Learn the West Coast Swing in an easy to follow format that covers more than 4 hours worth of structured dance lessons from top instructors that use a stacked learning technique that allows each DVD to build on top of the previous. Start with the basics of the West Coast Swing in Beginners Volume 1 as separate leader and follower instructions are given including everything from compression to anchor steps to hand placement. Quickly progress and work your way through each section until you're comfortable with the dance as a whole. What you'll learn from the tips, drills, and practice sessions included in each section will be invaluble to your success on the dance floor. Shawn Trautman's 3-DVD West Coast Swing series will immerse you in the steps and style that make this dance a favorite to social dancers across the globe. Get started with your lessons today. The West Coast Swing Starter Pack includes: • West Coast Swing for Beginners Volume 1 • West Coast Swing for Beginners Volume 2 • West Coast Swing for Intermediate Dancers Volume 1 "Shawn and Joanna Trautman present the essentials of West Coast Swing in an easy to learn, carefully thought out, step-by-step format that insures learner success and confidence. As a retired teacher and high school coach, I was very impressed with the instructional methods the Trautmans used in this DVD. They give a brief overview of each new dance sequence, demonstrate the sequence, and break it into easy to follow steps. They guide the learners through ample, step-by-step practice to insure mastery and confidence before building to the next sequence. Suggestions for lead and follow techniques from Shawn for the male dancers and Joanna for the ladies, ensure that their students will be able to dance lead and follow West Coast Swing with any partner. Finally, practice is provided with music to permit the learners to master their new skills with appropriate tempo. Each lesson closes with a brief review to insure you're on target. I found the DVD the next best thing to expensive private lessons from a highly skilled dance instructor. Save yourself money and learn West Coast basics from dance masterteachers. Otherwise, you can spend hundreds of dollars on private or group lessons and not learn as much as you can from from the Trautman's video. You can follow up with the Trautman's West Coast Beginner's Volume 2 and West Coast Intermediate DVD's and get thoroughly grounded in Swing dance."