Salsa Dancing Mastery System (Dance Lessons on 5 DVDs): The Complete Salsa Dance Mastery System, 5 DVD Package. Learn to Salsa Dance!

Oh so excited to learn some Salsa Dance!!!! YAY!!! Even going to teach the kids the fine art and give them a heads up on their peers.

Best of the best

I accepted a review sample of this set to learn the dancers perspective of the music. Also, I am not thoroughly versed in the music style so I wanted to immerse myself in that as well. This set painstakingly leads you through the basis to the intermediate level. You are provided with lessons that show basic moves and steps, and build upon those with increasing degrees of complexity. There are no leaps or gaps - you are few manageable lessons that you really can learn and even master if you take your time and work through them. I tried a few just to see how well this DVD set works for dancers and - it does! To be honest I did not work through each lesson, but I have gone through this entire set three times and will revisit it occasionally. After the second pass I was starting to get the music, which is why I gave it five stars. More importantly, I now have an understanding of the rhythms and the pulse that dancers both expect and need - and I can connect the dots between my role as a drummer and theirs as dancers. If you want to learn the dance part this is a great starting point. If you are a non-Salsa musician or even one who is new to Afro-Cuban rhythms and their Puerto Rican (and New York) variants, you will also find this set to be invaluable.

This is an excellent way to learn to dance. I tend to be a slow learner and this presentation gives me the necessary instruction to become a decent dancer. The directions are clear and always upbeat. The use of multiple camera angles helps. I really didnt know how to dance salsa but after practicing with the DVD Im able to complete a few dance patterns out on the Dance Floor. The chapters are clearly labeled and easy to navigate to with your DVD player. I tend to repeat various chapters and Im able to pick up more details that I missed the first time around. Id recommend this to anyone who wants to learn from Ground Zero.

A friend who is a good dancer and salsa teacher recommended these DVDs including the beginner ones. I like them. Produced in the Bay Area the instrucion is on 1. I have been taking lessons on 1 in clubs and in a local studio since end of 2006 and I am an intermediate dancer. I thought I would not learn much from the first videos in the series but would only use them to get friends interested and started. In fact I have picked up a bit of styling for basic moves as well as some valuable tips in the first week of just watching. Really I have also picked up some new moves from the beginner videos which surprised me. I have watched once with some friends and we had fun with it and learned together. Most of my dancing in the clubs has been in the open position, but much of the videos teach from the closed position with many of the turns lead into with an open break. The dancers are very smooth. The first videos go slow but some of the tips with details about hand positions, angles,and connection are helpful. The teachers give many variations of the same move which I appreciate as a lead. The teacher is silly and that keeps it entertaining. I plan to go through the videos by myself and with friends to add to my and our dancing repertoire, especially in the closed postion. I will update this if I can as I spend more time with the videos. In addition to instruction I liked the history of salsa interview at the end of the first video. The history is not just the music but on the origin of the body movements. Nods are given to Africa, Cuba, Puerto Rico, ballroom dancing in US especially in New York. Additionally there is info on etiquette from the teacher which is either helpful or funny.

This is a great system. It is very easy to follow. The instructors are very knowledgeable and clear in their instructions.

Great

I think that this is a really excellent system. The only issue I have is it doesnt clearly say what style sals this is. There are sever differnt styles and I was looking for cuban. Other than that it is really great and I have heard from my friends that have purchased other systems and they are not as pleased with theirs.

excellent

I LOVE this set, it has everything you will need to learn how to salsa dance! You can move at your own pace with is wonderful. I have been doing this for a month off and on; still havent worked my way to the last DVD but I am getting there! It is made so easy to learn with this set! A great buy for anyone!