Product Details

• Actors: Cal Pozo
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Parade Video
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630098950X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,689 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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• This item is part of The Cal Pozo's Learn to Dance in Minutes Series.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Well organized and appropriately paced, dance instructor Cal Pozo's Latin Dances includes instructions and demonstrations for the rumba, mambo, cha-cha, tango, and more. Starting with the fundamentals, Pozo does a great job of explaining the essential feel of Latin dances, or--as he calls it--the "Latin motion." Latin movement springs from the hips, and if you don't get the hips right, you won't get the dances right. Pozo spends a good deal of the tape demonstrating how to master this essential motion, aptly describing it as similar to "digging your feet right into the sand." (It's recommended that you look in a mirror as you practice this motion, so that you can feel and see how it is supposed to look.) Pozo employs his standard teaching method starting with an explanation and history of the dance, animated footprints stepping out the moves, the perspectives (front and back) of each partner, and finally, a full-out demonstration with special emphasis on position, posture, and--especially important for the tango--attitude. --Beth Massa

From the back cover

Dancer/instructor Cal Pozo focuses his instructions on the most popular Latin dances: the rumba, cha-cha, salsa/mambo and the tango. Each new dance step introduced follows Cal's three step learning system: Step One: Easy-to-follow animated footprints repeatedly show the foot movements and the directions of the pattern being featured. Step Two: A male and female instructor demonstrate their respective patterns from the "Reverse View"--with their backs to the camera. Step Three: The pattern is demonstrated with the instructors dancing as a couple and emphasizing points on leading, following and appearance. In this Platinum Award winning tape, you'll also learn how to dance Latin hip motion, how to lead and follow turns, dips and fan movements; a short routine that'll have you looking like a seasoned dancer in no time and much more. Alone or with a partner, you'll use these videotapes over and over. Guaranteed!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for beginners..., September 9, 1999

By A Customer

Overall, the teaching was okay. Footprints, slow motion, and showing separate lead/follow movements make this easy for beginners. Expect to learn the basic step and one turn for each dance. Instead of this video, I recommend picking one dance you want to learn and getting a video that is more in depth. It's hard for someone starting out to learn so many dances at one time, even if one only learns the basic step. Also, they used the same awful music throughout the video even for very different dances. This makes it difficult for beginners to distinguish which dance to use for different music...that's one of the most important things to learn in dancing!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the beginner., May 4, 1999

By A Customer

Good beginning steps and routines. Great for the person who knows nothing about the dances featured. My husband has three left feet and found this tape informative.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cal Pozo's Learn to Dance in Minutes V.3 The Latin Dances, March 4, 2000

By A Customer

As a dance instructor I found the instruction in the tape to be poor