Product Details

• Actors: Al Espinoza, Edie Espinoza
• Directors: Al Espinoza
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: A&E Productions
• DVD Release Date: November 1, 2003
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001NJ9M6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,278 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

World Famous husband and wife team, Al, Liquid Silver Espinoza and Edie, The Salsa FREAK have created a new and unique style of Salsa called Millennium Style. This new style demonstrates focusing your dance and body movements to hits and breaks in the music, rather than just specific timing. We see it on stage, so why not on the social dance floor? Millennium Style emphasizes tighter footwork, enhanced hip and body movements, and shortened to negligible energy and space-saving steps that are now replacing the dated long front and back steps formally taught in the dance.

Their entire video series is literally a documented catalog of their progression as a professional dance couple, with a list of stylized moves, combinations, and turn patterns that will keep you challenged and entertained for years to come

Having taught and performed in over 30 countries, Al and Edie are two of the most sought-after instructor/entertainers in the world. They still consider themselves mere students of the dance by continuously taking classes and training with world-class dancers of all styles. Al and Edie’s thirst for new material and performance concepts continues to feed their minds and knowledge base like a breath of fresh air. Their humble child-like learning mentality stimulates students to learn and embrace new concepts and ideas with energy and enthusiasm. As a result, their performances and workshops continue to stun and entertain audiences throughout the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Spin Review, February 14, 2011

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marcusmomon - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Salsa Dancing - Men's Millennium Spins (DVD)

Al does a great job of explaining how to do the turns. I got a lot out the DVD. Marcus

1.0 out of 5 stars Lack of structure & much funny don't make good instruction, January 25, 2005

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George A. Custodio "Salsa_George" (Lorton, Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Salsa Dancing - Men's Millennium Spins (DVD)

I have danced for quite sometime, grown up with the dance and have taken lessons. This DVD medium for presenting classes is great becuase you to skip and play again and again the parts you need. No need in stoping a class in session of 30-50 people. The advantages of the DVD Medium don't work out well in this DVD. First Al is just to much into trying to make you laugh at slap stick humor. If I try to skip it, I have to fastforward which makes things annoying becuase the bad humor is at the begining of a new step. The moves in this DVD aren't many. I'd have to say the DVD is made up of 70 % moves and 30% useless humor that is old the first time around.

Bottom line: I don't recomend this to anyone looking to get their bang for their buck. You will learn more from one night a club watching reasonable good dancers do some stylish spins. Avoid this DVD if your not willing to part with $40 just for the heck of it.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the shines video, December 14, 2004

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Hank McGuffin "mambo punk" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salsa Dancing - Men's Millennium Spins (DVD)

I bought this DVD specifically to learn how to do multiple spins. It was helpful, but it didn't produce any revelations or dramatic improvements. I learned a lot from Al's excellent shine video. Perhaps I was expecting too much from this DVD.

There were no secret techniques for keeping your balance or getting more rotation. The first half of the DVD taught some very basic turn technique that you would learn in a beginning salsa class. His prep step to the side actually made turning more difficult, because it added another 1/4 spin to a single right turn.

The second half of the DVD did show some nice turn patterns with a partner (Edie, the Salsa Freak). Edie's spins were effortless. I haven't seen her spin DVD, but it may be a better bet.