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Summary: Its difficult but with practice you can do it!
Review: Hi! I am 14 years old and a girl from Washington State. I DID not know how to dance, I totally sucked and I bought it because all my friends could dance good and I couldnt. I wanted to show off and impress my friends. Belive me, this video WILL impress my friends.I got the video a couple days ago and when I tryed it out it was very very hard for me. So I just watched the video and steped in whenever I felt I should. At the end, the locking and popping dance I felt was very very fun and easy. I picked that up in less then 1 hour. I still need to perfect it and lock and pop better but I have the dance down and it is very fun to do. Its really easy too. The Britney, Nsync, and Jordan Knight dances are hard but with practice I know I or anyone else could learn those dances. This is a VERY VERY good dancing video to buy. Dont get frusturated with it just keep rewinding and take your time. Believe me it will take a lot of practice to be able to do this video. Dont just expect to pop the video in and be able to whip out some amazing moves. It will take you weeks if not months to learn the dances. But the lock and pop dance will only take you a day or two to learn and a couple weeks to perfect. So my advice would be just to watch the whole video through without dancing then going back to the lock and pop dance and doing that first. Its very very easy to learn and you will kind of get a jest of whats in the other dances. Oh and with people saying you cant see his feet and whatever it wasnt a problem for me. I did fine and I never noticed that you couldnt see his feet, its really just common sense where to put your feet. People also said that it went to fast. I dont really think so. The moves are cut down for you very very slow and he goes over them. But when you go to the music yes, it is very fast. You will just have to keep practicing the dances so you dont get confused. Darrin can teach to all ages and levels of dancing. Im a begininer and had NO dancing expierence before this video and I did fine and thought it was fun. Darrin doesnt really explain some of the moves too well, but once you keep doing the dance and watching them do it you find out how and its easy. Darrin does talk about himself kinda a lot in the video, which I didnt mind that much because then I learned about him. Yes, it was very confusing though with him saying saying punch with your right and it looks like hes punching left then you having to do the opposite of what you see. To me it doesnt really matter if I learn the dance exactly what direction so I just mixed it up a little bit with directions and it didnt make a difference. But if you are concerned with directions you may struggle for a while. So dont worry with all the bad reviews this video was very fun. It will take a lot of practice though so remember that. I would definitely reccomend Darrin's Dance Grooves to anyone who wants to learn how to dance, or perfect some of their moves. Basically anyone who wants to have fun, or just dance with their friends should BUY THIS VIDEO!!!
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Summary: Cool Dances, but A Few Complaints
Review: The dances are cool, but there are a couple times where you can't tell what his feet are doing because the camera angle is from the waist up. Even on the replay the camera still doesn't show his feet (on bye bye bye).
One other problem is that it is kinda hard to learn it opposite of him. He instructs facing the camera and there is no one who is facing backwards, so anyone watching the tape and learning the dance has to go the opposite direction as he goes to do it right.
Plus he doesn't teach you the whole song. For example on Bye Bye Bye he only shows you the first verse and the chorus. But after you learn it the dances are cool.
I would still recommend this dvd and i haven't been able to find another hip hop instructional video that is as good as Darrin's.
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Summary: disappointed dance grooves
Review: very disappointed...too much filler for minimal dance lessons. darrin first introduces moves as if you are already a dancer and he expects you to keep up. if i could do it over again, i would not have bought it.
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Summary: This was okay...
Review: My friend and I were learning a lot of the nsync dances off of the New York Times Square video and we were doing really well and knew most of it down. But there were these few parts we didn't have because the camera panned the audience. So, we bought Darrin's Dance Grooves, or I should say, I got it for Christmas. We were really excited because that meant we had the rest of the moves we needed. But in practicing it, Darrin only does HALF of the song, he doesn't do the whole song. So we were greatly disappointed in it. He also does't go really slow. He goes slow, but not slow enough. I found we had to rewind the tape a few times to figure it out. If you just want to learn to dance, then this is a great video to get. But if you want to learn the dance steps to a WHOLE song, this isn't for you, unless you want at least half the song to get you started.
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Summary: Not for beginners & does not live up to hype
Review: I bought this video b/c of the commericals promoting it. First off, he goes too fast & he cannot instruct people who are beginners. He needs to go to the right when the audience goes to the right, he does not do that. Also, he does not show the whole dance to each song. He is very skilled, but he is not very verbal in explaining how to move when he moves. Also, the camera angles stink. I think that they should show you the whole body at all times, sometimes Darrin is talking about moving his feet when you cannot see his feet! He does not seem very personable and it is not very exciting & enjoyable to watch the video, esp. discouraging beginning dancers. I could hardly follow him, if not at all. I would recommend Fatima's video which is more aimed towards beginners, although she does not show the whole video dance either.
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Summary: hm, it's ok...
Review: the video isn't bad, but this guy does love to talk about himself for quite a bit, meaning this waste up time on the tape. if u have experience with dance, such as ballet, jazz, hip hop, etc you should have an easier time following him. for beginners, the camera will probably annoy u as it's shot from the front and not always focused on the feet. so you have to do everything the opposite what he does and have to watch some of the backup dancers for their feet movement. also, he does each portion twice and sometimes he goes a bit too fast. so be prepared to do a lot of rewinding and practicing, especially before he takes you to a fast beat with the real song. but this is a pretty fun video and give you insight on how much practice the singers goes thru.
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Summary: Darrin's Dance Grooves - Not What I Expected
Review: I first saw this DVD advertised on TV and was misled into thinking it was an aerobic dance-type video. This DVD does provide a lot of information on Darrin Henson, his workshops and his talent for choreography . However, I was expecting to learn the entire routine of each of the videos and get a good workout in the process. If that's what you're looking for, do not bother with this. Darrin only demonstrates a tiny portion of moves for each song. You do not learn the entire routine. I was very disappointed with this DVD.
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Summary: DON'T BUY IT. JUST WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY.
Review: I and my daughter (17 years old) and my son (7 years old) could not follow his instructions even thought we tried very hard. Just a waste of my money. Disappointed.
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Summary: Go, Darrin! Go, Darrin! Go! Go! Go, Darrin!
Review: Finally! A video that teaches me all of those fresh dance moves that I see on MTV every day. Now I can pretend to be cool like all of those pop stars! The best part about this video is that I can learn at my own pace. Darrin was nice enough to break it down for me into fast, easy-to-learn steps. I think it's great that Darrin took time out of his busy schedule to make this video. His choreography is TIGHT! After learning all of these phat moves, I actually feel like I'm a member of *NSYNC, or a back-up dancer for Britney Spears, or an extra on the set of "Breakin' 3: Electric Boogaloo 2". Don't expect to learn these rad dance moves over night, you'll really need to work at it. I practiced for two hours every day after school, and it still took me a month to learn Darrin's exciting "pop n' lock" routine. Now all the ladies think I'm foxy! I can't wait until I find a practical use for all of these awesome new dance moves I've learned!
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Summary: if you wish to achieve you must believe
Review: to all the people who are constatly criticizing this video should really be more polite and respect other peoples decisions. considering that any and all workout videos are hard at first but you must try to get it and you can. BUT if you don't have the desire to master the moves and achieve the ultimate satisfation of doing something you didn't think you can do then yes you wasted your money but you all have no right to deminish anyones hopes or desires. please and thankyou.
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