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This is another excellent collection of music from rejected1 on Youtube.

Here are two video clips of the Victory, a show dance by Maxim Kozhevnikov and Yulia Zagoryuchenko. The Victory is a song by Bond, a British classical/pop fusion band. The second clip is a music video of the song. Whenever I see Yulia dance, my eyes are glued to the screen. She has a rare [...]

I am sure a lot of you are watching Dancing with the Stars (DWTS). I am not as enthusiastic about DWTS as I am about So You Think You Can Dance, but I’ve been watching DWTS anyways. This week’s dances were Foxtrot and Samba. Samba is a difficult dance with distinct hip movements and lots [...]

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 [...]

I found this excellent video clip done by Max and Yulia. They show samba variations and explain the man’s and woman’s part. This clip is very useful and joyful to watch. I know I’ll never be able to dance like Yulia but I like to think anything is possible…. Enjoy!

Here are some more video clips of Samba. The first one shows whisks and voltas with clear explanations. The second one shows bronze-level voltas and bota fogos. First, whisks and voltas by Monika. Notice how fluid her movements are and how steady her upperbody is. Samba Whisks and Voltas Here’s a clip of bota fogos [...]

One of Samba’s characteristics is its bouncing actions; however, its bounce is not vertical – we don’t jump up and down to create samba bounce. Rather, its bounce mostly comes from knees and feet. In addition, a dancer’s hip action paired with lower abdominal contraction and release will create very unique body actions. We also [...]