Product Details

• Actors: Dimitri Gruzdyev, Yuri Yanowsky, Kevin O'Hare (III), Agnes Oaks, Deborah Bull
• Directors: Ross MacGibbon
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: September 20, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004ZENG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,714 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Filmed in 1998 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Explosive Dance opens with a trio of jazzy tap dancers showing their stuff. Soon they are joined by a trio of Irish step dancers and a dance-off ensues. They tap and twirl, challenging each other, and ultimately blending into one seamless troupe. This is one of the best performances of the evening. Strictly Ballroom fans will love Antonio Márquez & Dancers. A tall, robust man in a sequined matador's jacket, Márquez can command a stage. The Jiving Lindy Hoppers are enthusiastic and show incredible athleticism in their too-short set, and the Club Salsa Dance Company outdo themselves with a sexy, intense, booty-shaking number. Of the five ballet performances, the best is the second number by the English National Ballet. A minimalistic modern piece with erotic overtones, it's a sleek and provocative duet. The impassioned duet of a policeman and his lover by the Royal Ballet, however, is also very gripping. Choreographer Wayne Sleep heads a Charlie Chaplin number that is entertaining but disappointing in its lack of originality. For the finale, the cast of Riverdance (not including Michael Flatley, Jean Butler, or Colin Dunne) takes the stage and wows the audience with their precision and flair.

A major oversight of Explosive Dance is that it does not provide the titles of the musical accompaniment. This is particularly frustrating for the ballet numbers (is this Swan Lake or are feather headbands back in style?). Explosive Dance is enjoyable and has many good performances, but it devotes too much time to traditional ballet for a show that bills itself as "explosive." --Dana Van Nest

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Something for everyone, October 22, 2002

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Casey Snider (Norfolk, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Explosive Dance (DVD)

If you like dance, you'll enjoy "Explosive Dance". Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall as a Red Cross benefit, this medley of dance styles has something for just about everyone; ballet, modern, jive, salsa, Irish step dance, even flamenco. The main gripe I have is that there are no subtitles to tell me exactly what the heck I'm watching. Some of it I recognize: pas de deuxs from "Sleeping Beauty" and a weakly orchestrated "Don Quixote", and the unmistakable thunder of "Riverdance" (the performance opens with the delightful "Trading Taps" and closes with the energetic finale). However, the notes on the package only identify the performing company, not the individual dancers or the piece they are performing. Also, the camera has a disconcerting tendency to show close-ups of the dancers when we'd really rather see their feet. Still, this is a good one to have in your dance library, if only for its variety.

8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good Performances mixes with the boring one., August 6, 2000

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SIVA (OSAKA Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Explosive Dance [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As for a fault about this video which I point out, the dance being printed on the package is that it isn't being recorded in this video.It is a thunder-storm in the Riverdance. Some sets of teams in the video played a wonderful dance. I was almost satisfied. And, this sentence is being translated by the translation software. Forgive me for the poor sentence from Japan.