Salsa Dance Mastery System

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31978 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-09-15
• Formats: NTSC, Widescreen
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 600 minutes

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Customer Reviews

Great for the beginner - Gringos Included
The instructor on the DVD breaks steps down, and repeats them. Before you know it you will be dancing entire salsa patterns. Of course practice is the key to look smooth on the dance floor.

I live in south america, and im a gringo, so i needed help. I am learning salsa at 40, so there is still hope if you have never had dance lessons in your life. I got tired of techno music, and i despirately needed a way to have fun on the weekends. this is it!

With the first DVD you will be able to learn the basic moves, and build on that with a handfull of cool patterns with lots of turns.

After you get going you'll be having fun in no time. It's much easier to learn than spanish!

100% satisfied
I got exactly what I was expecting when I bought the mastery system. The steps and patterns are very well explained in detail. Also is fun to watch and I can review as many times as I need to.

Good Purchase for One or Couple
A friend who is a good dancer and salsa teacher recommended these DVD's including the beginner ones. I like them. Produced in the Bay Area the instrucion is 'on 1'. I have been taking lessons 'on 1' in clubs and in a local studio since end of 2006 and I am an intermediate dancer. I thought I would not learn much from the first videos in the series but would only use them to get friends interested and started. In fact I have picked up a bit of styling for basic moves as well as some valuable tips in the first week of just watching. Really I have also picked up some new moves from the beginner videos which surprised me. I have watched once with some friends and we had fun with it and learned together.

Most of my dancing in the clubs has been in the open position, but much of the videos teach from the closed position with many of the turns lead into with an open break. The dancers are very smooth. The first videos go slow but some of the tips with details about hand positions, angles,and connection are helpful. The teachers give many variations of the same move which I appreciate as a lead. The teacher is silly and that keeps it entertaining. I plan to go through the videos by myself and with friends to add to my and our dancing repertoire, especially in the closed postion. I will update this if I can as I spend more time with the videos.

In addition to instruction I liked the history of salsa interview at the end of the first video. The history is not just the music but on the origin of the body movements. Nods are given to Africa, Cuba, Puerto Rico, ballroom dancing in US especially in New York. Additionally there is info on etiquette from the teacher which is either helpful or funny.