Get Certified! How To Train For Your DVIDA Professional Exams - DVD

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Diane Jarmolow assisted by Alison Hurwitz & Eldon Bryce… - more info

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DDJ48
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1790 DV Points
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$179.00
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Available in DVD only
Produced by Dance Vision 2005
This DVD is 2 hours and 40 minutes and the Guidebook is 55 pages.

Available for the first time! Never has there been so much information written in preparing you for your professional certification! Certification programs are designed to increase your dance knowledge and worth in a realistic time frame.

Dance Vision would like to give a very special thanks to Diane Jarmolow who spent countless hours creating this Guidebook.

Instructors: Diane Jarmolow assisted by Alison Hurwitz & Eldon Bryce.
Diane Jarmolow is a DVIDA National Examiner and developer of the new, highly acclaimed DVIDA professional certification examination system

Together, this guidebook and visual media (DVD) will take the mystery out of the exam process. You may read this guidebook or watch the visual media first, whichever you prefer. Both the guidebook and the visual media use the American Style Bronze dances as their examples. However, the exams for the International Style and higher-level American Styles, use the same format.

The Guidebook provides a complete written guide to ProDVIDA certification exams. You will find details on exam logistics and procedures, many of which are not discussed in the visual media. This guidebook also documents key information from the visual media, such as an explanation of each of the dance elements, a list of what will be required on your exam, and a list of the specific teaching questions you will be asked on your exams.

The visual media (DVD) provides an overview of the exam process. You will see detailed demonstrations of each dance element as well as many examples of exam questions correctly answered and demonstrated. The visual media also contains two mock one dance exams from beginning to end: an American Rhythm Junior Associate Rumba exam and an American Smooth Associate Waltz exam. Watching these exams being demonstrated will demystify what your own exam may be like.

1) Introduction to the DVIDA Certification Examination

2) Part A - The Dancing Portion of the Exam
a) Criteria & Demonstration
b) Dancing the Solo Amalgamation

3) Part B - The Theory Portion of the Exam
a) An Introduction to the Elements
b) Foot Positions
c) Alignment
d) Amount of Turn
e) Rise & Fall
f) Footwork
g) Timing
h) Sway
i) CBM (Contra Body Movement)
j) Leads
k) Summary

4) Part C - The Teaching Methodology Portion of the Exam

5) Part D - The Overall Presentation

6) Mock One Dance Examinations
a) Junior Associate American Style Rumba
b) Associate American Style Waltz


Music Credits
Fabuloso American Style Rhythm & Smooth Volume II Item #CD208
Foxtrot - Track 4 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
Tango - Track 3 "Tango Jack"
Cha Cha - Track 6 "Cha Cha Latino"
V. Waltz - Track 5 "My Favorite Things"
Rumba - Track 9 "Mi Buen Amor"
Waltz - Track 1 "A Tender Heart"

Fabuloso American Style Rhythm Volume II Item #CD207
WC Swing - Track 14 "Blue Monday"
EC Swing - Track 13 "Man, I Feel Like a Woman"

Customer Reviews
  • Saint Albans, VT 5 Stars

    I just recieved the Certification Guidebook and DVD....the guidebook is great! It brings all the little details I've got written down in multiple locations all together in one place....It is very helpful, I think.

  • Chandler, TX, USA 5 Stars

    We are studying the Get Certified Guidebook, DIVIDA manuals and tapes. We are studying to take the certification in the Junior Associate American Style Core Dances.
    Your teaching information has been very valuable to us.

    Thank You,
    Dwain and Kay Spradlin

  • Alpine, CA, USA 5 Stars

    "We aren't interested in teaching but realized the the process ourteacher went through to be certified helped his dancing. Therefore we decided to learn the syllabus in detail. We recently bought 'Get Certified! How to train for your DVIDA Professional Exams' and we feel it is also for the serious dancer interested in learning the technical details of dance than can make the amateurs look like professionals. Not only does the DVD fully explain aspects of dance such as CBM and Line of dance, it contains golden nuggets of why certain steps are taken a certain way. We can't recommend it highly enough and feel it will help our dancing immensely. Thanks for producing such a high quality DVD"

    Vicky Zollweg-Dunteman and Michael Dunteman

  • San Antonio, TX 4 Stars

    This set will make getting ready for your exams so much easier. I would classify it as a MUST HAVE if you are planning to take your instructor exams. It clarifies at lot of the process as well as giving you a good refresher on the concepts that you would tested over.

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