Swing Dance DVDs

Follow these two professional dance instructors as they take you through the East Coast Single and Triple Swing. This video is an easy to follow step-by-step format that will get you ready to strut your stuff at your favorite club! Learn 32 Swing dance steps in the comfort of your own home, when it is most convenient at a fraction of the cost of studio lessons. Starring world renowned Swing dance teachers & performers Chris Reilly and Ginger de Paris. Featuring the band Zoot. Winner 2004 International Gold Aurora Award for excellence. 180 mins. DVD-All-Region.

Learn to Swing Dance DVD

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Learn to Swing Dance DVD with Zoot CD

By introducing what beginners need to know about Lead and Follow dancing, in an order that makes sense, and at a pace set for everyone, this DVD will quickly prove its usefulness. Never danced before? No problem! This video is set for beginners as the instruction is clear, understandable, and completely attainable. This DVD was designed to get absolute beginners looking good and confident doing Swing in less than an hour. All moves are demonstrated, and then taught in a logical sequence with clear descriptions, then broken down for both Leaders and Followers. In what will seem like just minutes, you'll be dancing the basics of Swing as well as some fun swing moves like the Kick-Steps and the Syncopated Swivels. Shawn Trautman has been a coach and mentor to numerous World Champions as well as countless social dancers since the early 1990's. His broad experience in both dance and Advanced Learning Techniques makes his methods of instruction innovative, easy, and fun. Order Swing Dance Volume 1 today, and be ready to dance the next time you go out. 55 mins. (2005) DVD-Region 1.

Swing Dance Volume 1 DVD

The cultural effect of the revival of Swing Dancing has been sudden and intense. It is now a common sight at dance clubs across the country to see hep cats in their black and white spectator shoes and zoot suits out on the dance floor swirling and twirling their bobby-socked dance partners. With this DVD you can join in all the excitement and learn to master the techniques of Swing dancing with ballroom dancing champion Teresa Mason. This informative dance class features the basic steps for the five most popular Swing dances including: West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug and Jive. Included are five steps for each dance as well as a styling tip. Your competence and confidence will grow as you progress through each easy-to-understand lesson. Teresa Mason is a professional teacher and performer and is a former national champion competitor. Her teaching is accredited by the Imperial Society. Together with her partner, Lance Estridge, they operate Dance Arts in Houston. 45 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region.

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Swing is the thing, so join in the craze with popular New York instructor Dan Weltner. Learn all the basics of Swing dance plus some fun, exciting variations to keep you hopping. Dan and his partner will show you an easy to follow, step-by-step breakdown of each movement. Tuck Turns, Lindy Circle, Aeroplane, and the Jig Walk are only a few of the jammin' steps you'll learn on this tape. Put on your dancing shoes and join the SWINGSATION! Dan Weltner is one of the most recognized Swing and Ballroom dance instructors in New York City. Aside from performing internationally, Dan is also a featured performer in Tony Bennett's MTV video, "Steppin Out With My Baby." This DVD is directed and produced by Bob Rizzo. (2007) DVD-All-Region.

Simply Swing DVD

The exciting styles of the 30's, 40's and 50's will delight your students as they swing and rock! This swing dance DVD features three dance numbers: A rambunctious production number choreographed by Angelo Moio that reflects the fabulous 40's; a swingin' production number choreographed by Cathy Roe that takes us from the late 40's to the early 50's; and a duet by Cathy Roe and Angelo Moio which provides a "dictionary" of steps from the 30's and 40's that includes traditional swing steps, the lindy hop and numerous variations, plus "signature" dance steps born of Hollywood and Broadway during this zestful dance era. This is a great video for choreography and step ideas. Angelo Moio is a professional dance teacher, choreographer and competition judge. Moio has been a backup dancer for Gloria Gaynor; a principal character dancer with Nevada Festival Ballet; resident choreographer at TV-B, Hong Kong's largest TV station; dance captain and performer for Las Vegas’ Legends In Concert with Juliet Prowse; and choreographer of special events and Christmas shows at Excalibur Hotel in Vegas. Cathy Roe is an international dance educator with a degree in dance from Western Michigan University. She has received numerous choreographic awards including the New York Film and Television Award. 60 mins. (2007) DVD-Region 1.

Dances That Rock & Swing DVD

Swing Dancing for Beginners Volume 1 offers the easiest and most thorough instruction for anyone wanting to learn both Single-Time Swing and East Coast Swing, the two most popular versions of Swing dancing. Each volume in the series is professional, easy to follow, designed specifically for beginners and fun for everyone. With nearly 1½ hours of instruction, multiple camera views, and an easy navigational menu, Shawn and Joanna Trautman will build your confidence and have you dancing along with them… literally. The design of the curriculum and camera placement for the DVDs allows the leaders to do the exact

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movements that Shawn presents, and it allows the followers to mimic Joanna in real time without having to turn away from the screen. In addition to learning along with the instructors with split-screen formatting, you’ll also get to dance each dance with music alongside the instructors at the end of each section.This beginner swing dance video covers everything from the history of the dances, how to do Slow Steps, Rock Steps, and Triple Steps, what the footwork is for both leaders and followers, how to properly use the four connection points specifically for Swing, and how to go from one dance position to another to another, seamlessly. You’ll also learn the lead and follow elements to each move, what adding lilt to your body means, how to do left turns, right turns, underarm turns, and much, much more. With nearly two decades of experience, a number of World Champion students to their credit, and their recently published book “Picture Yourself Dancing: Step-by-Step Instruction for Ballroom, Latin, Country, and More”, Shawn and Joanna have perfected the basic elements of each dance while specializing in the leading and following aspects which are extremely hard to find. Shawn and Joanna will demonstrate, explain, and teach you to lead and follow the Swing so you can dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step that can only be done with your partner. This innovative DVD series teaches the basics and the most essential steps for beginners at a slow and steady pace, which is perfect for gift-giving to friends, family, co-workers, or yourself. Once you’re comfortable with this swing dance video, you’ll want to look into Beginner Volume 2 as it seamlessly adds on to everything you learned in Volume 1 to rapidly gain confidence based on consistency and repetition. Approx 90 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region.

Swing Dancing for Beginners Volume 2 offers the perfect follow-up of the thorough instruction presented in Swing Dancing for Beginners Volume 1. Anyone who’s comfortable with the basics and the understanding of leading and following will find this swing dance video to be a necessity for rapidly increasing your Swing knowledge. This beginner swing dance video covers leadable patterns such as the Ladies Inside Turns, the Guy’s Inside Turns, Wraps, Fake Wraps, Behind the Back Hand Changes, Tuck-Turns, Touchbacks, and a number of other fun and easy tips for the leaders and followers that you’ll only find in Shawn Trautman’s collection. This DVD is best used after Swing Dancing for Beginners Volume 1 and before Swing Dancing for Intermediate Dancers Volume 1. Approx 90 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region

Swing Dancing for Beginners Vol. 2 Video

Swing Dancing for Intermediate Dancers Volume 1 extends the thorough instruction to all the swing dancers out there who are now comfortable with the basics and ready for some cool new moves. As you’ve seen in Swing Dancing for Beginners Volumes 1 and 2, each volume is professional, easy to follow, fun, designed with the viewer in mind, and the equivalent of having your own private instruction at home. With nearly 1½ hours of instruction, multiple camera views, and an easy navigational menu, This intermediate swing dance video covers more fun and easy combinations as you’ll build new moves on top of what you’ve learned in the first two DVDs. The combinations Shawn and Joanna go through in this DVD will challenge you and force you into becoming a great lead and follow dancer. You’ll learn such moves as the He/She’s, Kick-Steps, the Pretzel, advanced Touchbacks, and a number of multi-turn combinations. Taught at a nice steady pace, this swing dance video is perfect for gift-giving to friends, family, co-workers, or yourself. This swing dance video is best used after Swing Dancing for Beginners Volume 2. Approx 90 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region

Swing Dancing for Intermediate Dancers Vol. 1

West Coast Swing for Intermediate Dancers Volume 1 builds a whole new level of excitement for WCS dancers. The moves you’ll learn in this DVD will take you from feeling average to extremely proficient, practically overnight. The leaders will face the challenge of learning three basic whip patterns, three standard exits, and then a whole slew of non-standard whips and exits found only in Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection that’ll be sure to make you stand out on the dance floor – in a good way! In all, you’ll have nearly 60 new combinations of leadable moves that will definitely be enough to keep your mind busy on the dance floor. And, as usual, the moves aren’t just shown once, they’re demonstrated, broken down, and explained using lead and follow techniques so you can dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step or two that can only be done with your partner. Approx 90 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region

West Coast Swing for Intermediate Dancers Vol. 1 DVD

West Coast Swing for Beginners Volume 2 offers the same great instruction that you found in Volume 1, and then some, as you’ll add a number of essential moves and leadable patterns to your repertoire. Each volume in the series is professional, easy to follow, designed specifically for beginners and fun for everyone. What you’ll learn in WCS for Beginners Volume 2 will stick with you throughout the rest of your dance career. In an easy-to-follow and logical presentation you’ll go through several moves originating from the left side pass, then you’ll go through several off the underarm pass, a few more to add on to your tuck turns, the two basic whip patterns, and a couple of fun bonus moves that you’ll find only in Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection. As usual, you’ll spend enough time learning the lead and follow elements to each move that you’ll be able to dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step or two that can only be done with your partner. Approx 90 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region

West Coast Swing for Beginners Vol. 2 DVD

West Coast Swing for Beginners Volume 1 offers the easiest and most comprehensive instruction for West Coast Swing (WCS) on the market. Each volume in the series is professional, easy to follow, designed specifically for beginners and fun for everyone. You’ll learn everything you’ll need to get started with this dance including the basic rhythm, footwork, connection points, and timings, the proper hand connections, tips and drills on compression and leverage, easy-to-implement anchor steps, and the staple moves for WCS including the sugar push, left side pass, right side pass, outside turn, the cut-off pass, the reverse pass, the tuck turn, and the starter step. Most importantly, you’ll learn the lead and follow elements to each move, which will give you the ability to dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step or two that can only be done with your partner. This innovative DVD series teaches the basics and the most essential steps for beginners at a slow and steady pace, which is perfect for gift-giving to friends, family, co-workers, or yourself. Approx 90 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region.