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: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005KI46
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,985 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Marcus & Bärbl are originally from Munich, Germany. They already dance together for more than 10 years and are famous swing dancers and teachers all over the world. Through competitions, teaching, and their worldwide available instructional videotapes they were responsible for bringing Swing in many corners of the globe. Their excellent knowledge of many different Swing styles was achieved by long hours studying the original dance scenes frame by frame and by working personally with the best dance masters from the original Hollywood movies, like Gil Bradey (“Don’t Knock The Rock”), Jean Veloz (“Swing Fever”, “Groovie Movie”), Frankie Manning (“Hellzapoppin’”), etc.

Marcus & Bärbl won the German Championship in Boogie Woogie five times in a row, have been World Champion 1993, World Vice Champion 1995/97/98, got 3rd place in the World Lindy Hop Championship 1999/2000, and won tons of other titles. They received the Feather Award 1996 (Dancers’ Choice) for “The Most Outstanding Global Swing Dancer" and again 1997 for ”The Best Swing Dancers Outside The USA”. Beside competing and teaching Marcus & Bärbl are also successful choreographers and performers.

With an excellent synthesis of Boogie Woogie, Lindy Hop and Hollywood Style they formed their own style with an own outstanding character. This unique character, their happiness, and their enormous energy made them so popular all over the World. But besides all of these merits their teaching is a guarantee for a lot of fun and laughing that reflects the soul of Swing dancing.

“We hope you will enjoy the video and fall in love with swing as we did.”

The World of Swing video series comprises nine different videos with Marcus & Bärbl so far. Other videos will follow soon.

WOS #1 – 40s Hollywood Style WOS #2 – Boogie Woogie/Advanced East Coast WOS #3 – Footwork Fast & Fancy WOS #4 – Advanced Hollywood Style WOS #5 – How To Jitterbug WOS #6 – From Partner Charleston To Lindy Charleston WOS #7 – Master Trick Steps: Part 1 – Guys WOS #8 – Master Trick Steps: Part 2 – Dolls WOS #9 – Secrets Of Improvisation/Dancing To The Music

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better known as Lindy Hop, December 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: World of Swing #5 - How To Jitterbug [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a beginning Lindy Hop video. If you want to learn 6-count (East Coast) steps, this is not the video for you.

This video is a good way to get started with Lindy Hop. It's similar to WOS #1, and will help you form more of a Savoy style to your dancing. Watch this video to get some of the basics - swing out, Lindy circle, etc.

Great video. Very well broken down.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This isn't Jitterbug, December 31, 2002

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Kevin Thompson (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World of Swing #5 - How To Jitterbug [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought this tape because I wanted to learn more about East Coast Swing/Jitterbug, what I got was a beginning Lindy Hop tape called How to Jitterbug. If you're looking to get started with swing dancing, then it's a good tape, but if you're looking specifically for Jitterbug, then look elsewhere.

5.0 out of 5 stars Famous Video, August 15, 2001

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Jeanny & Kurt (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World of Swing #5 - How To Jitterbug [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Video is great for learning "How to Jitterbug". The Instructors Marcus & Bärbl were thorough and easy to follow. We know Marcus & Bärbl for a long time and we promise they have a lot of experience in teaching and competing. The dance steps are broken down for both, the guy and girl. If you are just starting to learn Jitterbug this tape should be in your collection.