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Salsa DVD's
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Difficulty: Beginner
Length: 93 Minutes
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Let's Dance Salsa - Beginning Lessons 1
DVD
Let's Dance Salsa - Beginning Lessons 1
takes a new approach to teaching Salsa
dancing! Professional dance instructor
Marlon Silva teaches beginners and experts
alike with his step-by-step detailed
instruction. His technique breaks all Salsa
moves and combos down into building blocks,
which are then assembled into more
complicated moves that can be adapted to any
music or club atmosphere. Rather than
teaching by counting steps, Marlon’s method
has taught thousands of students around the
country to dance in less time with greater
ease.
Marlon starts the Let's Dance Salsa series
off at the ground level with the first
building block from which all moves stem:
beginning Salsa dance steps! With
step-by-step instruction and detailed foot
and hand movements, Marlon and Susie Neff
show how to look good and stay in step with
the music. Marlon takes the steps from the
first lesson and adds a second building
block: spinning. While teaching the
beginning steps, he leads the student into
the first spins and back into the steps.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Basic Steps - Marlon Silva and his partner, Susie Neff, teach the basic steps of salsa dancing in Marlon's own style based on the back-and-forth or Cumbia step.
Spinning - Learn how to spin with the right technique, including the three essential points of spinning.
Couple Dancing - Marlon and Susie demonstrate dancing as a couple and the proper technique for hand
position, resistance and distance.
Leader Techniques - Marlon and Susie demonstrate techniques for dancing around your partner.
Basic Combinations - Add spice to the combination by spinning around each other in opposite directions.
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Difficulty: Advanced Beginner
Length: 97 Minutes
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Let's Dance Salsa - Beginning Lessons 2
DVD
Let’s Dance Salsa - Beginning Lessons 2
takes a new approach to teaching Salsa
dancing! Professional dance instructor
Marlon Silva teaches beginners and experts
alike with his step-by-step detailed
instruction. His technique breaks all Salsa
moves and combos down into building blocks,
which are then assembled into more
complicated moves that can be adapted to any
music or club atmosphere. Rather than
teaching by counting steps, Marlon’s method
has taught thousands of students around the
country to dance in less time with greater
ease.
Other building blocks are added in Beginning
Lessons 2 as Marlon teaches couples to
dance, keep step and spin together. Marlon
and Susie Neff teach a variety of moves such
as spinning your partner, spinning around
your partner, and the complex "push-pull"
spin, which is used later in more advanced
moves. Each lesson is built on the previous
one in the building block method, and is
illustrated with repeated, clear movements,
step-by-step instruction, close-ups of hands
and feet and slow motion.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Push-Pull Spin - Marlon and Susie demonstrate a push-pull spin, used in many of Marlon's combinations.
Basic Spinning Combination 1, The
Shoulder - Marlon and Susie continue their instruction with spinning combinations built upon the shoulder combinations.
Basic Spinning Combination 2, The
Serpentine - This episode emphasizes rolling your partner in and out, twisting arms, and switching hands, while keeping the same principles you have learned so far.
Merengue Dancing, Part 1 - Includes beginning steps of Merengue and a history of Merengue.
Merengue Dancing, Part 2 - Learn a new trend, Jumping Merengue. Also includes some Merengue vocabulary one should know in social situations.
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Difficulty: Intermediate
Length: 131 Minutes
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Let's Dance Salsa - Intermediate Lessons
DVD
Let’s Dance Salsa - Intermediate Lessons
takes a new approach to teaching Salsa
dancing! Professional dance instructor
Marlon Silva teaches beginners and experts
alike with his step-by-step detailed
instruction. His technique breaks all Salsa
moves and combos down into building blocks,
which are then assembled into more
complicated moves that can be adapted to any
music or club atmosphere. Rather than
teaching by counting steps, Marlon’s method
has taught thousands of students around the
country to dance in less time with greater
ease.
After the beginning dancers have become
confident with their basic salsa moves,
Marlon's Intermediate Lessons take them one
step higher with new combinations and expert
moves! He teaches new, advanced steps
building from the beginning lessons, and
illustrates new moves like the Cape, the
Duck and the Tunnel, which stem from the
previous spins and couple-dancing lessons.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Stretching Techniques - Instructors Marlon Silva and
Susie Neff will get you on the right track with stretching techniques for dancing. Prevent injury, increase flexibility, have fun and look great!
Cape Combinations - Marlon and Susie demonstrate Cape Combinations for
Marlon's unique style of Salsa. Movement in these combinations simulates the spinning of a cape around one partner's back, and involves a salsa lock where
partners stand abreast and lock arms behind each others' necks. The combination ends with a flashy 360-degree spin.
Intermediate Multiple Spinning Combinations - Learn The Duck and The Tunnel with style and grace that will light up the dance floor. Do you think you can keep up?
The Vine - The Vine is an intricate mixture of combinations from previous
Let's Dance Salsa episodes which involves twists, spins and rolls in
Marlon's style. End your combination with more spice by leading, spinning, and using hand techniques.
The Whip - Marlon Silva and Susie Neff demonstrate a dramatic technique for switching directions on the dance floor.
The Tunnel - A technique called The
Tunnel involves spinning, locking your
partner in front of you, and switching hands
over each others' heads to form a tunnel. These moves can be accompanied by a variety of endings involving spins, drills, cape combinations and ducking combinations.
Merengue Pretzel - This unique combination combines skills learned in the Merengue
lessons of Let's Dance Salsa - Beginning Lessons 2, as well as the
cape combinations learned in Intermediate Lessons. Marlon and
Susie demonstrate the spins, handwork and footwork of the Merengue Pretzel.
Merengue Combinations - Learn more combinations for Merengue dancing! Marlon and
Susie demonstrate Merengue combinations with plenty of ducks and spins, illustrated in both the classical European position and trendy Jumping Merengue style. Also included is how to signal your partner and which hand positions will prevent injury.
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Difficulty: Advanced/Expert
Length: 120 Minutes
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Let's Dance Salsa - Advanced and Expert Combinations
DVD
Let’s Dance Salsa Advanced and Expert
Combinations takes a new approach to
teaching Salsa dancing! Professional dance
instructor Marlon Silva teaches beginners
and experts alike with his step-by-step
detailed instruction. His technique breaks
all Salsa moves and combos down into
building blocks, which are then assembled
into more complicated moves that can be
adapted to any music or club atmosphere.
Rather than teaching by counting steps,
Marlon’s method has taught thousands of
students around the country to dance in less
time with greater ease.
After mastering all the steps and moves from
the beginner and intermediate lessons, the
Let's Dance Salsa dancer graduates to
Marlon's advanced and expert lessons. With
these sophisticated lessons, Marlon teaches
competition techniques like the Square Dance
and Leader's Blender. He and Susie Neff
offer detailed demonstrations of advanced
dipping moves and teach dancers how to
reverse previously learned combinations with
different hand positions and styles.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
The Knee - Learn a flashy technique
called The Knee. The leader crouches on one
knee and leads the follower back and forth.
Leaders jump back up, catch the follower’s
hand and continue dancing.
Dip Essentials - Learn dip essentials
for salsa. A move where the leader wraps his
arms around his partner's back to give her
confidence and balance. This is the safest
way to dip without injury.
Dip Variations - Learn some
variations to spice up your dips, including
Neck Combinations and Tango Dips.
Square Dance - Learn the Square
Dance, a technique used in competitions to
measure the dance floor. If you lose the
beat, the Square Dance is a good way to get
it back.
Leader’s Blender - Mix it up with The
Blender technique, a complex spinning
maneuver that requires total control in the
spins of both followers and leaders. The
resulting motion resembles a blender.
Follower’s Blender - Now that the
leaders have learned The Blender, the
followers need to know their role. Both
leaders and followers must exhibit total
control in their spins.
Reverse - Learn how to reverse any
combination, including how to change hand
positions that enable the leader to switch
from a counterclockwise to a clockwise
rotation. Several different combination
reversals are illustrated.
Corkscrew - Learn the fancy
combination called the corkscrew. The basic
corkscrew combination is to keep both hands
together while moving in a downward
position. This step can be combined with
many other dance moves like the mambo,
lambada and conga.
Topspin - The Topspin is a
combination that requires a strong leader
and a follower who can spin with the right
technique. Marlon offers a detailed look at
the complex handwork! When executed
correctly, the motion resembles the spinning
of a top and requires tremendous control on
the follower's part.
The Spool Up - A combination that
requires a lot of control on the follower's
side, the Spool Up starts with the leader
spinning the follower's knee, moving up the
body to the waist and hands, and then moving
back down again. You can spice up the
combination by adding The Blender
combination or ending with a split. Also
included is how to signal the follower to
spin and how to change the direction of the
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Difficulty: Advanced/Expert
Length: 90 Minutes
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Let's Dance Salsa - Team Dancing
DVD
Let’s Dance Salsa - Team Dancing takes a new
approach to teaching Salsa dancing!
Professional dance instructor Marlon Silva
teaches beginners and experts alike with his
step-by-step detailed instruction. His
technique breaks all Salsa moves and combos
down into building blocks, which are then
assembled into more complicated moves that
can be adapted to any music or club
atmosphere. Rather than teaching by counting
steps, Marlon’s method has taught thousands
of students around the country to dance in
less time with greater ease.
With this unique step-by-step video you will
learn how to switch multiple partners, dance
in trios and master the beautiful Casino Rueda. This 90-minute lesson teaches all of
the advanced Salsa moves required while
dancing with more than one partner on the
dance floor.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Single Couple Switches - A fun and stylish technique that will allow you to switch
partners with other couples on the dance floor. You will learn how to maintain the beat and to synchronize to your new partner's step while exchanging
partners on the dance floor.
Trios - Learn this new trend in Salsa where one leader and two followers dance patterns, routines and complicated spinning combinations in the Salsatrio style.
Switches in Trios - Learn how to switch your partner with multiple couples on the dance floor while still keeping the rhythm.
 Casino Rueda - Born in Cuba and made famous in Miami, this advanced dance style teaches how to salsa dance with other couples within circles. Learn how to dance the intricate flower combinations, turns, and partner switches that have made this dance so popular. Within an hour, you will be on your way to dancing this fast-paced, synchronized dance.
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Difficulty: Beginner/Expert
Length: 441 Minutes
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Let's Dance Salsa Ultimate Collection 4 DVD Set
The Let’s Dance Salsa - Ultimate Collection
4 DVD Set takes a new approach to teaching
Salsa dancing! Professional dance instructor
Marlon Silva teaches beginners and experts
alike with his step-by-step detailed
instruction. His technique breaks all Salsa
moves and combos down into building blocks,
which are then assembled into more
complicated moves that can be adapted to any
music or club atmosphere. Rather than
teaching by counting steps, Marlon’s method
has taught thousands of students around the
country to dance in less time with greater
ease.
This is the ultimate collection to take you
from beginner to expert in salsa dance. This
set includes the first 4 DVDs of Marlon
Silva’s premium Salsa dance instruction,
which will take you from beginner to expert
with tricks and tips unavailable anywhere
else. Marlon’s method first establishes a
foundation of Salsa essentials, and then
adds building blocks, one by one, to ensure
comfort and confidence. Advanced steps are
merely combinations of the basic building
blocks. Enjoy these fun, sexy and
easy-to-follow lessons on high-quality video
in the privacy of your own home. After these
DVDs you will be the master of all that is
Salsa dancing!
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Basic Steps - Marlon Silva and his partner,
Susie Neff, teach the basic steps of salsa dancing in Marlon's own style, based on the back-and-forth, or Cumbia step.
Spinning - Learn how to spin with the right technique, including the three essential points of spinning.
Couple Dancing - Marlon and Susie demonstrate dancing as a couple, and the proper technique for hand position, resistance, and distance.
Basic Combination #1 - Marlon and
Susie demonstrate techniques for dancing around your partner.
Basic Combination #2 - Add spice to the combination by spinning around each other in opposite directions.
Basic Combination #3 - Marlon and
Susie demonstrate a push-pull spin, used in many of Marlon's combinations.
Basic Spinning Combinations, Part 1 - Marlon and
Susie continue their instruction with spinning combinations built upon the shoulder combinations.
Basic Spinning Combinations, Part 2 - This episode emphasizes rolling your partner in and out, twisting arms, and switching hands, while keeping the same principles you have learned so far.
Merengue Dancing, Part 1 - Includes beginning steps of Merengue and a history of Merengue.
Merengue Dancing, Part 2 - Learn a new trend, Jumping Merengue. Also includes some Merengue vocabulary one should know in social situations.
Stretching Techniques - Instructors Marlon Silva and
Susie Neff will get you on the right track with stretching techniques for dancing. Prevent injury, increase flexibility, have fun and look great!
Cape Combinations - Marlon and Susie demonstrate Cape Combinations for Marlon's unique style Salsa. Movement in these combinations simulates the spinning of a cape around one partner's
back, and involves a salsa lock where
partners stand abreast and lock arms behind
each others'' necks. The combination ends with a flashy 360-degree spin.
Intermediate Multiple Spinning Combinations - Learn The Duck and The Tunnel with style and grace that will light up the dance floor. Do you think you can keep up?
The Vine - The Vine is an intricate mixture of combinations from previous
Let's Dance Salsa lessons which involves twists, spins and rolls in
Marlon's style. End your combination with more spice by leading, spinning, and using hand techniques.
The Whip - Marlon Silva and Susie Neff demonstrate a dramatic technique for switching directions on the dance floor.
The Tunnel - The Tunnel involves
spinning, locking your partner in front of
you, and switching hands over each others'' heads to form a tunnel. These moves can be accompanied by a variety of endings involving spins, drills, cape combinations and ducking combinations.
Merengue Pretzel - This unique combination combines skills learned in the Merengue and Cape Combinations lessons. Marlon and
Susie demonstrate the spins, handwork and footwork of the Merengue Pretzel.
Merengue Combinations - Learn more combinations for Merengue dancing! Marlon and
Susie demonstrate Merengue combinations with plenty of ducks and spins, illustrated in both the classical European position and trendy Jumping Merengue style. Also included is how to signal your partner and which hand positions will prevent injury.
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