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It looks like Dancebeat has its own youtube channel. There are 2 videos that feature Alexei Silde and Anna Firstova, the current top amateur couple in the world. As you can see, the videos were well-produced and capture some other aspects of competitive dancers’ lives. I don’t know how much they are “acting” in them [...]

Maurizo Vescovo & Andra Vaidilaite’s videos are out! They are looking good! The UK Championship is coming up and I’m sure they’ll be in it. You can see the video here.

I spent sometime today looking for video clips of rumba syllabus figures and found some good ones. According to this page on the USISTD site, the following is the international rumba syllabus. Rumba Pre-Bronze/Student Teacher Basic Movements Cucarachas New York Spot Turns Left and Right Shoulder to Shoulder Hand to Hand Progressive Walks Forward & [...]

I was surfing the internet today and found a web site that is selling instructional DVDs for beginners. That reminded me of the time I started to take dance lessons. When I started, I was so focused on learning the patterns and got really frustrated when I couldn’t remember the steps after I got home [...]

Dance Vision is doing a holiday sale. If you buy 5 videos/DVDs, you’ll get 3 free videos or DVDs. This is almost 40% off for the entire purchase. There’s no limit to the number of times you can use this offer. These are the ones I’d like to get if my budget allows. The first [...]

If you are like me, that is… it you spend a long time watching Youtube videos, you eventually find a video or two that you want to download to you PC. It’s cumbersome but it can be done. Youtube videos use Flash technology, so right-clicking the video to “save target as” doesn’t work. Here’s how [...]

I got an email today from Dance Shopper about The World Super Stars Dance Festival 2008. The DVD is now available there for $98.95. I already bought this DVD from somewhere else and thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought this year’s DVD was better than last year’s because there are 7 couples, which include 2 new [...]