Discover Dance

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Strictly for the first dance in your life users........2002-10-11

Having seen other learn-to dance videos (especially Learn to Jive with Kav Kavannagh ) I was hoping to get to at least beyond beginner stage with Discover Dance - Latin....that DVD is strictly for beginners who do not believe they could progress. You get shown one or two very basic moves (granted, from various angles) and a promise that next DVD will be more It. Also, it is a very old fashioned style Latin dance- a ballroom in a resort style, nothing of the dynamics and vitality of Latin dance club. If that is what you want, fine, but if not-best choose another DVD.

This DVD will change your life!! Learn to dance like a Pro.......2002-03-30

I wanted to learn the basic steps before making a fool of myself in the dance school or on the dance floor, so I bought this DVD. Wow, it is so easy to use, fully interractive, shows the perspective of both partners and can be setup using your own preferences.
If you, like me, were a little scared of stepping out onto the dance floor without any training at all, then this is the help you need. It has changed my life for sure, now I am not filled with dread when asked for a dance - no more stepping all over your partners feet!
With the added advantage that DVD offers - user interraction - you can use this training guide exactly the way you want.
I cannot believe this has not been done before - it is such a great way to learn!
If you need any help learning to dance, get this DVD today.

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Discover Dance: Latin
Simon Cruwys
Manufacturer: Kultur
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0007CNXWI
Release Date: 2005-02-22

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"The younger generation comes bearing retribution.".......2005-09-11

Produced in 1960 by David Susskind, this Broadway Theater Archive production of one of Ibsen's most famous plays focuses on an older man's fear that he will be replaced by the younger generation before he has been able to reconcile his success with his personal sacrifices. Halvard Solness (E. G. Robinson) is a Master Builder who has built much of the small town in which he lives. Arrogant, manipulative, and often paranoid, there is little he will not do to appear in control.

When Hilde Wangel (Lois Smith) suddenly knocks on his door, the younger generation arrives. Exuberant and flirtatious, Hilde reminds Halvard that exactly ten years ago, when she was the twelve-year-old daughter of a client, he called her his little princess and promised to buy her a kingdom. Ingratiating herself with Halvard, Hilde listens as he reveals his guilt about his success, his fear of godly retribution, and his simultaneous belief that he is one of the "special people" who can bring his desires to fruition through the summoning of demons, "called 'luck' by others." Regarding herself as the person who will free him from guilt, Hilde urges the acrophobic Halvard to place a wreath at the top of the tower on the house he has built for his wife--a symbolic celebration of a new kind of life through Hilde, building castles in the air.

Though Robinson and Smith portray their roles with passion, their characters are not always realistic, and the psychological grounding seems uncertain, lacking unity. Their relationship, because of differences in age, background, and personalities, is unsettling and uncomfortable for the viewer, and the actors themselves do not seem to connect in this supposed relationship. The formality of E. G. Robinson matched with the bizarre flirtatiousness of Lois Smith feels more like a dramatic conceit than the natural attraction it is supposed to be. Halvard's seemingly bloodless wife (Joanna Roos), fully aware of the growing attraction between Halvard and Hilde, vividly conveys her frustration with her life and her wayward husband, and her behavior at the end of the play is touching--filled with a kind of hopeless sadness.

Set in Halvard's house, this black and white production depends on the viewer's acceptance of the characters and their peculiar interactions, since there is virtually no change of scenery and no color to provide distractions. The play, directed by John Stix and Richard Lukin, is filled with strong emotion, but it carries a pessimistic and ambiguous message conveyed through characters who are not quite believable. Mary Whipple

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