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1.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL BOO K - ALMOST USELESS INFORMATION, Jun 24 2002

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David A. Palmer (Falmouth, ME USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Dance!: Learn to Swing, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, Line Dance, Lambada, Cha-Cha, Waltz, Two-Step, Jitterbug and Salsa with Style, (Hardcover)

BEWARE: This book describes the International Style of ballroom dance. NOT the American style. Perhaps 10% of American dance students are learning International.

EXAMPLE: THE WALTZ

American Waltz:
The basic figure is a square in which the man starts by stepping forward with the left foot and the dancers return to the starting position in 6 beats, making a square.

International Waltz:
The basic figure is a zig-zag. The man starts with the RIGHT foot and the dancers travel around the dance floor in a zig-zag pattern.

It would be great if Paul Bottomer would write a similar beautiful book for American ballroom dancers.

Dave Palmer

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4.0 out of 5 stars good complement for beginning international dancers, Nov 8 2001

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This review is from: Let's Dance!: Learn to Swing, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, Line Dance, Lambada, Cha-Cha, Waltz, Two-Step, Jitterbug and Salsa with Style, (Hardcover)

Many of the dances taught in this book are international style. If you plan to dance in the USA, you should know that social dancing is mainly American style for beginners.

The book is richly illustrated with photos. However, the angle of the photos changes randomly. So if you see a dance couple facing different directions in consecutive photos, maybe they have turned, or maybe the photographer moved. You have to read the accompanying text to tell.

I think this book is a good complement for beginning to advance-beginnning international dancers. You cannot completely rely on the book to learn techniques because while it does touches on them somewhat, it mostly concentrates on dance patterns. It will give you a rough idea of what a particular step looks like and give you the name of the step. If you have learned the step before, this would serve as a good review.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Can't learn how to dance from this book., Sep 12 2001

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This review is from: Let's Dance!: Learn to Swing, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, Line Dance, Lambada, Cha-Cha, Waltz, Two-Step, Jitterbug and Salsa with Style, (Hardcover)

It's a good reference book if you know how to dance. If you're a beginner and try to learn from this book, you're in deep trouble. Unless you can translate "move you left foot to left, reflex your right knee, shift your weight on to the left on beat 3" description into movement right away, you'll go through one basic movement in hours. If you want to improve your dance skill, it may be helpful. Since I'm a total beginner, I can't say that for sure.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of ballroom dance
This book outlines most of the ballroom dances from a pictorial point of view with the assistance of footstep illustrations. Read more

Published on Aug 13 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars Disapointed
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It looked like a very easy reading book, and it turned out to be a very confusing bunch of steps and pictures. Read more