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Not for visual learners	Customer Rating:
If you are able learn by reading through pages of step by step instructions then this is great. However if you are a visual learner, like myself, this book will be painful. The DVD is not helpful. It does have a lof of helpful information, but this "complete idiot" just couldn't get into this book. Gonna take it back.

disappointed

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This was not what I was looking for. I am a beginner and yes it explains some of the dance terminology I am not familiar with but it doesn't break down the steps as I had hoped. Basically it has you learn the terminology, then lists the steps. But I don't have the time to sit and read all of this book and you have to be familiar with the terminology to figure out the steps. I was hoping it would have diagrams or something simple....,layman's terms, not dancers terms. If you are really looking to understand the dances and maybe compete..this might be a good starting point but if you are just looking to learn a few steps quickly, I would not recommend it.

You'd be an idiot to buy this book	Customer Rating:
The text is way, way too wordy. It could have been edited to a tenth of its length without any loss of content. The actual instruction is far too detailed to follow in any meaningful way, and the accompanying DVD is poorly organized, the video clips are far too brief, and the blurry fade-ins are very distracting. As you can tell, I was not happy with this purchase.

Lots of fat - not much meat...	Customer Rating:
This book uses a lot of words, but fails to make clear how to master a dance step. Disappointing. It makes a good coffee table book (one leg was shorter than the rest.)

Not entirely for dummies

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I had high hopes when I bought this book. I have never danced before so perhaps that is why after reading it, I did not think this book was entirely for dummies who did not know how to dance. The book had much advice about dancing and the preparatory stages before dancing, but when it came down to the actual explanations of dancing it was difficult for me to follow the sequences especially looking at a book while trying to copy what it said. I felt it focused to much on the wedding day event, which is old news for someone who has been married for a while- perhaps including a section about how to animate a reluctant spouse to dance would have been more appropriate! The book wasn't the main disappointment. It was the DVD. I had hoped for more explicit instruction when viewing the DVD and there was none. He spoke some advice during the clips but did not explain what was going on. It was like watching a performance which although beautiful to behold was still mysterious. Not having had any prior dancing experience but lots of desire to want to teach myself, I suppose I expected too much from this book and it left me naturally let down. Those who have some dancing experience will find this book much more enjoyable and will benefit from it more fully.