Just in time for Halloween, it's the Step Workout from Hell! I began hating it right from the warmup with Barbara McDermott, which has too much fancy arm movement and not enough legwork. My legs didn't feel sufficiently warmed up for the stepping. Barbara's steps make even less sense than Debbie David's on 5004, if that's possible. I couldn't get that mambo/kick-the-step thing, even after a zillion tries, so I quit trying. Her jumping steps don't have the right rhythm to them. I was going to say Barbara's segment is the worst stepping I've ever seen on CIA, until Sharon Money Twombly came along and sank this tape to unexplored new depths. What in the heck is a "center back" or an "inside turn"? Does she ever use useful words like "left" or "right"?? Maria Latran's routine is passable, only because she actually uses some normal step terminology and some control, instead of careening about like the floor is on fire. She won't win any cueing awards either. There are dancy, complex combos that make you WANT to practice and learn them, like on 9701 and 9704, and then there is stuff like this that just makes you give up in frustration. Some reviewers liked this tape, so maybe it's just a matter of opinion. 9002 is proof that it's not enough to dream up the most far-out choreography the world has ever seen; you also NEED to have outstanding cueing and instructing skills as well as the ability to make the routine look appealing and coherent, in order to pull it off. I'll be real generous and give this a D. As in Disaster!

Instructor Comments:
Strictly amateur night.

Sue B