Synopses & Reviews
Picture yourself floating across the floor to an elegant waltz or spinning past your partner to the driving beat of a West Coast Swing. Visualize yourself maneuvering your partner around the dance floor to an upbeat Two Step or gracefully enjoying your first dance together at your wedding. If these images left you saying to yourself, Wow, that sounds great, but what does a waltz look like? or, I'll never be able to remember all of those steps!, then prepare to see yourself in a whole new light. Picture Yourself Dancing is full of easy-to-follow, visual examples for a variety of dance styles. From the upbeat steps of country dancing to the elegant moves of ballroom classics, this book will help you perfect your moves and strut your stuff on the dance floor with confidence. The accompanying DVD is full of 75 minutes of instructional video to help you easily visualize each dance that is covered in the book.
Synopsis
Interest in ballroom dancing has surged recently as a result of popular television shows and movies centered around dance. "Picture Yourself Ballroom Dancing" combines a thorough, step-by-step text with an accompanying DVD to teach beginners the basics of ballroom dance technique. Written for both couples or the individual, the book provides instruction on all of the popular social ballroom dances using highly visual and colorful step-by-step instructions. The book even includes diagrams of foot positions along with photographs of Do's and Don'ts. Written by an experienced dancer and instructor, "Picture Yourself Ballroom Dancing" will give the novice the confidence they need to get on dance floor.
About the Author
Shawn Trautman has been a coach and mentor to numerous World Champions as well as countless social dancers since the early 90's. His broad experience in both dance and advanced learning techniques makes his methods of instruction innovative, easy, and fun. Best known for his ability to communicate effectively with beginners and/or non-dancers, Trautman has spent a considerable amount of time developing and testing curriculums and DVDs on learning to dance.
Table of Contents
1. Ballroom Impressions 2. Ballroom Basics 3. Picture Yourself Slow Dancing 4. Picture Yourself Dancing the Waltz 5. Picture Yourself Two-Stepping 6. Picture Yourself Swing Dancing 7. Picture Yourself Dancing Cha-Cha 8. Picture Yourself Salsa Dancing 9. Picture Yourself Doing the Hustle 10. Picture Yourself Dancing West Coast Swing 11. Picture Yourself Doing the Tango 12. Where to Go from Here