Vanessa Isaac: Media
SAMBA PARTY WORKOUT 1 AND 2
SAMBA DANCE WORKOUT 1 AND 2: Let Samba, Brazil's timeless dance, move you. Join Vanessa Isaac for a hip and fun introduction to this amazing dance, while burning major calories. Set to the contagious rythms of live drums, this high energy workout is sure to inspire all levels! Lifting your spirits and slimming your body like no other. Sway and shimmy your way through this Samba fitness routine that feels more like a party than a work out. It's all about letting the rythm move you and celebrating life - Brazilian Style!!
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Brazilian dance Workout
BRAZILIAN DANCE WORKOUT/ NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 10 DVDS BY FITNESS MAGAZINE /2006
The Brazilian Dance Workout Video is a fun and energetic cardio-workout for all fitness levels. The easy-to-follow workout is inspired by the rich and intoxicating dances and rhythms of Brazilian dance. Samba, Samba Reggae, Axé, African and Frevo moves and many others are combined in a great routine that will make you sweat and put a smile on your face. It's all about letting the rhythm move you and celebrating life…. Brazilian Style!
Vanessa Isaac’s wildly popular dance classes feature live percussive music; these classes served as the inspiration for her Brazilian-flavored Dance Workout Video. The video features live percussion by an ensemble of great Brazilian musicians. The video has already received a lot of interest around the Globe: from England to Australia and great reviews by critics and fans.
Running time: aprox. 60 minutes
" I love the way Vanessa teaches and the music is awesome, It makes you want to rewind the tape and do it all over again. At times I couldn't understand what she was saying, but the workout speaks for itself... it makes you sweat and you feel that you've done a great deal of exercise ... I recommend it to people that want to have a good time without noticing that you are working out... time goes by fast when you have fun and this is what this tape is all about... "
Jenitza Madriz, West Palm Beach, Florida
The Brazilian Dance Workout Video is a fun and energetic cardio-workout for all fitness levels. The easy-to-follow workout is inspired by the rich and intoxicating dances and rhythms of Brazilian dance. Samba, Samba Reggae, Axé, African and Frevo moves and many others are combined in a great routine that will make you sweat and put a smile on your face. It's all about letting the rhythm move you and celebrating life…. Brazilian Style!
Vanessa Isaac’s wildly popular dance classes feature live percussive music; these classes served as the inspiration for her Brazilian-flavored Dance Workout Video. The video features live percussion by an ensemble of great Brazilian musicians. The video has already received a lot of interest around the Globe: from England to Australia and great reviews by critics and fans.
Running time: aprox. 60 minutes
" I love the way Vanessa teaches and the music is awesome, It makes you want to rewind the tape and do it all over again. At times I couldn't understand what she was saying, but the workout speaks for itself... it makes you sweat and you feel that you've done a great deal of exercise ... I recommend it to people that want to have a good time without noticing that you are working out... time goes by fast when you have fun and this is what this tape is all about... "
Jenitza Madriz, West Palm Beach, Florida
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
BY RHONDA OWEN
Samba Party Workout 1: Brazilian Rhythm Celebration, Hip Brazil, 38 minutes, DVD, $14.99. Available at Amazon.com, www. razorfitness.com, www.hipbrazil. com and other online retailers; also in stores.
Performer and dance instructor Vanessa Isaac’s Samba Party Workout 1 should be distributed to all those folks who produce and distribute dance/fitness videos. It’s that good.
There’s much to recommend: A step-by-step how-to on samba steps; tips on modifying the workout to decrease joint stress and other problems; a brief history of the Brazilian dance; a fun, easy-to-follow cardio routine; plus a charming and inspirational instructor.
Dance workouts often suffer from a lack of danceability. The pace may be too fast and the steps too difficult. The instructions may be so unclear, they’re opaque. You try to do the workout a few times, find yourself flailing and stumbling and wondering why your hips swivel left when you want them to go right. And just where the heck were you the day the coordination-and-rhythm genie came calling?
By contrast, Isaac’s method of instruction and her infectious love of the dance leave you feeling refreshed, exhilarated, ready to hit the dance clubs. You’re a gazelle, a samba cat, a graceful and sultry creature. (Please, take a moment ... breathe, bask in the delight of your newfound dancitude.)
Isaac bases the routine on six basic samba moves: sidestep, hip roll, box step, twist, groove, and one simply called the “samba.” The samba step involves step-touch-touch foot movements combined with side-to-side hip action and coordinated arm waving.
The high-impact hopping movements in the routine can be easily toned down for people with back and joint problems. If you feel your heart rate increasing too quickly, you can slow down by cutting out the arm movements. Isaac explains these things in a tips section, but also makes note of them during the routine.
Because it’s a dance workout, not straight aerobics, athletic shoes aren’t suitable. Isaac recommends wearing supportive, comfortable shoes with smooth leather soles.
Tie a scarf around your hips. Samba party on!
BY RHONDA OWEN
Samba Party Workout 1: Brazilian Rhythm Celebration, Hip Brazil, 38 minutes, DVD, $14.99. Available at Amazon.com, www. razorfitness.com, www.hipbrazil. com and other online retailers; also in stores.
Performer and dance instructor Vanessa Isaac’s Samba Party Workout 1 should be distributed to all those folks who produce and distribute dance/fitness videos. It’s that good.
There’s much to recommend: A step-by-step how-to on samba steps; tips on modifying the workout to decrease joint stress and other problems; a brief history of the Brazilian dance; a fun, easy-to-follow cardio routine; plus a charming and inspirational instructor.
Dance workouts often suffer from a lack of danceability. The pace may be too fast and the steps too difficult. The instructions may be so unclear, they’re opaque. You try to do the workout a few times, find yourself flailing and stumbling and wondering why your hips swivel left when you want them to go right. And just where the heck were you the day the coordination-and-rhythm genie came calling?
By contrast, Isaac’s method of instruction and her infectious love of the dance leave you feeling refreshed, exhilarated, ready to hit the dance clubs. You’re a gazelle, a samba cat, a graceful and sultry creature. (Please, take a moment ... breathe, bask in the delight of your newfound dancitude.)
Isaac bases the routine on six basic samba moves: sidestep, hip roll, box step, twist, groove, and one simply called the “samba.” The samba step involves step-touch-touch foot movements combined with side-to-side hip action and coordinated arm waving.
The high-impact hopping movements in the routine can be easily toned down for people with back and joint problems. If you feel your heart rate increasing too quickly, you can slow down by cutting out the arm movements. Isaac explains these things in a tips section, but also makes note of them during the routine.
Because it’s a dance workout, not straight aerobics, athletic shoes aren’t suitable. Isaac recommends wearing supportive, comfortable shoes with smooth leather soles.
Tie a scarf around your hips. Samba party on!