves are still laid out nicely, step by step, as in the Beginner DVDs with tips for both leaders and followers throughout. Since I bought the 3 disc Swing Dancing set I've learned in a relatively short period of about a month all the material from Beginners Volume 1 to the Intermediate Volume 1 and I've gone from barely being able to do the basic steps of swing dancing to dancing to blues, country, and rock and roll in bars and big band music at ballroom events. From a guys perspective take my word for it, if you make it through this DVD you won't be spending any songs sitting down by a dance floor once the ladies see what you can do.

We have many of Shawn Trautman's DVD on various dances. They are well produced and easy to follow. I recommend without hesitation. We are high intermediate level dancers.

It was useful as they take their time to show every move. The only thing is they take sooo much time per move you don't get many moves out of the DVD.

This is a fun DVD with instruction that is repeated and easy to follow. The dancers repeat the steps several times from different views so that you can practice the steps with them, rather than having to stop the DVD constantly to "watch it again." My husband and I took dance lessons and were looking to learn some new figures with this DVD. We learned 3 or 4 new moves that we do use when we dance.

This seems to be one of the few products on the market to teach more advanced swing steps. It works pretty well for our needs. It's not quite as good as an actual classroom, but it gave us valuable pointers. Plus, it's instructive just to watch some good dancers dance.

A lot of talking and very little in terms of moves beyond the basic step. And I didnt find any "And More" as claimed on the DVD.

I suppose its OK if you are learning dancing for the first time.

I much prefer Raul and Tenias salsa style of teaching - go straight into it. You get about 15 moves on 1 DVD beyond the basic step.

These instructions are on a DVD and if you need to watch the steps over or pause, you can do it. There no reason to talk incessantly about style and such at this stage. Especially since most folks are not going to a contest.