Learn to Salsa Dance Video Series, Vol 1: Salsa Dancing Guide for Beginners

I'd have to agree with all of the folks who've added their two cents about this Salsa Crazy DVD. All the reviewers who spoke about the ease of the instruction and the useful teaching aids were right on the money. Both are priceless; they're what set the Salsa Crazy presents DVDs apart from all of the others.

I was first introduced to the Salsa Crazy series about a year and a half ago. It was part of a bet I'd lost where I had to learn to do a routine and had to perform it in specific attire...I drew the Salsa out of the dances hat and after they spun me around, I found myself cross-eyed and looking at an Energizer bunny costume. To make a long story short, I was given the Learn to Dance Salsa 1 DVD and told I had to do one of the patterns on the DVD with the other unlucky "winner" of the night (she stopped spinning in front of the frog costume) while in the costume two weeks later. We did pretty good, considering, and I have to admit it was a sight to see an energizer bunny and frog working our Salsa hips.

To be honest, I don't know if we would have done as well as we did if we had learned with another DVD. The instruction was really easy to follow and it wasn't the least bit overwhelming because we were able to practice repeatedly with the instructor before moving on to the next part of each dance move. I like it so much I kept using the DVD even after the performance.

I had heard about the Salsa Crazy series before--all good things. I knew going in that the DVD was really easy to use and was taught in a way that was very comfortable for Salsa virgins because I had heard that from a friend. I also had seen the results of working with the DVD as my friend was very willing to show off his newfound dancing skills each week as he mastered steps. What I didn't know about was the added learning tools (good instruction being the first, of course) which a represented in the form of close-ups of the feet on different dance moves, breaks for tips when approaching a move, and multiple run-throughs of moves plus, the DVD is set up in chapters so it makes it easy to do a lesson up until a particular point then pick up with the next lesson when you're ready.

I enjoyed using the DVD and with each week that I used it, I steadily saw progress.

This DVD series was way more than I expected. The beginner's DVD is a great introduction to Salsa dancing. You truly do learn the basics. You'll start off with counting, rather than dancing, so you'll understand the basis on which salsa movements are built. After that, you'll dive right in to learning the basic Salsa step. It does take a while to imprint into your brain--and the instructors know that--so there's plenty of time allowed for repetition. Once you learn that, you'll move into doing some basic turns and by the time the first DVD is done, you will have learned a couple dance routines.

What's also nice about the DVD is that there are actually two instructors; One who teaches movements for the leaders and one who teaches movements for the followers. Because of this, it's a great DVD for couples or friends who would like to learn to Salsa.

I've done a bit of Latin (Cha-Cha, Rumba & swing) but always wanted something you could dance at a club, so I ordered the "Learn to SALSA DVD vol 1".....
After a week it came and we tried it that first night... and it's awesome! We did the 1st DVD in just 2 sessions! We now can do all the steps(5) correctly. You'll not only learn the step, you learn the count, timing, styling and get tips as you go! This is sooo good, if you can dance a little bit, you can do the SALSA in 2 sessions!
It costs a bit to get it to Namibia, but I'm ordering Vol 2 & 3 (Should have done 1,2 & 3 from the start!)
Simply Brilliant!

I wish I can find this quality Coaching on DVD for other Latin Dances!!! ??