Hi lambj,
The gold level still has yet to be produced. We are currently focusing our efforts on completing the last of the silver patterns in silver level American Rhythm (Cha Cha, Rumba, EC Swing, Bolero and Mambo). This phase of production should be complete by mid-February. Look for the first part of silver Cha Cha and EC Swing sometime within the next couple of days.
After the completion of the silver level videos, we're actually going to go back to bronze and start producing full instruction videos. The first part of bronze has already been filmed, and editing and production will begin immediately upon completion of the full silver narrated demo clips.
Gold syllabus is definitely in the business plan, particularly with the International style. We may be filming some of that in February (demo clips only).
The American style is a little different: Every school has its own version of a gold American syllabus, but it's primarily composed of some syllabus writer's individual choreography. At competitions, gold is considered akin to open, which is to say that everybody dances his own choreographed routines. Because of this, we feel that our American style variations of the week can suffice as gold, until we've written a true, academically-minded gold syllabus that's as spectacular a teaching tool as our silver.
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Regards,
Jonathan Atkinson
www.ballroomdancers.com
