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Elengua

Rueda de Casino, Vol 1

Level: Beg/Int

Style: Casino Rueda

Content: Turn Patterns.

General Comment: With Cuban Salsa enjoying renewed popularity, Elengua bring to us three DVDs packed with material. In the first one they show 24 rueda figures. They are demonstrated by 3 couples and taught by the leader and occasionally by the follower. The instructions are in French, but with two viewing angles synchronised on the screen you are ensured a good view of both figures and change of partners within the rueda. A nice performance is included at the end of the DVD.

Reviewed by Fabio from SalsaIsGood - Ok

Salsa Cubana Vol 2

Level: Int/Adv

Style: Cuban Salsa

Content: Turn Patterns.

General Comment: In this DVD Elengua teach us 25 figures of Cuban salsa, plus a few solo footwork patterns to mix with your basic steps, which is plenty of material by any standard. The DVD organisation is simple: each figure is demonstrated and then broken down by the leader; details and zooming are provided only when necessary and the instructions are in French with Spanish subtitles. Nevertheless, provided you do not need too many details to work out a figure, what you see should be enough to allow you to learn all this material, even without understanding the spoken part. The figures span a wide range of difficulty, from fairly simple to advanced; we do not see any excessively complicated Cuban ‘knots’, but the few which are included are executed very well and made look easy by the instructors. A clip of a performance at the end completes the DVD.

Reviewed by Fabio from SalsaIsGood - Ok

Salsa Cubana Vol 3

Level: Adv

Style: Cuban Salsa

Content: Turn Patterns.

General Comment: This DVD is very much the twin version of Volume 2, with exactly the same organisation. It contains 21 more Casino figures, on average more complicated than the ones in Volume 2. If you add these to the ones in the previous volumes, you would build a considerable repertoire of Cuban salsa.

Reviewed by Fabio from SalsaIsGood - Ok