Richard and Anne Gleave
Diamond Collection


DISC 1: THE ELEMENTS (55 min)
  1. Forward Drive
  2. Backward Stretch
  3. Sideways Balance
  4. Elements in Action
  5. Dance (Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep)
DISC 2: TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC ELEMENTS (86 min)
  1. Preparation
  2. Turn and CBM
  3. Sway
    • Pendulum effect of Sway
    • Metronomic Sway
  4. Vertical Movement
  5. Actions of Knees, Hip, Shoulders, Feet, Ankles etc.
  6. Rise and Fall
DISC 3: THE DIAMOND (52 min)
  1. The Diamond
    • Weight
    • Space
    • Energy
    • Time
  2. Physics of Dance
    • Principle of Balance in Movement
    • Principle of Stability and Flexibility of Balance in Movement
    • Swing: Free, Fixed point, Acceleration
    • Principle of Rotations
    • Principle of Momentum
    • Forces
DISC 4: TANGO AND MUSICAL EXPRESSION (66 min)
  1. Tango
    • Tango Basic Elements
    • Reflex Power
  2. Musical Expression
    • Structure of Music: Accents, Harmony, Pick-Up, Breathing Technique
    • Phrasing: Slow Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango
DISC 5: LINES (80 min)
  1. Oversway Family
    • Oversway
    • Throwaway Oversway
    • X Line
    • Drag
  2. Left Whisk Family
    • Left Whisk
    • Hinge
    • Hinge on Right side
    • Amalgamation
  3. Lunge Family
    • Right Lunge
    • Left Lunge
    • Same foot Lunge
    • Amalgamation
  4. Contra Check Family
    • Contra Check
    • Contra Point
    • Back Contra-check
    • Amalgamation
    • Outside Position
  5. Hover Corte Family
    • Hover Corte
    • Hover Cross
    • Hover Develope
    • Amalgamation
    • Promenade Position
  6. Chair Family
    • Chair
    • Whiplash
    • Swivel
    • Amalgamation

Richard and Anne Gleave do not need an introduction, but for the uninitiated they both have been World and British Open Professional Ballroom Champions with their previous partners many times over and Richard has been a British Open Professional Ballroom Champion for a record number of 8 times! Now Richard and Anne are one of the most respected international judges and coaches. It is not easy to book a private lesson with them, they are so much in demand. 

This DVD release is no doubt one of the most significant releases of the last decade. If you could only have one instructional ballroom DVD in your collection - it should be this one. This is a technical DVD with no groups to copy. Instead you will find a complete Bible of knowledge - all about the Principles of real Quality dancing at the highest level. 

Not only that they know how to do it at the champions level, but they also know how to teach it! To acquire the knowledge contained on those 5 disks - you normally would have to take at least 100 private lessons with Richard or Anne, so the DVD is much more cost effective way.