Product Description

No experience necessary! Two-Step, Swing, West Coast Swing, Polka, and Triple Two-Step are all taught from a complete beginner perspective. Whether for a hot night at a club or just something fun to do, this volume is for everyone as you will learn to lead and follow the five most popular Country Western dances. The Country Western Dance Sampler is professional, easy to follow, designed specifically for beginners and fun for anyone wanting to get started on the dance floor. With over 80 minutes of instruction, four camera views, and beginner-friendly curriculum, Shawn and Joanna Trautman will build your confidence and help you get moving on the dance floor. Filmed and presented with multiple camera angles and Picture-in-Picture technology, you will be surprised at just how easily you learn with the right instruction. The design of the curriculum and camera placement for the DVDs allows the leaders to do the EXACT movements that Shawn presents, and it allows the followers to mimic Joanna in real time without having to turn away from the screen. In addition to learning along with the instructors with split-screen formatting, you will also get to dance each dance with music alongside the instructors at the end of each section.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62071 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-11-15
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Digital Sound, Full length, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

From the Director
With nearly two decades of experience, a number of World Champion students to their credit, and their recently published book "Picture Yourself Dancing: Step-by-Step Instruction for Ballroom, Latin, Country, and More", Shawn and Joanna have perfected the basic elements of each dance while specializing in the leading and following aspects which are extremely hard to find. Shawn and Joanna will demonstrate, explain, and teach you to lead and follow the Two-Step, Swing, West Coast Swing, Polka, and the Triple Two-Step so you can dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step that can only be done with your partner.

About the Actor
This innovative DVD compilation teaches the basics and the most essential steps for beginners, which is perfect for gift-giving to friends, family, co-workers, or yourself. The Country Western Dance Sampler is best used as a starting point that will help you quickly accelerate your way through the Shawn Trautman Dance Collection in its entirety where you will have your choice of more than 20 highly-rated full-length beginner dance instruction DVDs. Owning this DVD is the equivalent of having your own private instruction at home - over and over and over. If you're looking to learn to dance from proven instructors and not just see flashy moves that are impossible to execute, then any of the Dance Samplers are for you.

Customer Reviews

Great mix of dances
I play in a country band in Reno, Nevada and I bought some of these dvds to educate myself on what the crowd expects. This one was extremely helpful. It gave me a great overview of the most popular dances. Not everything is two-step and it's great if you can know what else everyone is doing. This dvd does have some great two-step but its also got all the other ones you need to know to be up with everybody. Excellant sampler!!

Excellent Instruction
Another great DVD. Shawn Trautman has a unique ability to give excellent instruction that is detailed, clear and presented in a logical order that is easy to learn from. All of the lessons on this DVD were easy to follow and the picture-in-picture close-up shots of their feet were very helpful. The lessons move at a pace well-suited for someone who likes detailed instruction yet wants to keep moving forward at a good clip. I love country music, and the music selection on this DVD was energetic and kept my interest. During the 2-step lesson, I was inspired to pick up my guitar to see if I could figure out the picking pattern - VERY COOL! We went through this DVD just one time and felt very comfortable, even though the polka wore us out (who would want to dance that one over and over??) :-) Five stars.

BOOTS AND HAT TIME
I FOUND THIS DVD PUTTING ME IN THE MOOD FOR
BOOTS AND HATS.THE WAY SHAWN AND JOANNA
TEACHES HOW TO HOLD EACH OTHER MAKES ALL
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.IT'S ALL IN
THE PATTERN OF STEPS THEY TEACH.THIS ONE
IS ENERGICING AND INTERTAINING.JUST GREAT.