Ballroom Dancing for Beginners

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Starring: Teresa Mason
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2003-04-15
Ballroom Dancing for Beginners will appeal to novice ballroom dancers who want an introduction to several different social dances. Instructor Teresa Mason, assisted by Randolph Scott, teaches basic patterns for six popular ballroom dances: fox-trot, cha-cha, tango, waltz, rumba, and swing. Mason sensibly begins by introducing steps that recur in many ballroom dances, such as walking step, rock step, and triple step; several dance positions; and music timing for different dances. Next you start learning specific dances. This 47-minute video is well instructed, not rushed or complex, and Mason doesn't try to pack too many moves into each dance. The black background, however, is somber and sometimes makes it difficult to see Scott's moves clearly (he's dressed in a dark suit). The music sometimes seems odd and doesn't always match the dance. --Joan Price

another look at dance
This work offers the bare basic patterns(box step, underarm turn..rock step)instruction in an interchangeable styling-free approach to the listed dances.

Costume and set background colors (black on black) make it difficult, if not impossible for the visual learner to discern the man's (leg and footwork patterns)parts easily.


Auditory learners will find The Verbal cues are well articulated and easy to hear.

This production might offer a suplemental social dance resource (practice companion)for the student enrolled in a community social dance class.

Good Dance
This video allows for a breakdown approach to learning some simple structured, but complex looking steps. Sometimes, it's hard to follow the dancers because of their positions in respect to the viewer.

Useful for a beginner
As a rank beginner in ballroom dancer, I found this DVD to be instructive and clear. The narration is concise and the demonstrations are well done. The instructional level is very basic, but that is ok for someone just starting. This DVD could serve as useful supplement to "real" dancing lessons, and it would make a good review reference for the sometime dancer.

Bad quality
After watching this DVD disk I found that it was difficult to study man's part. The man on disk dressed on so that the color of his dress and background almost same. You have to pay much attention to separate where his legs are and how he moves. On the other hand, the lady's part has good contrast.

easy to follow, but simple
There are no frills with this DVD, but Teresa takes a simple, easy to follow approach. This DVD is EXTREMELY WELL INDEXED! Whether you think her approach is best or not, it is so easy to go back and forth between the lessons, since everything is indexed as a separate chapter. Contrast this to DVDs that make you go to the beginning of the Tango chapter, then forward through 12 minutes of dancing... Sometimes I found the DVD too simple and would have liked more depth. Overall, easy to follow, easy to use. ...just gotta work on that music...