General comments about Salsaville.com's
videos
Andy Moore
(Salsa UK instructor) from London, UK:
(runs the website:
www.salsa-latina.org)
"From Denver, Colorado, Eric Freeman brings some great salsa moves
from different salsa styles. All of Eric's videos are brillant. His
'Cool Moves' series brings at least 60 moves for the improver to advanced
dancer which can eaily be applied on the dance floor over time and practice."
Each video is reviewed separately on his web page at:
http://salsa-latina.org/vid-reicfreeman.htm
If this link isn't working, here is a copy locally:
http://salsaville.com/vid-reicfreeman.htm
Don DeBoer <deboe005@tc.umn.edu>:
"When I see the work you've done with salsa I can only reflect back
on my own experience. I am a full time doctoral student of counseling
psychology and will receive my PhD in a couple years. Salsa has been
my passion for the past 3 years and it has been so much of a passion I
have considered turning it into a profession of sorts (I already make extra
money by teaching dance). I think of all the things salsa gave me...lots
of friends, lots of good times, and great physical fitness. When I look
at your work I feel you are an inspiration and I imagine you understand
what great gifts salsa can bring. I can't believe how much one simple
hobby has impacted and improved my life. I feel like it was a gift
waiting all these years to be discovered. I have even considered
going into dance therapy. Anyway just wanted to share my enthusiasm
with you and I plan on purchasing your tapes soon. They look absolutely
fantastic!"
Ralph
Donkin from Stanley, UK:
"Many thanks for videos they arrived on the Wednesday 2 days after posting.
I must congratulate you on your service -- it is the best.
I now have Vols. 1-4 of "Hot Moves for the Salsa Addict", "Cool Moves
Revealed", and "Salsa a la Cubana Vols. 1-5" from yourself and cannot tell
you how much I appreciate how wonderful they are. "Cool Moves Revealed"
is a good video but the series "Hot Moves for the Salsa Addcit" is just
great. The moves are very nice to do and to watch, the explanations are
fantastic and easy to follow. The partners I have tried some of the moves
on have all commented how good and unusual the moves are. I think the secret
is to pick the moves you like to do and concentrate on each to perfect
them one by one, there are so many I do not believe I will ever get round
to perfecting them all, life will not be that long. The Cubana videos are
also excellent, some of my dance friends are Latin and Caribbean and only
dance "Cuban style" and I have just started some of Vol. 1 steps and it
is a nice change to introduce this style into my dancing knowing that what
I am doing is genuine, in time and with lots of practice I think this series
will teach me everything I need to know about "Cuban style" moves and steps."
Bob Rousseau <rousseau@dcn.davis.ca.us>:
"Thanks for the announcement about the new videos. I don't even need
to look at the clips. I ordered the new tapes."
JKiriakati@aol.com:
"Thanks for the email regarding your new salsa videos. I can't wait
to get them. your first video was great and added to my dancing tremendously."
Alfonso Soteno <riko220@aol.com>:
"Also wanted to thank you for the great videos you are putting out,
I've learned a lot from Cool Moves and your Cuban salsa video, keep up
the good work."
Yoichiro Shirasaka <yscw@yahoo.com>:
"All those videos that I had bought were so great!! Thank you very much
for your great job!!"
Raul Montoya <POTOSINO@prodigy.net>:
"I want to congratulate you for your great instructional videos.
My brother, Pedro and I are trying to learn how to dance salsa, and
watching your videos has made all the difference, so I wanted to thank
you for that."
Frank Ennis <fennis@yorku.ca>:
"Over the past couple of years I have purchased all of your salsa videos,
both your own and the one you did with Edie. I feel safe in saying
that they are some of the best dance instructional tapes I have viewed."
Alex <alex2727@hotmail.com>:
"I can’t even begin to tell you how incredible all six of the videos
are. I admire all the work you have done to make these moves available
to us, salsa addicts. We need these videos like oxygen, to enrich our salsa
tools for self-expression. Your videos are priceless, I feel that
I really underpaid for all these.
...
If you produce any new videos or you are aware of anything new and
cool in salsa world, please drop me e-mail, I will buy it without looking."
...
Just bought one of the videos off your Web page - I own now 7 of
yours and are all incredible!!!!"
Jose Puerto <josepuerto@ozu.es>:
"He recibido los videos. Son un material estupendo, con alto contenido
formativo, bien organizados y estupendamente explicados. Es una pena que
otros no alcancen vuestro nivel.
...
Cada vez que visiono tus videos me parecen mas interesantes. Gran
cantidad de información, y tu estilo de baile es muy hermoso. Gracias
por haberlos publicado."
Frank Thumhart <knarfie@compuserve.com>:
"Cool Moves 2 is the best instructional video I've found to date. I'm
ordering your two new tapes and looking forward to impressing and surprising
the heck out of my dance associates. Sharing your experience with us is
appreciated. Thanks and keep the moves coming ..."
Christian John Garcia Co <garcia_co@hotmail.com>:
"My name is C.J. Garcia Co and I'm proud to say that I'm a "Salsa Addict"
just like you. I've also been a long time customer of yours.
I first saw you dance with Edie Lewis in "Cool Moves Vol. 1", and I have
since then obtained "Cool Moves Vol.2", your three Cuban Style series,
and your latest "Hot Moves for the Salsa Addict" videos.
I would like to congratulate you on all your videos. The quality
of the tapes are worth every penny. The moves are easy enough to
follow because of your mathematical breakdown and the descriptions you
have available on the web.
I'm truly thankful that you have made such valuable resources available."
Roy Crisostomo <crisostomor@inac.gc.ca>:
"Hope you come up with other videos, You and Josie Neglia's videos have
got the most useful instructional videos and I'm not trying to kiss ass
here :=)"
Marco Manny Rivera <soynumerouno@hotmail.com>:
"I've received my video. And I've seen it and I just want to congratulate
you for the wonderful work you done on that video.. Cool Moves and
all...Keep on doing more of those .. Your dance style is cool and
good timing and all.. You are an inspiracion source.. Even if I am
a latino I can say that you are an source of inspiration to me..
Nice work you've done .. and I will enjoy learning all these cool moves..
Thanks for the video."
Bill Downey <downey@kingston.ac.uk>:
"I very much enjoyed the set of three Cuban videos I got from you some
time ago - very much the best dance instruction videos I have seen."
PJ Vanpool <tamu@starmedia.com>:
"Can scarcely express my gratitude for all you've done for the world
of salsa. I myself am a Ph.D. candidate down here in Texas and have
used a lot of my spare (?) time to develop as a salsero. Now I teach
it."
Ben Tang <ben@clubsalsa.com.au>:
"I ordered your entire series last year and I have found them to be
enormous benefit. I love to see you coming up with more new moves
and videos."
Joachim Brueckner <joachimb@ozemail.com.au>:
"Many thanks for your excellent series of tapes - your turns are
cropping up at all the salsa venues in Sydney."
John Jones <J.R.Jones@man.ac.uk>:
"I own four of your Cuban videos and they are by far the most watched
of all my Salsa videos. The dancing in them is the most engaging I've seen:
the turn-patterns are highly individual and the dancers are some of the
most skilled I've seen in this style. Make sure you keep me posted on any
future Cuban style videos that you release. Many thanks."
Lou Vitkov <lou.vitkov@rogers.com>:
"For
those of you who think that New York style or any other style for that
matter is more complicated, intricate or complex, please visit this site:
www.salsaville.com. Eric Freeman,
who many of you probably know for his ‘Cool Moves’ video series, has compiled
a set of six‘Salsa a la Cubana’ video tapes produced straight from the
source. Through my searches of alternative style to what is widely offered
world-wide as L.A. / New York style salsa, this is the only place I have
been able to find video material which reproduces the true, fascinating
nature of Cuban style dancing. Eric has even "translated" the moves
to the North-American count of 1,2,3…5,6,7.
I
recommend to every salsa lover to order these tapes, analyze and start
using them. It will bring some new elements in our North-American eloquent
dance style – the element of fun, sensuality and improvisation."