Product Details

• Actors: Bärbl Kaufer, Marcus Koch
• Directors: Bärbl Kaufer, Marcus Koch
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2000
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005KI42
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519,512 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Beginning and intermediate dancers will enjoy this 40-minute swing dance video, which teaches the steps and style of this exciting dance craze. Instructors Marcus Koch and Bärbl Kaufer, winners of many swing dance championships in Germany and internationally, are skilled and enthusiastic. They start with the basic triple step, send out and pass through, then build into intermediate steps like switches and "Dean kicks" (alternating kicks, ending with the woman kicking from a dipped position--very cute!), showing each step from different angles. Koch explains clearly, including technique and styling tips. Each segment ends with the instructors demonstrating the steps to fast-paced music. Keep the tape rolling after the credits and you'll see seven peppy minutes of the instructors jamming. Highly recommended: You'll get not only the steps, but also the style and joy of the dance. --Joan Price

Product Description

Level: Beginner/Intermediate

On this video Marcus & Bärbl will teach you that great original style of Lindy Hop that was danced in many Hollywood movies of the 40s and has now its big revival all over the World. Nowadays this style is broadly known as "Hollywood Style". It hasn’t lost anything of its attraction. Smooth and energetic dancing, swiveling girls, and hot swing music is a recipe that’s hard to resist.

This video doesn’t require any experience in Swing dancing and starts right at the beginning. Marcus & Bärbl set great store by getting you a good foundation and feeling for the dance. You will learn the most typical steps that form the character of Hollywood Style. Every step is broken down and well explained. Marcus & Bärbl also put big emphasis on leading and following for each step. It makes you able to understand the dance, to feel comfortable on the dance floor, and to have fun.

All steps in the World of Swing series are demonstrated to great music that will stick in your ears and makes your feet wanna move. As a bonus you can see Marcus & Bärbl jamming together with other great swing dancers after the instructional part on all the videos.

And most important of all: Don’t take dancing too serious. It’s all about having fun. You will see it when you watch the videos of Marcus & Bärbl.

Content:

Triple Basic
Send Out
Pass Through
Whip
Whip + Free Spin
Quick Stop
Switches
Circle (Rhythm Turn)
Dean Kicks (Saucy Kicks)
Sugar Push
Sling Shot
Slide

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Instructional Swing Video to get you started, August 15, 2001

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T.A.S. "T.A.S." (The 951) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World of Swing #1 - 40's Hollywood Style [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Marcus and Bärbl are amazing dancers and teachers. This video will get you started on the basics of Hollywood style swing and have you Lindy-hopping in no time. My girlfriend did not used to be able to dance AT ALL but after learnign from Marcus and Bärbl, she now enters contests with me on the INT/ADV level. I highly recommend this video and all of Marcus and Bärbl's videos.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Set of Dance Moves, October 28, 2002

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RedRover (Pittsburgh PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World of Swing #1 - 40's Hollywood Style [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video seems short (40 min) (but most of the other tapes in the series go for longer), but it is packed with excellent dance routines. As far as instructional videos goes I would consider this one fair to average. It start of with the basics of leading and following, but quickly leads into more advanced patterns that might be a bit much for a beginning dancer. Marcus and Barbl are excellent dances and provide the tape with some interesting moves that I haven't seen on other instructional videos. The move list is: triple-lindy basic, the send out, the pass through, the whip, the whip with a free spin, the quick stop, switches, the rhythm turn, dean kicks, the sugar push, the sling shot, and the slide. I would recommend that you try another video of you are a beginner (perhaps Big City Swing). but once you get the basics down this video is amazing. As a bonus this video is full of live footage from swing dance competitions. As a swing dance teacher, I love this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great video! Might couple it with a workshop, December 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: World of Swing #1 - 40's Hollywood Style [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I thought this was a great video for beginners and experienced dancers alike. Beginners might want to watch this video several times or perhaps pickup a copy of Big City Swing - Beginning Lindy Hop to go with this video for maximum effects.

Of course if you have the option - take a workshop in your area covering Lindy Hop and then review this video to add some style to your Lindy.