Product Details

• Directors: Eduardo Montes-Bradley
• Producers: Eduardo Montes-Bradley
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Verbum
• DVD Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000S62BC6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,747 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CHAPTERS and MORE, July 12, 2007

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Howard Johnson (Hudson, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TANGO STEPS (Tango Lessons) (DVD)

Meet Gastón and Mariela, two of the most casual, cool, unstructured tango instructors. They have perfected the art of showing the essentials. What really matters to to them is that you learn the moves, the figures, the steps without having to worry somuch about the way your hair looks or where did you buy or how much you paid for that pair of shoes or a fancy skirt.

Beautifully captures at Tango Brujo's dance floor in Buenos Aires, this first volume on a series is aimed at the novice, the men and women who always wanted to learn but never got around to Tango. This is the time, and Gastón and Mariela are going to guide you through the basics: El Abrazo, La Caminata, El Ocho and El sanguchito, basic concepts of this wonderful dance that has the World on it's feet.

Gaston and Mariela, accomplished tango dancers and teachers from Buenos Aires, we'll help you through the basic notions and movements so you too can learn how to dance the tango. It takes two to tango, and just one DVD, this is it!

CHAPTER STRUCTURE

Chapter l: La pilcha (Getting Ready)

Chapter ll: El abrazo (The Embrace)

Chapter lll: Balanceo y Apertura (Balancing & Aperture)

Chapter lV: La caminata (The Walk)

Chapter V: Paso básico simple (Straight Basic Step)

Chapter Vl: Paso básico cruzado (Crossed Basic Step)

Chapter Vll: Ocho adelante (Ocho Forward)

Chapter Vlll: Ocho atrás (Ocho Backwards)

Chapter lX: Paso básico con ocho adelante (Basic Step with Ocho Forward)

Chapter X: Paso básico con ocho atrás (Basic Step with Ocho Backwards)

Chapter Xl: Paso básico con ocho atras y adelante. (Basic Step with Ocho Forward and Backwards)

Chapter Xll: Amague o Rebote. (Bounce)

Chapter Xlll: Sanguchito. (The Little Sandwich)

Chapter XlV: Paso básico Full Sequence

Chapter XV: Let's dance, La cumparcita (Improvisation)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to learn, August 22, 2007

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D. C. Leskovsky (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TANGO STEPS (Tango Lessons) (DVD)

Great DVD! The lessons are complete and done very slowly - first they go over the man's steps, then the woman's. Great video for the beginner. Glad we purchased it, my husband and I have had a great time learning together!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Star Trek Tango, March 25, 2008

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Alan R. Tower (Spokane WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TANGO STEPS (Tango Lessons) (DVD)

There are some interesting oddities in this video. First, they take you shopping. I'm pretty expert at that; I don't need lessons. Second, in the first few scenes, the dancers materialize on set in Star Trek fashion. It's comical. Third, the girl with the extremely green eyes and low cut dress on the DVD box is not in the DVD at all.

However, despite this, I gave it a somewhat positive rating because the dancers are clear, they have a good style, and they cover most of the basics that can be expected in a beginning tango dvd. The woman is not very verbal, but the man is quite clear in his explanations and demonstrates a very strong lead. The dancing is very competent and they show tango well in classic Argentine style. Though there are a couple of video tricks that amuse, there is generally good, well lit photography and from angles that make it easy to learn.

I would buy it again, even knowing the limitations.