Learn and Master Ballroom Dance Review

The popularity of Ballroom dance has skyrocketed over the past few years thanks to TV shows like Dancing with the Starsm which have placed Ballroom dancing back into the mainstream.

To piggy back on this popularity Legacy Learning Systems of Nashville TN has come out with another self study DVD course, Learn and Master Ballroom Dance, to add to their ever growing product Catlog.

The course is targeting individuals and couples who want to learn to Ballroom dance and:

• Learn at their own pace
• Learn at home
• Save money compared to taking private ballroom dance instruction

The course is made up of 13 DVDs, 6 audio CDs, workbook and online support and community website. All course materials are designed to interact with each other to provide a better over all learning experience for you.

The Videos

Right off the bat the video quality on each dvd is outstanding. There’s been a lot of behind the scenes production time put into the menus and graphics on each disc.

The filming of each lesson was well thought out and incorporates multiple camera angles to ensure you get a good view of all angles when learning both the lead, follower and together parts of each dance.

The Lessons

The teaching style used in each video is unique and effective. First you’re presented with an example of the dance style you’re about to learn. That is followed by the individual learn and follower parts of the dance, and finally putting it all together as the finished product.

This process allows individuals and couples to make the most of these ballroom dancing dvds by learning and practicing either on their own or as a team.

There are 6 dance styles covered across the 13 discs:

• Cha Cha
• FoxTrot
• Rhumba
• Tango
• Waltz
• Swing

These are the six main styles for the American ballroom so you’ll be well prepared for your next wedding or night on the town to show your stuff.

The Audio Cds

It didn’t occur to me until I started reviewing Learn & Master Ballroom Dance just how important having practice music was in learning ballroom dance at home.

Few, if any of us have songs in our home CD (or MP3) collection that would suit learning the above six ballroom styles. To overcome this problem Learn and Master Ballroom Dance has included 6 audio Cds which contain the same songs used in the lesson dvds for you to practice to at home.

Each song is also included at different tempos (speeds) so you can being learning slowly and then advance to faster versions of the song as you improve.

This is probably one of the best and most overlooked parts of the entire course.

The Lesson Book

While most people probably wouldn’t think you’d use a workbook to learn ballroom dancing it can come in handy when refreshing the steps to a particular dance or when you’re looking to review what you’ve learned without having to re-watch the dvd video.

The lesson book also cues you to which Dance along CD and track you should be using for your current lesson.

Like the ballroom dancing dvds it’s apparent that a lot of time was taken in design and layout of the workbook.

Your Instructors

When ever we’re learning something through self study, be it a musical instrument or how to ballroom dance, we’re only as good as our teachers.

Legacy Learning System did a fantastic job hand picking the instructors for this course, just like all of their other dvd self study programs.

Mark Short, a professional dance instructor and world wide competitor began his ballroom career at the age of 18. It’s been his passion since he was a young child, and he is one of the top ballroom dancers in the United Sates.

Jaimee Simon is also a professional dance teacher and competitor. She’s been dancing ballroom for 8 years and is fun to watch and a great communicator.

Together this team does a fantastic job of making this sometimes complicated art form easy for you to understand, even if you feel you have two left feet.

Conclusion

Over all Learn and Master Ballroom Dance is a great alternative to taking private ballroom lessons. You’ll save about 90% of the cost and be able to learn at your own pace.

The great video quality and dance along cds will make learning from home enjoyable, all you need to do is add the time.

The only downside to this course is that it is self study and it will take discipline to complete the course. Also sometimes when we take lessons at a dance studio we do so with other couples. This helps us over come stage freight of dancing in front of other people. This may take a bit to overcome the first time you dance in public.

Of course these are only minor stumbling blocks and I wouldn’t let them stop you from learning ballroom dance with this program. Legacy Learning Systems offers a 60 day money back guarantee on all of their courses so if you’re not completely satisfied when you have it home simply send it back for a full refund.