The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing with DVD (Complete Idiot's Guides (Lifestyle Paperback)) |
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Jeffrey Allen
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Pages: 304 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1592575773
Pub: Alpha Books
Pub date: 2006-09-05
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 143890
Reader Reviews:
not as bad as you think! (0/0 people found this helpful)
I'm borrowing this from the library, and am actually quite impressed by this book, even as a total newcomer to dance, and what impresses me about it is exactly that which did not impress the other reviewers. Agreed the steps are not laid out for you like in other dance books, but you can get that anywhere. It does bring to the plate that thing which separates the pros from the wannabes - wonderful, easy to understand explanations of technique. It encourages a body awareness in the reader, above and beyond mere footwork, and the authour's enthusiasm in wanting to share his knowledge is very evident. I'd definitely book a private lesson with this gentleman, and pretty sure I'll be buying this book!
Complete Idiots Guide to Ballroom Dancing (57/57 people found this helpful)
A pretty useless book for beginners. Devotes pages and pages to posture, breathing technique, history and other such topics but precious little on the basics of what steps to dance. If you are new to ballroom dancing, don't buy this book. It will be of little help.
Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dance (70/70 people found this helpful)
This is NOT a good book for beginners. It tells you a lot about the history of dance, but is very poor on showing you the actual dance steps involved in the common ballroom dances. There is not even a mention of the Quickstep, and "footprint" patterns are sadly missing. It says much about body position and contra-body-movment but fails to show you where to put your feet, which is THE most important thing for the beginner! I found it very difficult to learn from it and had to turn to other books.
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