Dancetime DVD! 500 Years of Social Dance: 2 DVD Set

Performances by the Dance Through Time troupe (in costume) trace history, fashion and romance from European royal courts in the early 15th century to disco and hip-hop.

The New York Times

Dances with interesting costumes and delightful musical selections as well as facts to please those who enjoy information concerning history, social studies, cultures, and costumes, dance and music.

The Washington Post

Dancetime DVD! is a triple treat, appealing to scholars, ballroom aficionados and choreographers.

Dancing U.S.A.

Dance historian and choreographer Carol Téten takes us on an educational and entertaining tour of dance through the ages. Dancers introduce centuries and styles with arch versification that reveals the soul of each dance (the minuet is formal and quaint, the sarabande is provocative)... The dances themselves follow, performed with authentic choreography by couples or groups on a lighted stage. The dancers… are splendidly costumed as befits each period, from perukes and beauty spots to poodle skirts to mohawks...Highly recommended for libraries with collections in history, dance, music, or costume.

Library Journal

Bonus features-such as added options of simultaneous instructive text diagrams and descriptions that truly take advantage of DVDs expanded capabilities.

Video Librarian

This DVD has many special features and is a wealth of information on the 20th century of social dance. In the Special Features selection you can learn the Dance Descriptions, Timelines, Bibliography, Credits, Instructional Text and a Preview of Volume I. On a computer, you can access a Timeline or Bibliography that gives you more in depth information. You can dive into the text portion of the DVD either with the video or with just the text being displayed. The text is very informative. All the steps are explained in detail. There is just a ton of information on so many 20th century dances in this volume. Dance enthusiasts and history buffs will love it. Dancetime Publications did a marvelous job of putting this DVD together.

Dove Foundation Executive Director

Performed beautifully by the Dance Through Time dancers, each of these 45 minute DVDs span the entire recorded span and spectrum of Western dance… Taken together, these two superbly produced, performed, presented, and recorded DVDs comprise a complete course in Western dance and would be a welcome addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library collections.

Library Bookwatch Official Newsletter of The Midwest Book Review

Entertainment and Education are blended with great style in a new two-volume video. Dancetime DVD! 500 Years of Social Dance takes us from Renaissance Court Dances to 1990s rap and MTV styles... each of the social dances has been scrupulously researched but there is nothing stuffy about the presentation. The wonderful performers race us through 500 years of changes in the ways that people have related to each other on the dance floor. Helpful subtitles give us background on what we are seeing, but most viewers will probably be too busy watching the highly skilled dancers to read the titles during a first viewing.

Connecticut Post