Music Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| Ca Dao: The Folk Poetry of Vietnam More on DVD Version | Professor Tran Van Khe, University of Paris musicologist, discusses ca dao, the traditional voice of the Vietnamese people. His comments are accompanied by scenes of the Vietnamese landscape and of ordinary Vietnamese people singing and making poetry according to traditional melodies. Khe and his daughter, Ngoc Thuy, sing ca dao and play traditional Vietnamese instrumental music on the 16-string zither, the danh tranh, and the one-string viol, the danh co. (Ref: Balaban, J.A., Ca Dao Vietnam, Unicorn Press, 1980.) Translator and consultant: John A. Balaban. Produced by David Grubin. |
| The Columbus Legacy: The Welsh -- Music from the Mines More on DVD Version | Conductor Carlton Jones Lake notes that vertical harmony began in Wales during the 14th century and that Welsh miners taught each other to sing using their hands. Lake leads members of the Minersville Congregational Church in a traditional hymn sing. |
| Flexercise More on DVD Version | Flexercise is a dance/exercise program set to music that was developed for use with older adults residing in long-term care facilities, although it also can be used with any individuals with limited flexibility and mobility. This videotape is intended for use as a training tool for leaders of the exercise program. Instruction guide included. Produced by Judith A. Sorg for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| A Great Tree Has Fallen More on DVD Version | In Ghana, West Africa, the king of the Ashanti Nation has died, and the nation's chiefs and other followers gather at the capital, Kumasi, to pay their respects to the dead king and to welcome his successor. This program portrays the grandeur of the eight-day funeral celebration and documents the traditional practices, dances, music, dress, and symbols of rank and position that bind the nation together. Shows the transfer of kingship through the "ceremony of the golden stool." Produced by Robert Lang and Jennifer Hodge. |
| Hanunoo More on DVD Version | Documents daily life of the Hanunoo, a group of mountain jungle farmers on the island of Mindoro, Philippines, including food production methods and household, leisure, and socioreligious activities. Sound track contains Hanunoo music but no English narration. Print material available and necessary. Directed by H.C. Conklin. |
| Mbira: Matepe dza Mhondoro -- A Healing Party/ More on DVD Version | One of a series of films examining in detail the use of the traditional African mbira in the cultural life of the Mashona people of Rhodesia. Presents a vignette of the music and activities at a healing party held in northeast Rhodesia at the home of a sick woman. A trio of matepe dza mhondoro mbiras is played, under the leadership of Saini Murira, together with rattles, drums, singers, and dancing by two mediums, who interrupt the music to attend to the patient. Produced by ethnomusicologists Gei Zantzinger and Andrew Tracey. |
| Mbira: The Technique of the Mbira dza Vadzimu More on DVD Version | One of a series of films examining in detail the use of the traditional African mbira in the cultural life of the Mashona people of Rhodesia. Introduces the musical technique and sound of the mbira dza vadzimu, played by Ephrat Mujuru, a leading mbiraplayer. Using animation and freeze-frame techniques, the film includes a demonstration of some of the rhythmic and harmonic elements of the music, of the use of improvisation, of different styles of playing a song, and of the combination of two mbiras in a duet. Produced by ethnomusicologists Gei Zantzinger and Andrew Tracey.ZX |
| The 1973 Mgodo wa Mbanguzi More on DVD Version | A complete performance of traditional music and dance composed by a Chopi village in southern Mozambique. Dancers are accompanied by xylophone orchestras. Words in song are subtitled in Chopi and English. The complete record provides data for analysis in both ethnomusicology and dance. (Ref: Tracey, H., Chopi Musicians, Oxford University Press, 1970.) Produced by Gei Zantzinger and Andrew Tracey. |
| The 1973 Mgodo wa Mkandeni More on DVD Version | A complete performance of traditional music and dance composed by a Chopi village in southern Mozambique. Dancers are accompanied by xylophone orchestras. Illustrates the use of instruments tuned in several pitches, the high development of timbila (xylophones), and the structure of Chopi music. Study guide included. (Ref: Tracey, H., Chopi Musicians, Oxford University Press, 1970.) Produced by Gei Zantzinger and Andrew Tracey. |
| Signs of the Times More on DVD Version | Overview of the austere and ultraconservative Old-School Baptists who once thrived in Roxbury, New York, but who have virtually disappeared. Interviews with people who grew up in the Roxbury church, the town historian, a denomination librarian, a minister, and university and seminary professors create a portrait of Old-School Baptist philosophy, rites, music, and architecture. Evokes a time when life was simpler and religious life was the basis of a deep sense of community. Produced by Leandra Little. |
| Songs of the Badius More on DVD Version | Considers the music of Africa's Kriolu people, descendants of Portugese colonists and African slaves. Explains that on the Kriolus' home of Santiago Island in Cape Verde, the dance music of Tabanka, Funana, and Batuko still persists from earlier times, and was developed through the creolization of African and European music genres. Also focuses on the Badiu, runaway slaves who defended their freedom on Santiago Island, and describes the difficult living conditions there brought on by persistent drought and a weak local economy. Narrated, directed, and produced by Gei Zantzinger. |
| A Spirit Here Today More on DVD Version | Documents the lives and music of Mozambique's Chopi people, beginning with a visit by anthropologist Gei Zantzinger in 1973 and contrasting those scenes with what was left of the Chopi way of life some twenty years later. Describes the impact of sixteen years of civil war and four years of drought, emphasizing that these once self-sufficient people have kept their great sense of pride and a remarkable level of hope. Narrated by Franka Insinger. Directed and produced by Gei Zantzinger, in associationwith the International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Republic of South Africa. |
| Susumu More on DVD Version | Offers highlights from "Susumu," a tone poem based on Japanese-American composer and author Sumi Tonooka's Out from the Silence. Written as a tribute to her mother, who was placed in an Oregon internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the music tells the story of Tonooka's family before, during, and after the war. Combines the American esthetic with that of the Japanese by interweaving the zealous patriotism of the era with the big-band style, and introduces the instruments and rules that make music truly Japanese in character. Directed and produced by Gei Zantzinger. |
| Touching the Future: Patricia Bolanos More on DVD Version | Patricia Bolanos serves as principal and cofounder of the Key School in Indianapolis, designed by teachers and structured around Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences: linguistics, music, logic / math, spatial, bodily / kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Her school puts meaning to the theory by placing equal importance on all seven areas. |
| Trance and Dance in Bali (Mead, Bateson) More on DVD Version | Records a performance of the Balinese ceremonial kris (dagger) dance-drama, which depicts the never-ending struggle between witch (death-dealing) and dragon (life-protecting), as it was given in the village of Pagoetan in the late 1930s. The dancers experience violent trance seizures, turn their krises against their breasts without injury, and are restored to consciousness with incense and holy water. Narrated by Margaret Mead against a background of Balinese music. From the Character Formation in Different Cultures series. Produced by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. 1952 (anthropology) |
| Pennsylvania Parade #144: Its Prom Time/Teen Cancer More on DVD Version | Its Prom Time - In springtime, comes The Prom. Dates are made (and broken(and remade)), dresses are designed and sized, tuxedos are rented. Beauty shops are booked solid, large automobiles are borrowed, dinner reservations are in place. All is readiness. On Prom night, with dresses arranged just so and tuxes worn awkwardly, the sons and daughters of Huntingdon, Pa., arrive--as their parents look on, waving, taking pictures and making tapes, reminiscing about proms past. Music. Preening. Watching. Dancing. Goodnights. It is an historic event; it happens only once. The Seniors mark the end of the formative period of their lives; it is unlikely that most will ever again have such close ties to such a cohesive group. The Prom will continue--it is, after all, the major community social event--but for the Class of '89, this is finis. Teen Cancer - A mother finds a lump on her daughter's back. One week later the child undergoes exploratory surgery, and cancer is confirmed. After 150 days of hospital therapy, hospital bills, the family waits for word on their daughter's condition. Produced by P J O'Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Carrousel Menagerie More on DVD Version | Carrousel Menagerie explores the superb carousels of yesteryear and the people who preserve their heritage today. At the Herschel Carousel Museum, we see the mechanics of a classic Herschel carousel in action as it starts up for the day. In her home, a carousel enthusiast shows off her collection of carousel animals, teapots, and music boxes. Back at the Museum, modern carvers create wooden animals to the famous Herschel patterns, and new punched paper rolls are printed for turn-of-the-century carousel player organs like that at the Dentzel Menagerie Carousel in Rochester, NY. As you ride along on this beautifully restored carousel, you will share the infectious delight of its young riders, and relive your own first ride on a wooden steed! Everyone loves a carousel, and this film shows you why! Produced & Directed by Greg Thall |
| Texas Style More on DVD Version | "Texas Style" takes you to the competition culture of small-town Texas: where there are parades, armadillo and frog jumping races, tobacco-spitting, cow chip throwing, steer lassoing and hog calling contests. In between sampling the Barbecue and Chili cook-offs, visits to the local domino parlor and barbershop, we get to hear some of Texas' most remarkable fiddlers compete to the foot-stomping delight of their audience, "Texas Style" is an intimate look at rural Texas culture and the traditional fiddle music played on its back roads. With spirited rhythms and guitar accompaniment, Texas fiddling is a crowd-pleaser that has influenced western swing and folk music across the country. "Texas Style" centers on three generations of Westmorelnd family fiddlers. From the elder H.D. Westmoreland to his grandson Wes III, already a state champion, we see the evolution of Texas fiddling. The difference between H.D.'s rhythmic Appalachian style and the intricately fingered, rhythmically varied interpretations of grandson Wes marks a transition in the tradition of fiddling. Early Texas fiddling evolved at country dances, using the repetitious rhythms and limited fingering movements suitable for dance music. But when the dances began to lose popularity, a new audience developed. Famed Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson and his contemporaries elaborated the technique of fiddle playing by emphasizing the downward bow action and using the entire register of the fiddle. The contemporary style of fiddling practiced by their followers is hand-clapping, toe-tapping listening music, heard at fiddle contests and community gathering places. Major Awards: CINE Golden Eagle; London Film Festival; Sinking Creek. TV: US (Discovery Channel) |
| The Tree of Life More on DVD Version | Available in Spanish or English Los Voladores" (the Flyers) is a 1500 year-old rite sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the Morning Star. From its origins on the Gulf coast of Mexico, the ritual spread throughout Mesoamerica: a special square was reserved for it in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, and a variant is still known among the Quiche' Maya in Guatemala. Today "Los Voladores" is best known in its original home in the Huasteca region, especially among the Totonac, who have lived in the area for millenia. The version shown in the film is from Huehuetla, in the Sierra Norte de Puebla. The film opens with images from the Nuttall, Laud, and other Codices, and poetry from "Cantares Mexicanos", a collection of pre-hispanic Nahuatl verse from Texcoco. At the home of one of the Voladores, we watch the preparation of the characteristic seven-branched wax candles, crowned with a representation of the Volador pole (a mayordomia obligation, part of the cargo system). Intercut with the candle-making, children learn the ritual of the Voladores by re-enacting it from start to finish. In the forest, the Voladores bless the tree chosen for the rite. The tree is felled and dragged by 300 Totonacs along mule trails into the village, where it is wrapped with vines and raised entirely by hand to its new place in the churchyard. Preparations are completed as the Voladores bring the hub, the sacred symbol of dynamic change (Olin), from its place at their home altar, set it on the tip of the pole, and thread the ropes which will bear them on their flight carefully through the hub and around the pole. Dressed in costumes drawn from 18th-century European models, the Voladores join the statue of San Salvador, the Risen Savior, in the fiesta procession. As the capitan of the Voladores dances on the narrow bub, high above the flagstones, other dance groups perform: Huehues, Quetzales, San Migueles, and Negritos. Then the Voladores descend head down, arms spread, in a slow spiral, to the sound of drum and flute... Combining ritual, dance, music, poetry, and art, "THE TREE OF LIFE" is a meditation on the mystery at the heart of human life. It calls us to keep the world in balance with our lives. Awards:: First Prize, Festival of Films on Native Americans (Mexico); First Prize, International Festival on Culture & Psychiatry; First Prize, The American Film Festival; Berlin & London Film Festivals, Musee de l'Homme, Smithsonian, Corcoran, MOMA, Museo Nacional de Antropologia. TV: US (PBS) |
| Pennsylvania Parade #132 - U. S. Chronicle: Country Radio/ Coa l Operator's Turn More on DVD Version | Country Radio - "If it ain't country, it ain't music." That's Dean Sharpless, station manager, chief engineer, and mid-day disk jockey at WPHB, a 5000-watt daytime-only radio station in Philipsburg, PA. Brother Sheldon is sales manager and early-morning DJ; he takes requests, makes dedications, tells corny jokes, and tries to keep local residents smiling their way to work. In a world of slick-rock formats and motor-mouthed DJs, WPHB is a time-warp, an out-of-the-mainstream mixture of local store owners doing their own commercials, syndicated religious programs with faithful local followings, "Keeping it country!" music, and promotions for the latest station-sponsored vacation tour. Good natured, somewhat daffy, locally successful: that's WPHB, and it is country. Coal Operator's Turn - "You can't separate business and politics." Alan Walker believes and practices that maxim. Walker has both business and political problems, and he is sometimes angry about them. His coal company has been pressed hard by state and local strip mine regulations---"You're gonna lose your business, one way or another"--- conservation groups---"Maybe we can't afford to do everything now."---and critics of the coal industry ---"It's very naive of people to think that businesses can run without making money. It just doesn't work out that way!" But Alan Walker is not a capitalist dinosaur; he's a young, hard-working, articulate businessman with plausible explanations for his actions and reasoned answers for his critics. Coal is a major Pennsylvania industry, and Walker is a rational spokesman, taking his turn in the public forum. Produced by P J O'Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Basic Music Vocabulary More on DVD Version | The study of music involves learning some specialized vocabulary. This video defines the essential terms and expressions and illustrates each item with examples. ©2001 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #145 - Documenting Rural America More on DVD Version | Contains segments from RADOC programs including: Visiting with Darlene; Notes on a Community Hospital; Inside Huntingdon Prison; The Spirit of Punxsutawney; The Faces of A-Wing; The Final, Proud Days of Elsie Wurster; Notes on an American Business; A Tale of Reliance and Hope; R.D.#1 Box 99; Profiles of Rural Religion; Winning and Losing; The Powers That Be; Veterans Day (traditional); Teen Cancer; The Victim's World; Teachers, Gardeners, Paths and Shadows; It's Prom Time; Music Music Music; and Festival. Produced by P J O'Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1992 |
| Dance of the Spirits More on DVD Version | Dance of the Spirits is ideal for in-depth study of African masks. It provides detailed analysis of the unique music, dance steps, costumes and audience interaction contributing to the effective impersonation of each of the characters the masks represent. By presenting them in their respective context, Christopher Roy's footage continues to capture the viewer's interest. |
| Selma Jam More on DVD Version | Documenting a traditional way of music and entertainment, Selma Jam profiles musicians who gather in Selma, Iowa each month to share their unique music. Fiddles, banjos, guitars and harmonicas fill the air with music as some play, some listen, and all enjoy. An important look at Iowa folk songs and how they are passed to each generation, Selma Jam gives insight into a closely knit group of people in rural middle America and what their music means to them. Selma Jam appeals to a wide range of ages and interest groups including folklorists and teachers of American folk music, teachers of the humanities, folk musicians and our older generation. |
| Phoenix of Music: The Harp More on DVD Version | "Due to the lack of understanding and information, the exciting dimensions of the harp can often be overlooked," says international test winner Georganne Cassat, former harpist in residence at the University of Iowa. "Many students of music hold the misconception that the harp is a difficult instrument to compose for and incorporate into a large body of orchestration." The Phoenix of Music: The Harp makes it interesting to learn the history and development of this multi-faceted instrument while presenting the performance of both classical and contemporary harp music by an outstanding harpist. Including compositions and techniques, Ms. Cassat has created a delightful series of vignettes about this magical instrument, " ... one of the most versatile sound resources available today." |
| Midwest Old Threshers Annual Reunion More on DVD Version | An exciting glimpse of America's past is provided by this visit to the Old threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Each year, farmers and collectors gather to display, tinker and work their antique steam and gas tractors and engines. Horse driven threshing machines, separators, antique cars and trains, steam driven sawmills and a sorghum press are among the many attractions which chronicle the progress of power and machinery on the farm from the turn of the century through the 1920's. Authentic country music, bluegrass and fiddle music accompany the visitors as they participate in the antique and crafts exhibition, the daily stream cavalcade, plowing competition and evening square dances. |
| Understanding Terrorism Series Afghanistan: The Lost Generation More on DVD Version | An Ancient Culture drowns in a Sea of Brutality. After enduring twenty-five years of civil strife, a botched occupation attempt and countless calamities, Afghanistan has finally returned to a state of relative-though fragile-calm. Controlled by a violent autocratic regime intent on eradicting personal liberties and forcing society back into the Dark Ages, Afghanistan faces a new set of challenges. Afghanistan: The Lost Generation is not about politics or religion. It is an unflinching look at the atrocities of war, and a personal visit to a nation and a people struggling to survive in the total desperation caused by an almost perpetual state of conflict. In a nation of countless victims, thousands of emotionally and physically crippled survivors-maimed children, widows and silent scholars-struggle to rebuild their lives. Ustad Kamal, a dean of traditional music and a virtuoso of the two-stringed dotar, uses his music to alleviate his pain and fight the cultural genocide destroying his country. Twelve-year-old Bashir lost both his feet in a rocket blast that struck his home and killed his parents, yet he works to provide food for his six surviving brothers and sisters. Nasrullah, a soldier crippled by war, clings to memories of his lost childhood amid the brutal reality of death and destruction. This is the struggle to rebuild a new Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of the lost generation. |
| York: The Voice of Freedom More on DVD Version | York: The Voice of Freedom is not a documentary, it is a dramatic work of art. As such, it starts with the facts of York's life and tries to explain through music and drama what that life meant. A work of history deals strictly with the facts; a work of art must seek for the truth that lives within those facts: how did the obedient slave come to understand that equality is not a gift to be passively accepted but a right to be seized and passed on to one's children? York: The Voice of Freedom hopefully shines some small light upon the dark facts surrounding the hundreds of thousands who were forced into lives of servitude. The stories of most of those victims have been lost, their voices silenced. York: The Voice of Freedom is a song of hope that resurrects the story of one man: York, the slave who traveled to the end of the earth and came back to find he still had ahead of him a long road to freedom. YORK: The Voice of Freedom Music by Bruce Trinkley Words by Jason Charnesky Videotaped at Penn State's Playhouse Theatre, November 17, 2002, by Penn State Public Broadcasting, this version was produced by Jerry Sawyer and directed for television by Jeffrey Hughes. 2dvd set |
| The 11th Hour Allen Ginsberg More on DVD Version | Allen Ginsberg, hailed as one of the greatest influences on modern American poetry, utilizes music to complement poetry readings from his sixth decade. In facing your own mortality, what final message would you leave to future generations? Since 1991, distinguished individuals from around the world have been invited to answer this provocative question by contributing their living testament as they would like to be remembered when delivering their lasting message to the world. |
| The 11th Hour Pete Seeger More on DVD Version | Complemented by music and song, Pete Seeger reinforces his environmental ethic and encourages us to persevere in our efforts to improve the world. In facing your own mortality, what final message would you leave to future generations? Since 1991, distinguished individuals from around the world have been invited to answer this provocative question by contributing their living testament as they would like to be remembered when delivering their lasting message to the world. |
| World War 1- American Legacy More on DVD Version | WW I-American Legacy vividly tells the many forgotten stories of the men and women who survived the Great War, reminding Americans of their impact on our country that can still be felt today. From the summer of 1914 to November 1918, the Great War cost over 14 million lives, devastated entire countries and destroyed countless architectural landmarks. The war also led to important developments in literature, technology, music, and social equality that have shaped the culture of 21st century America. Filmed in high definition and full of period music, photographs, and monuments, this documentary includeds rare images that have never been seen before on screen bringing extreme detail of the Great War to life. Narrated by David Carradine |
| Let's Dance Salsa--Beginning Lessons 1 More on DVD Version | 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. |
| Let's Dance Salsa--Beginning Lessons 2 More on DVD Version | 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. |
| Let's Dance Salsa--Intermediate Lessons More on DVD Version | 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. |
| Let's Dance Salsa - Advanced and Expert Combinations More on DVD Version | 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. |
| Let's Dance Salsa--Team Dancing More on DVD Version | 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. |
| Let's Dance Salsa--Ultimate Collection More on DVD Version | 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! |
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