WCS Champions Instructional 8-DVD Series!
Social Patterns for WCS Volume Two (DVD#5) Now Available!
- Details and online ordering below.
Under the leadership of Doug Silton, Libbat Shaham and Edwin plus 12 other Champion dancers have banded together to produce an unprecedented instructional video series, "West Coast Swing Champions", the first five two-hour DVDs of which are available now.
Over the course of eight DVDs, the series documents the diversity and versatility of our dance as never before:
Fourteen sets of teachers on the same topics--social patterns, connection, styling and footwork, and competition moves.
Fourteen perspectives from dancers of inimitable styles, Champions all.
This is a smorgasbord of material to see, hear, compare, and contrast.
Absorb what appeals to and works for you. Leave behind what doesn't.
Discover, refine, evolve, and develop your self.
The rest of the series will follow on a schedule to be announced. To receive those announcements plus other email updates (new videos, scheduling changes, etc.), ...
WCS Champions Series: Available now
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Last updated: Thursday, May 10, 2007
DVD #1: Social Patterns for WCS, vol. 1
Price: $40 + $4 S&H
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14 Champion teachers, teaching 22 socially leadable and follow-able patterns in one two-hour DVD. What's "leadable" or "follow-able"? What makes something leadable or follow-able? Here are case studies and examples from fourteen of the country's Champion dancers, whose philosophies, styles, and techniques make their leading and following possible.
Teachers in alphabetical order are: Chuck Brown, Tessa Cunningham, ChristoFunk DeMaci, Jesse Dickson, Edwin Li, Rich Lundin, Jennifer Lyons, Jim Minty, Ben Morris, Myles Munroe, Melina Ramirez, Terry Roseborough, Libbat Shaham, and Doug Silton.
Get this DVD, wrap your head around what it takes to lead or follow 14 Champions' fun socially dance-able patterns, and learn some cool new patterns.
Includes: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced patterns and variations.
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DVD #2: Connection and Technique for WCS, vol. 1
Price: $40 + $4 S&H
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15 Champion teachers (Additionally featuring Skippy Blair!) Connection is among the most fundamental and important parts of our dance. Here our original 14 instructors are joined by WCS legend Skippy Blair, as each instructor covers their favorite techniques for improving their connection. From how you coordinate and control your own body to how you coordinate your movement with your partners', you'll find it all in here.
Teachers in alphabetical order are: Skippy Blair, Chuck Brown, Tessa Cunningham, ChristoFunk DeMaci, Jesse Dickson, Edwin Li, Rich Lundin, Jennifer Lyons, Jim Minty, Ben Morris, Myles Munroe, Melina Ramirez, Terry Roseborough, Libbat Shaham, and Doug Silton.
Special Feature: Interviews with the Pros!
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DVD #3: Styling and Footwork for WCS, vol. 1
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16 Champion teachers! Joining our cast are Patty Vo and Jay Byam! Unlike the Latin and Ballroom dances, WCS has no defined "perfect" form. The key to WCS is the dynamics and coordination of the partners' movements with respect to both each other and the music. As long as those fundamental rules are not disturbed, WCS dancers are free to create.
Creativity is one of WCS' highest aesthetics and pleasures. Here in this DVD are 16 teachers' favorite ways to be creative without disrupting the fundamentals of the dance. Use their input to tutor and feed your own creativity.
Teachers in alphabetical order are: Chuck Brown, Jay Byam, Tessa Cunningham, ChristoFunk DeMaci, Jesse Dickson, Edwin Li, Rich Lundin, Jennifer Lyons, Jim Minty, Ben Morris, Myles Munroe, Melina Ramirez, Terry Roseborough, Libbat Shaham, Doug Silton, and Patty Vo.
Special Feature: "Trouble in Paradise" (claymation short)
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DVD #4: Tricks and Competition Moves for WCS, vol. 1
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14 Champion teachers. ...
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DVD #5: Social Patterns for WCS, volume 2
Price: $40 + $4 S&H
Availability: Usually ships in five business days
15 Champion teachers teaching another 26 socially leadable and follow-able patterns in one two-hour DVD. What's "leadable" or "follow-able"? What makes something leadable or follow-able? Here are case studies and examples from 15 of the country's Champion dancers, whose philosophies, styles, and techniques make their leading and following possible.
Teachers in alphabetical order are: Chuck Brown, Jay Byam, Tessa Cunningham, ChristoFunk DeMaci, Jesse Dickson, Edwin Li, Rich Lundin, Jennifer Lyons, Jim Minty, Ben Morris, Myles Munroe, Melina Ramirez, Terry Roseborough, Libbat Shaham, and Doug Silton.
Get this DVD, wrap your head around what it takes to lead or follow 15 Champions' fun socially dance-able patterns, and learn some cool new patterns.
Includes: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced patterns and variations.
Special Feature: "Before They Were Dancers"
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WCS Champions Series: DVDs yet to come
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Last updated: Thursday, May 10, 2007
DVD #6: Connection and Technique for WCS, volume 2
Price: $40 + $4 S&H
Availability: Release date to be Determined
Fifteen Champion teachers (Additionally featuring Skippy Blair!), ...
DVD #7: Styling and Footwork for WCS, volume 2
Price: $40 + $4 S&H
Availability: Release date to be Determined
Fourteen Champion teachers, ...
DVD #8: Tricks and Competition Moves for WCS, volume 2
Price: $40 + $4 S&H
Availability: Release date to be Determined
Fourteen Champion teachers, ... "the crucible..."
Last updated: Thursday, May 10, 2007
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