Customer Rating:  
Summary: Good basic samba - not a cardio party
Comment: I was bored many times and had fun many times during this workout. I am good at latin rythms and did find some of this fun but the setups went on forever. In the end it was too long and didn't hold my attention. I will keep it for a once in a blue moon workout - but didn't sweat much at all. Need to focus my time on quick and hard interval training - this is just a fun and authentic dance class. I must say though having gone to a live samba class in nyc I always learn more from tapes. Thanks!
Customer Rating:
Summary: outstanding!
Comment: it sounds corny, but this workout really did make me smile! it's really just a lot of fun-- the music is great, and vanessa is charming. as far as the difficulty of the moves/ choreography goes-- i have just a small amount of dance history, and by the 2nd time i did this workout, i was able to keep up nicely. i feel like the amount of instruction time that she gives is just right. i highly recommend this dvd to anyone looking for a fun way to work up a good sweat.
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Summary: for a former dancer, it's like coming home
Comment: I bought this DVD at a discount store a couple of years ago and finally got around to putting it on tonight...and oh my goodness, I LOVED it! It's the first dance/exercise video I've found that actually feels like a dance class. So many videos stop so often to break things down that you don't actually get much of a workout, but this one feels very much like an advanced dance class or even an audition - they show it to you up to tempo, then you do it at half tempo once or twice, and then you do it up to tempo. I can't remember the last time I smiled through a workout, but I was so happy doing this one that I actually laughed!
It would definitely be challenging for people who've never really danced. And maybe really serious dancers would find it too easy. But for people like me, who *used to* be dancers but haven't set foot in a dance class in five or six years, it's absolutely perfect. I can't wait to do it again!
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Summary: The best dance workout ever!!!!
Comment: The best part--you learn the basics of two dances at the same time! I was smiling throughout the whole workout, it's non-stop, fat-burning, sweat-pouring, liberating fun! I recommend it to anyone who is in medium shape and is borred with the other dance workout videos.
Customer Rating:
Summary: its ok
Comment: it is fun to watch, and the music is great, however the workout itself was a bit too complicated for this very uncoordinated 40-something
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