Customer Reviews

Two-Step for Beginners Volume 1 (Shawn Trautman's Dance Collection)

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My Husband and I both have two left feet and we never go dancing in public. After watching Shawn's video at home, we now surprise ourselves and our friends when we go out. It is so easy and fun to learn all of the steps. My husband and I always have a great time practicing old steps and learning new ones. We both highly recommend this video to anyone who wants to learn how to dance and learn hot new steps.

I really liked this video. He showed each step individually from each point of view. 1. for the leader 2. for the follower 3. both together. He showed the leader how to lead and the follower how to follow. The only thing that I think he could have done better is to do the steps to music at the end of each section.

I am shocked! I have to admit I didn't think I'd really learn anything from this DVD. After all I had tried several other companies DVD's and still couldn't dance. But I thought I'd try one more. Thank you Shawn! I'm dancing! Very easy to understand. If Shawn can teach me to dance... he can dang sure teach you!

If you have two left feet and have a difficult time remembering instructions, especially when it comes to dance lessons, then believe me, this dance video is for you. Trust me, Shawn and his wife make the lessons so unbelievably easy that I'm now slightly embarrassed when I realize how easy it is to two-step. I always got mixed up on the dance floor and wasn't really sure I was two-stepping correctly, but now I know exactly how to do it! I am going to order more of his videos.

I had spent hundreds and hundreds on learn to dance videos before I finally starting receiving Shawn Trautman's videos. I then realized all that early money was wasted. Shawn's tapes is the best there is.

I now have received his Two-Step for beginners Volume One and Two and his Intermediate Two-Step Video.

The Beginner Tape Volume One starts out slow just for the person who has never danced before and then progresses on so even if you have some dancing experience you can still learn from this tape.

Beginner Tape Volume Two picks up from there and progresses at a speed that anyone can learn.

The Two Step Intermediate tape takes over then and progresses slowly into a more advanced level.

I recommend these tapes to anyone because the teaching method used by Shawn's tapes are done in a way that are easy to understand and makes it easy for any beginner to understand but at the same time someone who already has experience can learn from the tapes also. The tapes are done so well that I feel if a beginner looked at one of Shawn's more advanced tapes they could even learn from that..

Hopefully this review will help someone not waste hundreds of dollars like I did buying bad tapes. I wish I would have had this information and I would have bought Shawn's tapes first and I would have not wasted all that money on bad tapes.

I have auditioned a lot of dance videos. But I OWN several of the Trautmans' videos. Why? Because the explanations are clear and the moves look so cool!

The videos are like real dance lessons. Instead of two minute segments, each lesson is up to twenty minutes long and builds like a private session at the studio. No more hitting rewind over and over as you practice - just follow along in real time.

The Trautmans break every move into simple parts and consolidate what they teach with repetition. Leads and follows are clearly demonstrated.

And the moves are real choreographed routined, combinations that look smooth and sophisticated together, rather than a collection of tricks. Learning those transitions is the difference between looking mechanical and gliding like a pro.

This is the one that'll get you out there. If you know two-step, you can dance to pretty much anything. The two-step is broken up into 3 dvds so each one is very thorough. This is the first one, but it takes you pretty far. There is alot of detailfor just a "beginner's video". It will definitely get you out there and dancing and then some!

HAVING MISERABLY FAILED OUR FIRST DANCE CLASS AND FIRMLY YET POLITELY ASKED NOT TO RETURN FOR ANOTHER MY WIFE AND I ASSUMED THAT WE MUST BE AMONG THE NO RHYTHM OR BALANCE WITH TWO LEFT FEET DANCING WANNABES. WE WERE DOOMED TO ZOMBIE LIKE DANCING FOREVER. YOU KNOW THE STYLE; SWAYING BACK AND FORTH WITH LIFELESS ENERGY. JUST LIKE THE LIVING DEAD! HOWEVER OUR OPTIMISM AND RESOURCEFULNESS HAS PAID OFF. HOORAY! WE DISCOVERED THE SHAWN TRAUTMAN DANCE LESSON DVD'S.WITH ONLY SIX TO EIGHT HOURS OF PRACTICE WE HAVE FOUND OUR NATURAL RYTHYM, BALANCE AND OUR RIGHT FEET!WOW! WHAT A DISCOVERY! WE ARE NOW CONFIDANTLY DANCING THE TWO STEP AND A WONDERFUL SLOW DANCE.WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE MORE ADVANCED TWO STEP AND A WALTZ.THE INSTRUCTIONAL DVD'S ALLOW US TO REVIEW STEPS AS MUCH AS WE NEED TO. SHAWNS DANCE STEPS AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE EASY TO FOLLOW. WE ARE NOW TRUELY DANCING AND COULD NOT BE HAPPIER.USING THESE DVD'S YOU TOO CAN DANCE WITH DIGNITY AND STYLE. NEXT DANCE FLOOR IS OUR 40TH CLASS REUNION. THANKS,SHAWN. BOB

THIS DVD WILL GETS YOU OFF THE COUCH.
THE MOVES ARE JUST GREAT.THE INSTRUCTIONS
ARE SO CLEAR AND EASY TO FOLLOW.THE DANCE
IS VERY NICE LOOKING,AND PUT TOGETHER VERY WELL.
YOU WILL LEARN A LOT ON THIS DVD,AND BE DANCING IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.

Shawn's tapes are terrific. I also have two of his line dancing CD's. It's like having your own private teacher in your home showing you the steps. I've been taking a dance class and I've truly learned as much from Shawn as I have from the dance class. Simple & easy to learn.