I've done this workout twice. I may not have been at the energy level or temperament to do a new dance video the first time I did this. At any rate, I loved it the second time.

The menu allows you to jump to any segment (warm up, 6 different dance blocks, or the cool down.) There is also a "Showtime" segment where you run through the entire routine twice. It's not part of the 6th dance block, so they only way to access that is to Play All. You cannot customize the workout to only play certain segments. Each dance block is around 5 minutes long. The warm up and dance is 44 minutes altogether. The stretch, a series of simple yoga stretches, is 6 minutes.

I'd say the aerobic level for this is moderate. I was sweating, but I was always comfortable and never struggling for breath.

The choreography is moderate as well. Petra teaches in an add-on style and begins replacing marches in place with more elaborate moves. If the newer move is too complicated, you can return to the simpler one. Petra is always very encouraging about this, sometimes opting to stay with the base and let her background exercisers demonstrate trickier turns. She does a good job of adding on moves without grinding things to a halt. There is no "dead air" when you transition between movements or dance blocks. Sometimes as she added on, she changed the order of the moves. This became slightly confusing at times when I'd be going from memory and launch into the wrong step, but only slightly. There is no TIFT-ing, except at the end. Petra mentions that she knows some people don't like it. I find many things about her charming, one of which is that she really seems to listen to fan feedback (I have bemoaned the excessive TIFT's in some of her other videos, such as BREATHE-a workout so "from the top"-laden that I can't bring myself to ever try it again.)

You need a little more space than normal to do this routine. My workout space is current pretty hemmed in and I was frequently making small forward/backward/side adjustments to keep from crashing into something. If you have the luxury of a larger space, you could really have fun with this workout.

I have OA in both knees and was able to do this fine, although I kept the impact to all low except for the chasses and charlestons. Be aware there are many pivoting moves that could be an issue if you have carpeting.

As for other incidentals-the set is one I've seen in a lot of videos: Patrick Goudeau, Amy Dixon, Kari Anderson. Petra and company are dressed in bright colors and stand out well against the backdrop. As usual for Petra's recent videos, the music is above average.

The bottom line is I really enjoyed this workout. It's a worthy companion to 3-2-1 Dance. I think I'll get a lot of use out of it.

Instructor Comments:
Petra is the same as she's always been in this, and that's a good thing. Goofy, very natural and really enjoying herself to the point that it's contagious. She mentions fan feedback a few times, and it's always gratifying to know an instructor is listening. She is very gracious with her back-up dancers too, crediting them with some of the moves. Her cuing is excellent. I particularly liked it in the stretch segment where you sometimes can't see the screen.

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