Comments on: Picture Yourself Dancing: Step-by-Step Instruction for Ballroom, Latin, Country, and More

By: Lee Liming

Lee Liming — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:37:58 +0000

Great literature on the history of dance. Great word discriptions on the steps but no foot pattern diagrams. The enclosed DVD is Couples Ultimate Dance Sampler which I already own. The DVD’s are very good. All of the dances covered in the book are in one or the other of their several DVD’s. If you have the DVD’s you don’t need the book
Rating: 3 / 5

By: songbird

songbird — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:36:51 +0000

Read this book and you will feel like you are ready to dance with the stars! These instructors teach the dances in detail with pictures and they lead practice sessions for each dance on the DVD. Their professional approach makes it easy to learn a variety of steps. I like the video included with the book so much that I am now planning to buy some of the other dance DVD’s produced by these instructors. It looks to me like this book and anything from the Trautman series of dance videos will be perfect for holiday gifts this year!

Rating: 5 / 5

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:22:52 +0000

Picture Yourself Dancing is a perfect partner for the Learn to Dance Series of DVD lessons offered by Shawn and Joanna Trautman. These professionals provide a logical approach to learning all of the dance steps. In this book, they include a comprehensive history of each dance, as well as step-by-step instructions for the dances. The video included with the book shows you the way each dance should look and it helps you to develop your own individual dancing style. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning the total dance “picture”. The vivid action photos and suggestions for dance attire inspire you to actually imagine yourself on the dance floor. Buy this book for anyone who loves to dance or who would like to learn, and include it as a companion to the Shawn Trautman Learn to Dance Series of DVD’s!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:22:36 +0000

My husband and I are just beginning dance lessons at Arthur Murray and wanted a book/dvd to supplement our at home practise. Unfortunately, without step diagrams, I find it hard to look up the appropriate chapter and pick up where my lessons at Arthur Murray left off for the week. This book might be alright for a book you really wanted to read from the beginning, but to use it as a beginner’s reference guide it was terribly hard for us to follow. I am looking for that book with foot diagrams, I think. As to the DVD, it might be great, but the book was designed to hold the DVD with a little glue in the back of the book, which in my book came unglued somewhere along the way before I ever even tried to watch it. As such, the DVD is missing. I’m hoping to find where it perhaps fell out, but am not holding my breath. You would think for a book this expensive they could have created a little better storage space for the DVD slot.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:34:35 +0000

The book was great but what I really want to know is the names of the couple shown on the front cover. Top row, third from the left. I swear I saw them at some dance competition. Do you know who they are? I gotta know!
Rating: 5 / 5