Customer Reviews

A Taste of Salsa, Volume II (Spanish & English Language) [VHS]

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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

My expectations were dashed when I watched this video. The couple spends an eternity describing simple moves in English AND Spanish. It wastes precious time going over the same moves repeatedly. I would recommend Josie Neglia's videos; they have a bigger bang for the buck.

Lisa and Andres make Salsa very easy to follow and to understand. Great videos for those who have been frustrated or intimidated by dancing in the past. Fun turn combinations to start shinning in the dance floor. It ends up being a lot of fun.

Along with Volume 1, I found A Taste of Salsa-Volume II a waste of my time and money. I purchased both of these videos together based on the praises in another persons review. I have learned my lesson! I'm assuming these 2 "instructors" rated the videos themselves. I found them far from impressive. For the price you pay you learn very few moves. They spend more time on long, drawn out explanations than anything else. I would not recommend buying this video. If you must, my copies are for sale 2nd hand!

I got a great beginning to my Salsa experience with this video. After practicing some of the combinations after seeing this video and Volume 1, I started to have fun right away.
If you want to start on the right step and never started before, this video is a "must own".

I feel this video has the same faults as their first video it is for intermediate beginners. It only teaches a couple of moves. Each move is taught in English then is repeated almost word for word in Spanish. After you watch them teach a simple move over & over in one language you do not want to watch the moves repeated over & over in other language. It soon got very boring. I do not think much of the skill of the teachers either. There are better Salsa instructional videos being sold on Amazon. The only good point in this video is that it teaches all the moves in Spanish as well as English.

I'd say this video can help those who already know and are comfortable with the basic/beginner step (leftfront-2-3-rightback-2-3), clockwise turns, backward step (leftback-2-3-rightback-2-3), crossover step, and want to learn some fancy stuff.

There is one fancy series of turns done off of the back foot that I've learned previously on my own. Then there's this hand drop behind the back routine. Then a kind of walking step to just help you move around the dance floor.

I already knew these steps so it was not helpful to me, but could help someone else.

The constant re-telling of instructions between Spanish and English made me feel like valuable video time for learning moves was being wasted on translation, and slowed things considerably. Slow paced and too much repetition. I could rewind if I wanted to see it over again.

I found their demo at the end more useful because they were doing some steps not taught in the video.

The slow pace and the instruction provided make it ideal for beginners who want to advance their skills. Intermediates, well, my personal opinion was that there were only a few moves to learn on the tape, but then I could be biased because of my skill level.

Nicely done video though. 2 stars is too low, so I give it a 3 because it can help beginners, but not such value for intermediates.

If you are a novice and looking to learn in a correct and structured way, these videos (Vol I & II) are very sound and easy to understand. The videos are introductory, so if you already know the basics, perhaps they are not for you. Don't pay attention to the criticism of those who weren't smart enough to read the description and look for more information about the videos from the internet or the instructors' website. The videos are clearly labeled basic. That's why they are titled "A Taste of...."

I gave it four stars because even though the intent to make the tapes universal by making them bilingual is good, it does tend to slow the lessons a bit. Why not use subtitles for the alternate language?

For those who wish to learn salsa through videos, this is the one for you. True, there are excellent intructional videos in the market; but without a strong basics, all those fancy moves shown in more advanced videos will not work for you. The dance instructors give you enough tips and alert you of common pitfalls so you can start dancing with proper form and style.

Along with Volume 1, I found A Taste of Salsa-Volume II a waste of my time and money. I purchased both of these videos together based on the praises in another persons review. I have learned my lesson! I'm assuming these 2 "instructors" rated the videos themselves. I found them far from impressive. For the price you pay you learn very few moves. They spend more time on long, drawn out explanations than anything else. I would not recommend buying this video. If you must, my copies are for sale 2nd hand!