Instructional West Coast Swing Videos & DVDs

West Coast Swing for Beginners Vol. 1 Video

West Coast Swing 1

With nearly 1½ hours of instruction, multiple camera views, and an easy navigational menu, Shawn and Joanna Trautman will build your confidence and have you dancing along with them… literally. The design of the curriculum and camera placement for the DVDs allows the leaders to do the EXACT movements that Shawn presents, and it allows the followers to mimic Joanna in real time without having to turn away from the screen. In addition to learning along with the instructors with split-screen formatting, you’ll also get to dance each dance with music alongside the instructors at the end of each section.

You’ll learn everything you’ll need to get started with this dance including the basic rhythm, footwork, connection points, and timings, the proper hand connections, tips and drills on compression and leverage, easy-to-implement anchor steps, and the staple moves for WCS including the sugar push, left side pass, right side pass, outside turn, the cut-off pass, the reverse pass, the tuck turn, and the starter step. Most importantly, you’ll learn the lead and follow elements to each move, which will give you the ability to dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step or two that can only be done with your partner.

With nearly two decades of experience, a number of World Champion students to their credit, and their recently published book “Picture Yourself Dancing: Step-by-Step Instruction for Ballroom, Latin, Country, and More”, Shawn and Joanna have perfected the basic elements of each dance while specializing in the leading and following aspects which are extremely hard to find. Their demonstrations, explanations, and teaching abilities regarding WCS will impress you and leave you wanting more. This innovative DVD series teaches the basics and the most essential steps for beginners at a slow and steady pace, which is perfect for gift-giving to friends, family, co-workers, or yourself.

This DVD is best used as a starting point that will help you quickly accelerate your way through Shawn Trautman’s West Coast Swing Dance Collection and/or Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection in its entirety where you’ll have your choice of more than 20 highly-rated full-length dance instruction DVDs. Owning this DVD is the equivalent of having your own private instruction at home – over and over and over. If you’re looking to learn WCS from proven instructors and not just see flashy competition moves that are near impossible to execute, then Beginner Volume 1 is for you. Once you’re comfortable with this DVD, you’ll want to look into Beginner Volume 2 as it seamlessly adds on to everything you learned in Volume 1 to rapidly gain confidence based on consistency and repetition.

Aprox 90 mins. (2006) Shawn Trautman
DVD - All Region

West Coast Swing for Beginners Vol. 2 Video

DVD Only - $29.99
West Coast Swing for Beginners Volume 2 offers the same great instruction that you found in Volume 1, and then some, as you’ll add a number of essential moves and leadable patterns to your repertoire. Each volume in the series is professional, easy to follow, designed specifically for beginners and fun for everyone.

With nearly 1½ hours of instruction, multiple camera views, and an easy navigational menu, Shawn and Joanna Trautman will continue building your confidence as you dance along with them. Just like Volume 1, the design of the curriculum and camera placement for the DVDs allows the leaders to do the EXACT movements that Shawn presents, and allows the followers to mimic Joanna in real time without having to turn away from the screen. In addition to learning along with the instructors with split-screen formatting, you’ll get to dance each dance with music alongside the instructors at the end of each section.

What you’ll learn in WCS for Beginners Volume 2 will stick with you throughout the rest of your dance career. In an easy-to-follow and logical presentation you’ll go through several moves originating from the left side pass, then you’ll go through several off the underarm pass, a few more to add on to your tuck turns, the two basic whip patterns, and a couple of fun bonus moves that you’ll find only in Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection. As usual, you’ll spend enough time learning the lead and follow elements to each move that you’ll be able to dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step or two that can only be done with your partner.

With nearly two decades of experience, a number of World Champion students to their credit, and their recently published book “Picture Yourself Dancing: Step-by-Step Instruction for Ballroom, Latin, Country, and More”, Shawn and Joanna have perfected the basic elements of each dance while specializing in the leading and following aspects which are extremely hard to find. Their demonstrations, explanations, and teaching abilities regarding WCS will impress you and leave you wanting more. This innovative DVD series teaches the basics and the most essential steps for beginners at a slow and steady pace, which is perfect for gift-giving to friends, family, co-workers, or yourself.

This DVD is best used in conjunction with Volume 1 to help you quickly accelerate your way through Shawn Trautman’s WCS Dance Collection and/or Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection in its entirety where you’ll have your choice of more than 20 highly-rated full-length dance instruction DVDs. Owning this DVD is the equivalent of having your own private instruction at home – over and over and over. If you’re looking to learn WCS from proven instructors and not just see flashy competition moves that are near impossible to execute, then Beginner Volume 2 is for you. Once you’re comfortable, you’ll want to look into Intermediate Volume 1 as it seamlessly adds on to everything you learned here in Volume 1.

Aprox 90 mins. (2006) Shawn Trautman
DVD - All Region

West Coast Swing for Intermediate Dancers Vol. 1 Video

DVD Only - $29.99
West Coast Swing for Intermediate Dancers Volume 1 builds a whole new level of excitement for WCS dancers. As you’ve seen in West Coast Swing for Beginners Volumes 1 and 2, each volume is professional, easy to follow, fun, designed with the viewer in mind, and the equivalent of having your own private instruction at home.

With nearly 1½ hours of instruction, multiple camera views, and an easy navigational menu, Shawn and Joanna Trautman add to your proficiencies while having you dance along with them. Just like in the first two DVDS, the design of the curriculum and camera placement for the DVDs allows the leaders to do the EXACT movements that Shawn presents, and it allows the followers to mimic Joanna in real time without having to turn away from the screen. In addition to learning along with the instructors with split-screen formatting, you’ll get to dance each dance with music alongside the instructors at the end of each section.

The moves you’ll learn in this DVD will take you from feeling average to extremely proficient, practically overnight. The leaders will face the challenge of learning three basic whip patterns, three standard exits, and then a whole slew of non-standard whips and exits found only in Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection that’ll be sure to make you stand out on the dance floor – in a good way!

In all, you’ll have nearly 60 new combinations of leadable moves that will definitely be enough to keep your mind busy on the dance floor. And, as usual, the moves aren’t just shown once, they’re demonstrated, broken down, and explained using lead and follow techniques so you can dance anywhere with anyone, rather than just learning a single step or two that can only be done with your partner.

With nearly two decades of experience, a number of World Champion students to their credit, and their recently published book “Picture Yourself Dancing: Step-by-Step Instruction for Ballroom, Latin, Country, and More”, Shawn and Joanna have perfected the basic elements of each dance while specializing in the leading and following aspects which are extremely hard to find. Taught at a nice steady pace, this DVD is perfect for gift-giving to friends, family, co-workers, or yourself.

This DVD is best used after Swing Dancing for Beginners Volume 2. Once you’ve completed the series, you’ll want to check out Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection in its entirety where you’ll have your choice of more than 20 highly-rated full-length dance instruction DVDs. Owning this DVD is the equivalent of having your own private instruction at home – over and over and over. If you’re looking to learn WCS from proven instructors and not just see flashy competition moves that are near impossible to execute, then Intermediate Volume 1 is for you.

Aprox 90 mins. (2006) Shawn Trautman
DVD - All Region

Swing Dancing with Teresa Mason Video

DVD Only - $19.99
The cultural effect of the revival of Swing Dancing has been sudden and intense. It is now a common sight at dance clubs across the country to see hep cats in their black and white spectator shoes and zoot suits out on the dance floor swirling and twirling their bobby-socked dance partners.

Now you can join in all the excitement and learn to master the techniques of Swing dancing with ballroom dancing champion Teresa Mason. This informative dance class features the basic steps for the five most popular Swing dances including: West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug and Jive. Included are five steps for each dance as well as a styling tip. Your competence and confidence will grow as you progress through each easy-to-understand lesson.

Teresa Mason is a professional teacher and performer and is a former national champion competitor. Her teaching is accredited by the Imperial Society. Together with her partner, Lance Estridge, they operate Dance Arts in Houston.

45 mins. (2006)
DVD - All Region

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