Product Details

• Actors: Ethan Phillips, Lisa Rinna
• Format: Color, Live, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Parade Video
• VHS Release Date: June 22, 1995
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303320538
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,032 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This tape is set up like one of teacher Christy Curtis's real jazz-dance classes for kids, but adult veterans of aerobics classes will recognize the warm-up exercises and floor work (including the dreaded crunches) and some of the steps, like the grapevine. Curtis is friendly and enthusiastic as she leads her eight students--six girls and two boys ranging from about 5 years old to early teens--through the moves. The 35-minute tape is helpfully repetitive and, unlike a real class, there's always the rewind button if needed. This video lesson would be particularly useful for parents trying to gauge their youngster's interest in dance before making an investment in classes or to those who want to spark some interest in physical fitness--for their children and themselves. There's nothing like seeing a bunch of kids whizzing through the steps to get adults off the couch and on their feet! --Kimberly Heinrichs

From the back cover

In this video program, celebrity choreographer and children's dance specialist Christy Curtis, joined by a group of talented young dancers, covers the basic moves and techniques of jazz dance. The program is structured just like a jazz class, featuring a warm up segment, floor work, isolations, stretching exercises, moves across the floor and short routines that are easy to learn and fun to do. Whether for learning, practicing, or just for plain fun, this is a video everyone will enjoy watching over and over, because Christy makes jazz dancing fun and easy!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressed with this video!, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Miss Christy's Dance Class: Jazz [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape is great! Both my five 1/2 year old daughter and ten year old son like it, and that's saying a lot for it to be "cool" enough for my son. The girls wear traditional leotards, but the baggie clothes that the boys wear have turned this video into a "hop hop" video for him --- my son (and daughter) have been doing this video every day since we bought it last week! The way Miss Christy teaches this is so well done I can't say enough about it. She teaches basic steps, a few at a time, for example, step touch, step touch, grapevine, then she speeds them up, then goes over them slow again, then speeds them up, then goes over them slow again, then moves on to the the next moves. It seems just when my kids are getting lost, she reviews. "Look mom I'm getting it," is what I'm hearing. This video has turned my kids on to learning jazz. Even my five year old is catching on. This is a well thought out introduction to jazz dance for kids, or adults who have no background. I don't expect it to lose it's appeal once my kids have mastered all the moves completely (almost there) because Miss Christy keeps it moving by doing the explaining while she dances. I recommend it highly!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent basic jazz video, January 17, 2005

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pendragon (Boston,Ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miss Christy's Dance Class: Jazz [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As an adult, I enrolled in a jazz class, not really knowing much about it. After the first class, I realized that I needed to learn more about jazz steps. I ordered this video and found it extremely helpful. The video follows the structure of a real dance class with beginning stretches,floor exercises then center work. Miss Christy's directions are easy to follow and the energy of her young dancers is contagious. My 9 year old daughter is also having fun with the video which we have done over and over again. I'd recommend it to anyone looking to learn basic jazz steps