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Joe Tremaine’s Jazz Technique – Complete Jazz Warm Up (Jazz Dance Workout)http://www.kineticflix.com/files/items/JTremaine-Jazz%20Tech.%2025th%20AnnivEd..jpgGenre: Jazz DanceFormat: DVDRelease year: 2005Menu:OpeningStretchesPliesSitting/Flat ExercisesStandingIt is always nice to find another good, all-around warm up and stretch program for jazz dance. In jazz, there are so many programs presenting routines and so few “basics” programs, whereas in ballet the opposite is true: there are lots of basic barres but fewer progressions. The intro says this 40-minute program can be used by beginning, intermediate and advanced dancers. I think that’s true, though, as a do-along it would not be best for a novice student. The video assumes the student knows how to perform basic moves. Also, it might be a bit easy for a truly advanced dancer. As an advanced beginner I had no problem, though I can’t do full, on-the-toes push-ups like those, young demonstrators. However you can quite easily modify the push-ups and/or just practice a plank position. Three accomplished dancers, two girls and one boy, demonstrate with a rhythm soundtrack while Mr. Tremaine gives the instructional voice over. The camera shows the exercises clearly, though for beginners it would be nice to have a second camera showing correct form via side shots.