Salsa for Beginners

Salsa for Beginners was made for you if:

• You have a wedding or other formal event coming up.
• You have been told or you feel like you have "two left feet".
• You want to impress with smooth dance skills.
• You have found yourself frustrated with group classes or private lessons.
• You have trouble remembering steps to practice between lessons.
• You love any of the salsa music that's listed here.

• 8 Count Basic
• Side Basic
• One Hand Hold
• Two Hand Hold
• Closed Dance Position
• 4 Connection Points
• Open Dance Position
• Leader's Footwork
• Follower's Footwork
• Open Breaks
• Back Breaks
• 4 Count Follower's Pivot Turn
• Back Break Pivot Turn Combo
• Continuous Back Break Combo
• Cross Over Breaks
• Follower's Underarm Turn
• Leader's and Follower's Underarm Turn
• 16 Count 3 Underarm Turn Combo
• Full Review
• Practice with Music

• Name: Salsa for Beginners
• UPC: 857132001081
• Actor: Shawn Trautman, Joanna Trautman
• Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Region Encoded
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Dance Videos Direct
• DVD Release Date: October 23, 2006
• Run Time: 96 minutes

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Learn one of the most popular club dances from Shawn Trautman, a world-class dance instructor and author, with Salsa for Beginners.

Moves included in this DVD are:

• Front, Back & Side Basics
• Back Breaks
• Ladies Underarm Turn
• One & Two Hand Holds
• Cross Over Breaks
• Leader Underarm Turn
• Cross-Body Leads
• And more...

Salsa for Beginners is packed with over 90 minutes of easy to follow instruction in a “what you see is what you dance” format. Designed for beginners who've never danced Salsa, this DVD puts a strong focus on lead and follow dancing and learning the fundamentals. More than just basics and the moves listed above, you’ll learn about connection points, proper hand placements, open and closed dance positions, posture, transitions and combining moves. To further enhance the instruction, a full breakdown of footwork for each move from both the leader and follower perspectives is given as well as tips, tricks, and rules for leaders and followers.

Filmed in HD and produced with Picture-In-Picture technology from multiple camera angles, you'll be impressed at how simple this DVD makes Salsa for you.

Shawn Trautman has been a coach and mentor to numerous World Champions as well as countless social dancers since the early 1990's. Shawn welcomes people from all walks of life regardless of shape, size, or ability to his classes. His broad experience in both dance and Advanced Learning Techniques makes his methods of instruction innovative, easy, and fun. If you're ready to learn and have fun, Shawn Trautman's Dance Collection is the way to go. Order your copy today, and be dancing the Salsa by next weekend!

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