Dance With Len Goodman (Special Interest/BBC Home Video/DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Main Program: B-
I am no
fan of the series Dancing With The Stars,
but there is no doubt that its lead judge Len Goodman knows the classic moves
in what (like many good things popular not that long ago) looks like yet
another artform or something of distinction being forgotten or lost. Dance
With Len Goodman (2006) offers about 90 minutes of programming to learn all
the classic ballroom moves.
Though I
see his hit show as nothing more than a passing fad since there is no sign it
is causing any kind of dance revival that will rival Hip Hop anytime soon, but
I though this special interest program was far more interesting than any five
minutes of that other series. You too
can see the Foxtrot, Waltz, Samba, Quickstep and Rumba (among others) and how
to do them. Beyond that, who knows, but
it is the first dance DVD we’ve covered and that is better than none.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image was shot in digital High Definition
video and is colorful, but this DVD is a little softer than it should be for
such a good shoot. The Dolby Digital 2.0
is simple stereo, both adding up to a more than adequate playback presentation
for an instructional program. There are
no extras, though the eight bonus tracks to dance to are nothing to write home
about.
- Nicholas Sheffo
