Let's Dance Salsa: Ultimate Collection (2002) Rating: Starring: Suzie Neff, Marlon Silva Director: Category: Studio: Inecom Subtitles: Length: 441 mins     Let's Dance Salsa: Beginning Lessons 1: Basic Steps: Learn the basic steps of salsa dancing in the back-and-forth step. Spinning: Learn the basics of spinning. Couple Dancing: Marlon and Susie demonstrate dancing as a couple, including the proper technique for hand position, resistance and distance. Leader Techniques: Learn the four leader techniques used to lead combinations the right way. Basic Combinations: Add spice to your Salsa by using all the techniques learned to make your first combination! Let's Dance Salsa: Beginning Lessons 2: Basic Combinations: Marlon and Susie demonstrate a push-pull spin, used in many of Marlon's combinations. Basic Spinning Combinations, Part 1: Spinning combinations built upon the previously learned shoulder combinations. Basic Spinning Combinations, Part 2: This episode emphasizes rolling your partner in and out, twisting arms, and switching hands, while keeping the same principles you have learned so far. Merengue Dancing, Part 1: Includes beginning steps of Merengue and a history of Merengue. Merengue Dancing, Part 2: Includes some Merengue vocabulary one should know in social situations. Let's Dance Salsa: Intermediate Lessons: Stretching Techniques: Stretching techniques for dancing. Prevent injury, increase flexibility, have fun and look great. Cape Combinations: Movement in these Cape Combinations involves a salsa lock where partners stand abreast and lock arms behind each other's necks. The Vine: The Vine is an intricate mixture of combinations from previous episodes. The Tunnel: A technique called The Tunnel involves spinning, locking your partner in front of you and switching hands over your heads to form a tunnel. Merengue Pretzel: This unique combination which lights up the dance floor with intricate moves combining skills learned in previous lessons of Let's Dance Salsa. Merengue Combinations: Learn new Merengue combinations with plenty of ducks and spins. Includes both the classical European position and trendy Jumping Merengue style. Learn to signal your partner and use hand positions that will prevent injury. Let's Dance Salsa: Advanced And Expert Combinations: Square Dance: Learn the Square Dance, a technique used in competitions to measure the dance floor. If you lose the beat, the Square Dance is a good way to get it back. Knee: Learn a flashy technique called The Knee. The leader crouches on one knee and leads the follower back and forth. Leaders jump back up, catch the follower's hand and continue dancing. Dip Essentials: Learn dip essentials for salsa. A move where the leader wraps his arms around his partner's back to give her confidence and balance. This is the safest way to dip without injury. Dip Variations: Learn some variations to spice up your dips, including Neck Combinations and Tango Dips. Leader's Blender: Mix it up with The Blender technique, a complex spinning maneuver that requires total control in the spins of both followers and leaders. The resulting motion resembles a blender. Follower's Blender: Now that the leaders have learned The Blender, the followers need to know their role. Both leaders and followers must exhibit total control in their spins. Reverse: Learn how to reverse any combination, including how to change hand positions that enable the leader to switch from a counterclockwise to a clockwise rotation. Several different combination reversals are illustrated.