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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Josie Neglia |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Music & Musicals, Dance, Special Interests, Instructional |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 677175000335 |
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Customer Reviews of Salsa & Merengue 1-2-3
Great video...but for salsa dancers only. I bought this video a few days ago and then read the comments on this product page and I was bit hesitant to open the video. However, it is great and in fact one the best that I own from the Josie Neglia series. The salsa moves are excellent, popular, but for advanced salsa dancers only. I found the moves to be great refreshers since I have been taken salsa lessons for almost 10 years now and dance regularly. These moves serve as refreshers for those who are salsa dancers and possibly instructors. If you are a beginner this video is not for you and in fact there's nothing on the box that says "beginner salsa" therefore I am not sure where the notion of this video being for beginners originated. Once again the moves are fantastic, common and will help you to break down the moves more if that's what is needed to perfect them.
The downfall of this video to me is the merengue section. The moves are simple; they are shown very quickly and demonstrated all together at the end. I also found that Josie and her partner are not good merengue dancers at all. They are definitely dancing out of time on the moves and I think considering that the salsa section was so advanced and strong they could have done a better display of moves in this section.
The setting and the space for demonstration in this video is excellent. It seems to be an empty nightclub dance floor, which gives them plenty of space to move and be natural. I emphasize this video is a great refresher of advanced salsa moves for those who are at an advanced level and beyond. I do recommend this purchase for "salseros".
Not a good choice for beginners
I read the reviews of this video and then bought it anyway because I'm not a total beginner and thought I would be bored with a lot of simplistic breaking down of moves and easy patterns. I was wrong! This is too hard for beginners of any level, even if you already know the basic step and a few turns. Most of the combinations are really complicated, and they provide only brief instructions.
The meringue section is a little better because the patterns are short and a lot easier to catch onto, but they offer no instruction for that section, just demonstration.
Horrible for Beginners
As a beginner I am now taking salsa lessons and still very disappointed with this video. As per this tape if you're a beginner stay away. Good instructors always count "1,2,3,,5,6,7," while showing you the exact steps/footing. As an instructor Jose Neglia doesn't even know how to count - she says "quick, quick, slow,,quick, quick, slow". Not only is that really bad instruction, she furthermore often loses the tempo when she says "quick, quick, slow" which confuses the beginner even more. One more thing, she instructs the dance steps very quickly "quick, quick, slow" then demonstrates it very quickly. If you are a beginner there's no way you'll enjoy this tape.