Yvonne Goldsmith & Krin Bajough – Spin

Yvonne Laycy (formerly Yvonne Goldsmith-Vasquez) is an accomplished performer having been entertaining audiences as a violinist and dancer since the age of 4. She is a 4 time Australian salsa champion and has also represented Australia at world competition level placing 13th in the On2 division at the World Salsa Championships in Orlando (December 2007) and in July 2007 was a semi-finalist (top 10) at the Puerto Rico World Salsa Open. Her music and dance background has allowed her to travel across Europe, Asia and America.Yvonne is known for her fire, energy, attitude and sexy ladies styling. She is one of Sydney’s most sought after street latin choreographers, performers and instructors due to her innate sense of rhythm, musical interpretation and her ability to break down all areas of dance technique.Krin Bajough is the founder and director of Latin Dance Sensation. He was also a member of the world renowned Modus Vivendi Salsa Productions team, the 2006 Australian Salsa Champions and Finalists in the 2006 and 2007 World Salsa Championships. Krin was the winner of the 2007 National Tropicana Salsa Competition and is representing Australia at the prestigious Puerto Rico World Salsa Open. Krin has performed at the largest salsa event in the world, the West Coast Salsa Congress in Los Angeles, as well as the most prestigious, the Puerto Rican Salsa Congress. He has extensive dance training that ranges from all latin dances, Ballroom, Jazz, Contemporary, Afro and Afro-Caribbean dances. He is one of the pioneers of Afro-Contemporary in Australia. He is recognised for his unique Puerto Rican style, in which he incorporates his great body movement and Rumba styling. On this Salsa Spin DVD you will learn: Fundamentals:Spotting Posture Turning Axis MomentumLeading and Following:Leading Following Followers spinning tipBasic Spins:Spot turn Check turn Hand behind your back Travel turn Reverse spin Cross over spin Inline turn LA SpinStyling & Advanced Technique:Twister Jump Spin Tornado Sprinkler Neo Head back spin Waiter turn One foot spin Ladies turn styling Around the worldConditioning:Core Stability Legs, feet and ankles Back conditioningBonus:Freestyle dancingYvonne Goldsmith & Krin Bajough: SpinWhat a pleasant surprise I got from watching this DVD! I have seen many spinning DVDs, from very famous instructors and schools, including dancers world-renown for their very spinning; some are good some less so, but I did not expect to find basically all I wished to see in a spinning DVD collected so nicely in this work, plus more.In this DVD there are no frills, no showing off; instead it is packed with content (plenty of it), all of which is top quality and taught and demonstrated very precisely and efficiently.There is all you ever wanted to know about spinning and you may have dared or not dared to ask: single and double spins for guys and ladies, spins on the forward and back foot, travelling and spot turns, basic suggestions for leading and following, the fundamentals of spotting and holding the correct posture paying attention to legs, core muscles and shoulders, the concept of developing momentum for the spins with shoulder, hands and feet and so on. It is really the A-Z of spinning. There are even a couple of tricks for unusual spins I have seen people execute but never teach. At the end some Pilates like exercises show you how to strengthen your core muscles if you are into serious dancing.This must be one of the best spinning salsa DVDs in the market, if not the best, congratulations to Yvonne and Krinreview by Fabio from SalsaIsGood