A very pleasant intermediate 35 minutes of dancing. I like the 3-tempo format--it works great for getting you used to the basic routine, then speeding it up for more of a workout. I could see, however, where that could get old if you kept redoing the workout. Too bad they don't have a "Tempo 3 Only" chapter!

The set is that of someone's (seemingly Juliane's, as she says "I'm so glad you all came over today!") really fashionable living room, complete with post-modernistic colorful chairs, comfortable looking divan and staircase. The music is actually kinda bland, instrumental takes on real salsa, hiphop or dance music.

Juliane works out with several women (real-looking women of all shapes and sizes, which is always nice to see!) for whom she ostensibly names the various routines. Each routine is pretty simple--i.e. double-stomp on each foot plus grapevine. One routine includes small hops with both feet, but that's as high-impact as it gets. There's a fun step-touch with go-go arms, mambo-cha-cha-cha and mambo front-back-sides. She encourages you to enhance the basic footwork with your own style of free-form dancing in the hips and arms.
Nothing is TIFTTed very long, so you never feel bogged down. It's a very pleasant 35-minute low-intermediate workout.

Instructor Comments:
Very personable, seems to balance the "on-camera personality" with genuine enthusiasm pretty well. A good rapport with her background exercisers that doesn't seem as forced as say, in Crunch workouts. Nice sense of humor, competent cuer, though sometimes I literally got "lost in the shuffle" for a few seconds. However, the steps are easy to pick up.

acey