DVD Tap W/Ginger Series (4 Hours Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels)

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Summary: EDITORIAL REVIEW FROM LIBRARY JOURNAL
Review: "In this complete program for beginner-intermediate and advanced levels, you will learn 45 steps. Tap artist, Ginger de Paris adheres to the concept "Practice makes perfect" First each step is demonstrated to music. Next, it is shown in close-ups of the feet from the back, repeated 4 times and finally the viewer can follow along with 3 reviews to music. This is an EXCELLENT, reasonably priced introduction to Tap.
Beginner Level: Shuffle, Flaps, Cramp Roll, Clap Step, Comic Slide, Shim Sham Routine, Broadway Time Step, Rythm Time Step, Turning Time Step, Basic Roll, Essence...

Intermediate Level:Paddle Rolls,Trills, Paddle Roll Workout, Paddle Roll with Stamps and Variation, Walking Step, The Third, Rolling Step, Maxie Ford,Jump & Click, Time Step with stamps
Time Step with Thrid, train Step, Turning Step, Double Shuffle

Advanced Level: Warm Up, Boogie Step, Riff, the Chug, The Retro Step, Slides, Wings, Turn with Tap, Pull Backs, plus 5 different Hoofer Time Steps.

Highly recommended for public libraries and dance collections."
Editor Bette Lee Fox

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Summary: Too Hard for Beginners
Review: I have Bonnie Franklin's Let's Tap and, to me, she is a much better teacher than Ginger. Bonnie demonstrates facing you and does the steps totally backwards (her left leg for your right, so it is like looking in a mirror -- quite impressive) and it is so much easier to follow. Ginger initially shows the steps facing away from you so you can't see what her feet are doing. For someone who doesn't know a fl-lap from a shuffle, it is very difficult to figure out what she is doing. When she does turn around for the faster sections, her legs are opposite yours. Also, the music is quite bad. NOT for beginners! An advanced tap dancer might get a lot out of it though.

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Summary: Good for learning but don't expect it to be easy!
Review: I would reccomend these videos for someone who has had a little experience in tap or someone who has plenty of experience.
Ginger teaches a wonderful number of steps, but she is not a very good teacher. She may go over the steps many times, but she does not teach them clearly so it is rather difficult.
The audio for her voice is not very good either, and it is hard to hear her.
I would strongly reccomend this series, but I would say don't expect it to be easy!