Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17047 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-01-14
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

Review
How is Tap Dance Made Easy DIFFERENT than other dance/exercise videos?

Great for all ages: Many videos out there are either for adults or kids. As our user feedback reflects, this video is great for all ages, old and young!!

Lose weight without even realizing it:
Join the many customers who have lost weight while working through the DVDs. Learning tap is so fun, you ll be too busy enjoying yourself to realize you are also losing weight!! Check out our user reviews for real-life weight-loss stories!!

State of the art Video/Audio quality:
This DVD series was not transferred from an old VHS tape....it was shot using brand new, state of the art equipment, and proudly edited using ProTools on a brand-new Mac. As the user reviews describe, the video and audio quality are top notch!

Combines a classic American Style of Dance with state-of-the-art technology:
Tap Dancing is not a quickly passing fad---it has been part of the US culture for more than 100 years, and its popularity has spread throughout the world since then. Thanks to a region-free DVD format, customers around the world are enjoying this all-American form of dance!

DVD Menu Navigation:
No need to rewind/fast forward----jump directly to specific steps/exercises in the DVD using the easy-to-use DVD navigation menu!

More Afforadable:
With TDME, you can own years of tap lessons on DVD for the mere cost of 2 tap classes!!

Other Special DVD features features:

(1) Dual-camera angle / split screen effect. View each exercise from 2 camera angles at the same time!

(2) Music-only feature: A special feature added to the Vol2 DVD, this function allows you to play through the DVD with no background tap sounds or comments. You ll only hear the music---once you ve learned the steps you can use this feature to practice on your own and even make up your own tap steps!! --From the Creator

About the Actor
Eli Newsom is the creator of the "Tap Dance Made Easy" instructional DVD series. He has taught tap classes in New York City and San Francisco and has studied with some of the best tap instructors in the United States. He specializes in teaching beginners with no previous experience, as well as dancers of all levels who want to improve their rhythms and technique.

Customer Reviews

All You'll Ever Need!
Eli Newsom's Tap Dance Made Easy is simply awesome! I studied tap for 10 years in my youth, but hadn't used it in years...Tap Dance Made Easy not only refreshed my memory, but taught me more detail about each step than I ever knew, making my technique better than it was in my prime! The Level 1 DVD is great for getting a solid foundation with Tap itself and for learning the basic steps. I use the Level 2 DVD to practice the more complicated (and impressive) steps that require enhanced footwork - it also contains realistic dance combinations, putting all the steps together as one would in a performance or an audition.

Before I found Tap Dance Made Easy, I tried other instructional DVD's and didn't find them to be as effective. One thing that is so helpful with Tap Dance Made Easy is the split-screen view of the instructor. One view shows him doing the steps with his back to the camera - like you're in a real dance class! The other view is a close-up on his feet from the side, allowing you to learn more detail about how each step is done and how each sound is made. Another great characteristic of this DVD set is that each step is broken into its own chapter on the DVD making it easy to skip around the disc and focus on the steps you want to practice, without having to fast-forward through a lot of video.

I heard that Eli Newsom is going to release a Tap Dance Made Easy - Level 3 soon and that it will be a "Time Step Bootcamp"! I can't wait for this!

I highly recommend this disc and this series. Whether you are like me and want to brush up on skills and keep them sharp, or if you are a total beginner who wants to see if you enjoy Tap Dance before investing in live classes, then the Tap Dance Made Easy series is the way to go!

Wonderful for tappers of all ages
I got the DVD from the official site and it's very good indeed, I started to tap with the first volume and it's has been a lot of fun. I'm 38 years old. Together with the DVDs you have two booklets explaining the steps. You will find them on the official site. They explain the steps in a very clear way and they are fun to read.
Eli, congratulation for the good job. Can't wait for the 3rd volume.

Manuel, Tarragona, Spain

Very nicely done
I purchased Tap Dance Made Easy Level 2 for my 12-year-old daughter's birthday. She and a younger sister have been taking tap dancing classes at a local dance studio and found this DVD great for clarifying what they thought they knew. The split-screen view, showing a full body on one side and the close-up of his feet from another angle, helps the viewer see what's really going on. My daughter said I should mention that the tips are very helpful. We liked that the look is contemporary, no straw hats or canes.