Toby & Harmony Munroe's Country Western Instructional Dance DVDs Review:

Today, we are reviewing the Country-Western instructional dance DVD’s produced in 2009 by Dance Vision, the leading producer of high quality instructional dance videos. The skill levels range from beginner, intermediate to advanced. The number of dance titles covered include Waltz, Cha Cha, West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Night Club Two-Step, Two-Step, Triple Two-Step and Polka. These videos are on average two hours in length and cover 15 dance syllabus figures. We really like the detailed and clear instruction given from both the leader and follower’s point of view. Toby & Harmony do a wonderful job and are both exceptional dancers. DVD’s in Bronze, Silver & Gold levels are offered. For the casual social dancer, the Bronze level is probably sufficient. The serious, or competitive dancer would be interested in studying all three DVD levels. Whichever video you choose, you won't be disappointed!

Toby & Harmony Munroe are amazing dance professionals and not only are exceptional dancers, but their ability to teach and explain the technique involved while perfectly executing figures is unsurpassed. Toby & Harmony have many championship titles to their name. Toby Munroe is the 2004 & 2005 UCWDC World Champion in the Classic Masters division. His extensive background in dance includes Country, Swing, Hustle, Latin, Ballroom and Salsa and has won countless titles in Swing, Hustle and on the UCWDC circuit. Harmony has won numerous titles in American Rhythm, American Smooth, and International Latin dancing and has been a finalist at the World Mambo and the World Salsa Championships.

You can see a sample of them teaching a Silver level Cha Cha dance figure below:

The following video is a nice compilation of their dancing:

New DanceFlix DVDs for October:

Zouk Fundamentals & Zouk Intermediate/Advanced by Smooth Latin Groove
7 Habits of Highly Effective Swing Dancers by Myles & Tessa
Salsa Boot Camp 6 DVD set by Salsa Crazy
Wayne & Sharlot: Wayne's West Coast Swing Style Variations
Wayne & Sharlot: West Coast Swing Patterns 3
New York Style Hustle (3 DVD set) with Billy Fajardo & Katie Marlow
Lap Dance 101 with Resa
Carolina Shag  Beg./Int. & Carolina Shag Int./Adv. by Dance Lovers
How To Become a Good Dancer Series DVDs
Learn To Country Line Dance & Swing Dancing Video
Two Step Basics Vol. 1 - 3 by Shawn Trautman & Nicole Frye

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Learn To Dance the Melbourne Shuffle on DVD

♫ ♫ every day I'm shufflin'  ♫ ♫

The Melbourne Shuffle is a cool street dance that you have probably seen on LMFAO’s hit song “Party Rock Anthem”. Like many others, we wanted to learn the dance, so we looked for instructional dance videos and found one that we consider the best Melbourne Shuffle instruction on video. It’s produced by an Australian company that sells their DVDs on their website, wedancehard.com.

They offer two DVDs, one basic with lots of dance footage, and another for the advanced shuffler. The DVDs are a complete guide to shuffling with all the basic and popular moves, spins and footwork. Both videos are jam-packed with over 2 hours of step-by-step tutorials and actual dance footage. They caution that the dance is very addictive and after learning a few steps, all we can say is that we are hooked. The instruction is clear and easy to follow. Ideal for beginners and anyone looking for more steps and technique. Although it’s fast at times, a simple rewind on the remote is all one needs to go back and review. At the end of the videos, you can dance along with a live shuffle party!

Shuffling is a fun and easy-to-learn dance which brings back the classic 80’s “running man” move as well as a few other breakdancing footwork. The moves can be done to fast tempo music preferably with hard-hitting beats. Here are some clips from the video:

The DVDs are region free, but are PAL format which means they will play in computers, but not in most North American DVD players. The DVDs can be purchased directly from the producers at wedancehard.com or if you're in the U.S. and don't want to wait 2 weeks for shipping, try cypherstyles.com. They can also be rented from us at DanceFlix!  

Learn & Master Ballroom Dance - DVD Course Review

This professionally produced DVD program contains 13 DVDs teaching the following dances: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Rumba, Cha Cha and Swing as well as a DVD devoted to the basics of partner dancing and fundamentals of ballroom dancing. Each dance is thoughtfully broken down with step-by-step instruction for both the leader and the follower. As you learn the individual parts, the screen then splits into two frames, one showing the body and one showing the feet. This allows the student to focus on either the feet or the body, or both.

The program is produced by Legacy Learning Systems, which produces high quality comprehensive instructional programs on many subjects including, guitar, piano, painting, photography, etc. This program includes a 75 page detailed manual, and practice music CD’s. Ultimately, the heart of the program is the teaching DVDs. 

This program is highly recommended for beginning students and would also be very useful to intermediate students because of the detailed explanations and instructions of basic patterns and technique. A good understanding of basic principles is essential for dancers of all levels.

The instructors Jaimee Simon and Mark Short are both accomplished ballroom dancers and are excellent in their explanations and demonstrations of the various dance figures. Anyone who decides to invest in this well designed program, which retails for $149, will not be disappointed.

New Category: Belly Dancing Instruction with Amira Mor

We're proud to announce that we now carry instructional Belly Dancing DVDs by the lovely and talented Amira Mor!

Amira Mor is one of the finest and most recognized names in the world of Belly Dance. Her extensive collection of DVDs is like a personal video encyclopedia. Amira's mission is to create a community and help spread the beautiful art and dance known as Belly Dancing. She dances with much passion and joy which you can see in the video below.

Please visit her website at AmiraMor.com.

Featuring: LineDanceNews.com

This is your spot for all things Line Dance! Learn about what's new in the world of line dance, watch informative video clips and read interesting articles. Their goal is to become the one site for all of the Line Dance Community. They offer instructors an avenue to announce upcoming events and workshops.

They also feature International Line Dance Pro, Stella Cabecca, The Line Dance Guru. Look for her line dance video series, "Stella's ABC's of Line Dance"coming soon to their site.

If you've never tried Line Dancing, you are truly missing out. It's a great way to meet new people, socialize, exercise, have fun and you don't even need a partner!

Check out their site at LineDanceNews.com.

Just added: Zumba Exhilarate DVD collection to our catalog. Check it out at DanceFlix!

Instructional Argentine Tango DVDs by Christy Cote & George Garcia

Christy and George present an amazing series of instructional Argentine Tango DVDs. They have been dancing, choreographing and teaching professionally for many years and are highly sought after dance pro’s. Produced by Dance Vision, the largest and most respected producer of partner dance teaching materials in the world.

You can rent their videos and more at DanceFlix.

Congratulations to Miranda Maleski for making it to the TOP 20 on So You Think You Can Dance on Fox! Miranda appears on our featured Contemporary Dance DVDs with Albert Cattafi !!!

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Featured Videos: Flirty Girl Fitness

Get fit and learn sexy moves with the ladies of Flirty Girl Fitness! Flirty Girl Fitness is the premier women's lifestyle facility that is outrageously unique and entertaining. Their professionally produced dvd's are designed to inspire women to get fit and feel fabulous with sexy dance moves anyone can do.

Just added to our dance dvd catalog:

Foxtrot, Tango & Waltz by Jim & Jenell Maranto: Bronze Level (American Style Smooth Syllabus).

This collection was produced by Dance Vision, the leader in instructional dance videos. Jim & Jenell are former two-time U.S. Open Professional American Smooth Champions. You can rent the DVDs exclusively at DanceFlix.

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After much planning and hard work, we are happy to announce that DanceFlix.com is now live. We are the premier provider of instructional dance DVDs available for rent. With our service you can rent hundreds of dance DVDs for low monthly rates.. no late fees.. no contracts.. cancel anytime!

As dancers ourselves, we understand the challenges of purchasing expensive dance DVDs you may end up not liking. Our service is a great value for dancers, and it's affordable and convenient.

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