Josie Neglia: Dance Hot Salsa 1-4

Dance Hot Salsa 1 video starts out with some nightclub & class clips. The instructions start off with sections on subjects like Salsa music & rhythm. These sections include general tips with written key points on the tape. The most important section for me was the Leading & Following Hold section. This is a must view for all females. Note the placement of Josie's hand on Pedro's shoulder. This is the correct position. Many Salsa teachers fail to show this important hand position which leads to mix ups when you are doing certain advanced turns. Included is a written card with the tips & the steps in the video. Josie counts the beats then dances techniques with music. Josie then finishes the tape with a demonstration of techniques. There are 25 steps shown in this video. They are all shown first in a combination dance then each is shown separately. Video is 45 minutes long. Although this video teaches from the beginner level the steps are fast paced. I feel this video is better suited to those who understand the basic steps.

http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.1.part1_dcjp.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.1.part2_icpy.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.1.part3_cnpf.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.1.part4_twrs.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.1.part5_djjt.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.1.part6_qvql.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.1.part7_kyub.rar

Passwort: Neglia

General consensus among reviewers is that this series is the current benchmark for LA style salsa instructional video. It is somewhat fast paced and contains large number (22) of steps and variations. Content-wise, I did not like this DVD as much as level 1 & 2 for several reasons. In general, I don't think use of instructional video(s) without lessons with real live teachers and multiple partners work well for learning salsa. This video more than any other video I have seen confirms this opinion especially because of vast differences in level of difficulty (and dangerousness) of moves in this video. Some of the steps (especially the solo steps) are too simple for advanced beginners to beginning intermediates, while some (in particular the dips) are too dangerous for advanced beginners to beginning intermediates at the pace of instructions given here. I think this video still works as a "reference" but I would recommend this video only to instructors or others who would like to have several salsa "reference" videos along with other videos in Josie's series (as well as videos by other instructors) because this video does not work well as a stand-alone.

Same faults that plague Josie's level 1 & 2 video are left uncorrected in this video. This DVD is not very fun to watch because of poor video and sound quality. On certain TVs (and TV settings), dancer's feet are nearly cut off at the bottom. The background is unnecessarily dark. Sound quality is abysmal (yes, the overdubbing 5-6-7 counting is still there!). I have not seen the VHS version but I suspect that the only improvement this DVD offers over VHS is the ease of going back and forth between moves or repeating a certain segment. To be fair, this probably is enough of reason to buy the DVD over VHS because with the fast pacing, you will find yourself repeating most segments over and over again.

http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.2.part1_dagf.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.2.part2_pqkf.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.2.part3_burf.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.2.part4_llkm.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.2.part5_qoeq.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.2.part6_vtka.rar
http://www.shareonall.com/Hot.Salsa.2.part7_hhli.rar

Passwort: Neglia

boths DVD's as ratDVD highest quality = Q-125, both ca. 650 MB

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