Dance with Lisa - Red Hot Salsa II
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Actor: Lisa NuziellaBrand: First Look Pictures
Producer: Art Brown Lisa Nunsiella
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 66 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A Go Go Films and Tru Company
Movie Reviews of Dance with Lisa - Red Hot Salsa II
Movie Review: Advanced-paced salsa dance workout...
Summary: 5 Stars
I was seeking a workout that was low-impact, yet intense. I have a background in competitive Latin ballroom dance, and salsa was the very first introduction I had to any kind of Latin dance, so I figured this DVD would be do-able for me. It was, although I admit it took me a good 3 tries before I felt comfortably fluent with the pace and sequence of steps that Lisa Nunziella presents. I enjoyed the rapid progression of moves, the authentic Salsa music and accompanying drummer on the dance floor, and Lisa's good use of proper salsa technique. What she is really teaching are "shine steps" for salsa, which is a salsa sequence women usually dance during salsa partner dancing as a way to improvise on the floor when her partner has released her from closed dance position; it allows both partners to "play" with the music and show off their own individual technique, rhythm and styling. It is true that she breaks forward starting on the "2" count (which is more of a mambo-type standard), whereas true street salsa breaks forward on the "1" count, but I've learned both variations and regardless of the count, Lisa's steps are well-timed with the music. She seems to have an intense, somewhat jarring teaching persona, almost like a dance "drill-sergeant", and her voice can be loud and jarringly shrill at times, but I didn't mind; she has probably produced the most authentic and fast-paced Latin dance workout available on the market. She also has an extensive background in many forms of dance and is in great shape, and her workout is definitely a mentally (and physically-I worked up a respectable sweat) challenging one for those who have prior dance experience and are coordinated enough to pick up the steps quickly.
Lisa teaches "add-on" style, in that she introduces you to a sequence of 4 steps at the start, you repeat the sequence twice, then she introduces a new step to add on. You then repeat the new step twice, then add it on to the original sequence (repeated twice). It goes on, until you have a long choreographed sequence that lasts about a minute-and-a-half, and this final long sequence is repeated 3x to faster salsa music. The warm-up and cool-down sections are fast-paced as well, as she jumps right into doing moderately fast-tempo salsa steps in both sections without any slow movements to ease into the dance. She does offer a stretch section in both the warm-up and cool-down sections, which is decent. The total aerobic workout time is probably about 40 minutes (I'm counting the warm-up and cool-down sections too, since they are faster than average), and the total workout including the stretching sections is about 52 minutes.
I have also ordered Lisa's "5-Day Latin Dance" DVD, which I hear is also fast-paced and a good Latin dance-inspired workout for those who are comfortable with the challenge of learning complex steps in short time. Lisa is no-nonsense and serious about her craft, and isn't just there to act/look sexy and seduce the camera while dancing; she's actually trying to make the experience a dance workout challenge for the audience. She may not be as "warm and fuzzy" bubbly as other instructors (but at least she's not making cutesy faces, winking at the camera, and hollering "Whooo!" like some other workout dance instructors). She has two other competent backup dancers behind her, and the whole time the camera just focuses on all three dancers doing the routines (no seductive close-ups of the dancers' bodies), so it is easy to see what all three dancers are doing with their legs and arms. I would recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoys a coordination dance challenge (preferably with some prior dance experience), or those who are patient enough with themselves to learn how to dance relatively complex, fast-paced salsa steps.
Summary of Dance with Lisa - Red Hot Salsa II
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