Sexy Salsa: Solo Moves for Beginners with Yesenia Adame: Salsa dance instruction, Beginner Latin dance classes

The instructions are clear and easy to follow. In terms of space you need a sizeable amount of space in front and behind you as well as to both sides because there's alot of traveling steps. I enjoyed this.

exactly what it says.

I'm just so impressed with how thoroughly this is presented. From the tutorial on dance timing, and the careful explanations of each combination to the variety of camera angles on the moves, anyone can get this...and take what they've learned out onto the dancefloor to have fun. I'll let yyou all know how it goes ;-)

Very well done--this was fun and exciting to watch and learn. Well worth the price and would recommend to anyone who wants to exercise and learn Salsa moves without a partner. If one is 74 years old and wants to learn how to dance to this, it must really be motivational--a great DVD!

Routines are very difficult if you aren't an experienced dancer.

Sexy Salsa: Learn sassy, stylish combos quickly Grab your swishy skirt! If you're new to salsa, a flouncy skirt and a pair of high heels are your best friends because they can make the simplest moves look good. That's what the lovely Yesenia Adame proves in her second solo salsa DVD for women, the first being called just that: Solo Salsa. The enticing preview for this video made me remember my salsa days and I immediately decided I would have another go at the dance once I got my review copy. Of course, I could have also chosen to work with my copy of Solo Salsa, but this one looked so fun. The format of the two DVDs, Solo Salsa and Sexy Salsa, is very similar. If you don't have either, any one of the two will do just fine; they're in no particular order and are of the same difficulty level. If you have Solo Salsa and want more, think of Sexy Salsa as two additional combinations - the first of the three combos is again, the basics. Solo work DVDs for women who are totally new to salsa are hard to come by. There are a few, but the focus is more on styling for eventual use in partner dancing. In that sense, this video and its predecessor are unique. They've been created assuming you want to dash off to a party and look good on the dance floor without too much effort and obsessing over the intricacies of the dance. If you don't happen to have a partner - just grove these moves. If the people around you are salsa dancers, keep up with these steps and you certainly won't look half bad. If you find yourself dancing with someone who knows his salsa, you'll have an idea of the basics and can try simpler partner moves. Or you can just use these for a good workout at home because salsa always makes for a light aerobic exercise session - every part of you moves and there's enough footwork to keep you on the go. The extended arms moves fit right in to keep your heart rate up. And the salsa rhythm is so wonderful, you can't help but want to dance. It certainly wakes me up more than most forms of music. A quick explanation of the salsa rhythm leads you into the program. There's a warm up during which you also learn some of the isolations and movements you'll use. Like how to move your hips or roll your shoulders. There are three combos on this video, each made up of two or three moves strung together or spiced up with styling. It really looks cute, flirty and totally enjoyable. And as Yesenia says, very sassy. I distracted my brother in law by playing the preview one too many times until he wanted to pounce on all three dancers. Yesenia's style of teaching is just fine. It would be, since she's also a TV personality and will be more comfortable than most in front of a camera. She breaks down the moves and repeats them enough times. Working with the video, I could see I've quite forgotten my salsa and am definitely back at the beginning, except that I haven't lost my understanding of the rhythm. I didn't find it as easy as I thought to get back to doing even these few steps. After all, you need to get the look, the isolations, the style. Leave it too long and you lose it. The steps are taught viewed from the front and the back - just as in most classes. Two other young women dance to either side of Yesenia. I wish they weren't there just for cosmetic reasons though. One could have had each of them showing the moves from different directions instead of doing the same identical things. This would, in fact, have perhaps allowed for a whole other combo to be squeezed in because it may not have been necessary to repeat the moves facing the back. While it's all quite fun, I do have a few other issues with this DVD. From the preview, it would seem as if there's a thorough explanation of the rhythm. We actually spend only about three minutes of it and I'm not entirely sure the emphasis points in the percussion are that easy to get for a beginner with this tiny tutorial. I think this mini section could have been made far better by say, tapping the rhythm out with the feet a few times and getting us to follow along. Also, the pauses in the rhythm are not easy for beginners to understand. Even when this is taught in person learners keep saying, huh, what pause? Another quibble I have with both Solo and Sexy is that the first combo shouldn't be a run-through of the basics. With only three combos on each video, all three should really have been "proper" steps other than the basics. I know I wouldn't want to get on a dance floor and just do the basics. Anyone who's familiar with salsa will look at me funnily and wonder why I'm practicing my basics there. There should be enough steps to take you through a while song without too much repetition, but several consecutive rounds of the basics isn't the same as a full-fledged combo. What I do like a lot about both the videos is that they really capture the joyous nature of salsa. In fact, I never realized that until I watched Sexy Salsa. Everyone talks of salsa being sensual, but it's also a very happy dance. Other dances have markedly different flavors. For instance, I'm a belly dance enthusiast and learner and that form of dancing takes on many emotional layers if the dancer chooses to let it. Salsa is plain sexy and happy. I also like that the difficulty level of the steps seems just about right and steps haven't been explained with a lot of salsa jargon. Many dance forms have their very own snobbishness and from the classes I attended and other videos I have, I can see that there's an "insider's" language that can be quite intimidating. Yesenia skips all that quite nicely. My rating of 4 for this video doesn't mean that this video is any less nice than Solo Salsa. But once something's been done, doing it pretty much the same again doesn't mean this video is stellar. You set a benchmark and when you meet the same benchmark with another product, you don't necessarily get higher ratings. Both DVDs are very nice; one can choose either; and you can even choose both but then be ready for some repetition.

I am very satisfied with this purchase; it gives me something to work on from home so I can do better out on the dance floor!

Love it!

The program is easy to follow and is a GREAT way to exercise. You don't need a large space to do the moves -- easier performed in front of TV or computer.

I bought this dvd twice and both of them were faulty/damaged. They did not play.

Excellent, steps are easy to follow