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Alex da Silva: Advanced 2

Short, but effective and to the point.

With a runtime of less than 20 minutes some may feel cheated when paying 40 Euros for this DVD. I, however, would like to disagree and below is my rationale:

I have taken hundreds of lessons with combos that consists of 10 8:s or more. One or two weeks after I am usually not able to remember anything of the combo. During the last two years I have instead started to ask myself which 2 or 3 8:s of the combo that are interesting and worth learning and then focus only on learning those.

This DVD cuts straight to the point. Most pattern consists of 3-5 8:s which immediately enables you to see if this is interesting to you and if you want to learn it. Thus, I would say that this is a quicker way to learn than that offered by 60 minutes DVDs.

Few of the patterns are really new and original, but most of them would qualify as modern.
This tape also contains one pattern that I consider to be a da Silva signature move (pattern 9).

Although the patterns have a different feel than his “sexy moves 2” DVD, the overall set up is very similar.

Compared to his previous advanced DVD this one has less for the ladies and more for the men.

Review by Pierre
Stockholm/Sweden

DVD available through www.salsa-videos.com