Wedding Day Dancing

The Wedding Dance instructional video is the perfect "learn at home" solution to your first dance as husband and wife.  Let's face it: if you don't know how to dance, the obligatory wedding dance with your new husband or wife and family can be nerve racking; you know that all the eyes in the reception hall will be on you, and people will be taking pictures and video taping you. The last thing you want is to seem awkward. The good news is you can learn how to dance in time for your wedding. Our professional dance instructors, Paul Overton and Sharon Ashe, lead you through each phase of preparation for your first dance with the care and clarity that is their trademark, making it easy and enjoyable to learn in the comfort of your own living room. In addition to the dances featured (Foxtrot, Waltz, and Swing) we have also included several extra sections: Moving Together, Choosing your song, Beginning and Ending the Dance, and   More ...

How To Be A Ballerina

How to Be a Ballerina helps budding ballerinas combine basic dance steps with graceful movement to create five simple yet effective solo dances for the ballet Sleeping Beauty.  Following several brief warm-up exercises, ballet instructor Debra Bradnum and several young students demonstrate simple dances for "Enchanted Garden," "Woodland Glade Fairy," "Songbird Fairy," "Lilac Fairy," and "Carabosse--the Wicked Fairy." By combining dance steps like plié, spring point, walking, running, and chaseé with graceful arm movements and elements of mime, Bradnum creates solo dances appropriate for both novices and more proficient ballet students.  Each dance is carefully demonstrated, then presented at speed with piano accompaniment.  The program culminates with a fully staged and costumed performance featuring student soloists in each of the five aforementioned dances. Intended as an aid to imaginative play and crafted to be safe for untrained children, this 45-minute video is informative and practicable More ...