Michael wrote:
I enjoyed my vacation in BA even though some tried to tell me what to do. I
observed that the Argentines use the following figures:
Back ocho
Low Boleo
Walking
Ocho Cortado
Giros (called molinetes north of the equator)
We also call'em giros - you need to involve a
Hi Joe and all!
Indeed! No figures. Period. (begs the question, what is a figure, but
good rule)
You can be an excellent dancer, if you just walk forward - provided
you do it musically, connected to the partner with a nice embrace.
But... do you really just walk forward? And, not turning
Melina,
you could go even one step (sic) further: you only need the connection
with your partner, the music and the floor.
Everything else is just decoration. In order to be a good dancer no
externally visible movement is necessary.
It's just (more?) fun.
Daniel, fan of simple tango.
PS:
Sergey says a friend of his came up with 1000 sacadas? Please show
them to me.
From a pure sturcutral anlaysis, by my calculation there are only 48.
Here is my analysis:
Lets start with leader doing sac to follower. There are only 3 steps
involving full weight shift for follower in tango.
How frequently are you able to incorporate what you learned from festivals
and workshops into your dance?
It's a slow Saturday night and I'm writing as I listen to Garrison
Keillor's monologue. Unfortunately, there's no AT in Lake Wobegone, MN,.
Michael
Washington, DC
Just down the
This is the beginning, but he was going into more and more details.
For example, if I remember correctly, instead of your 4 different sacadas
he would count 6 - L/R foot, done with front cross, back cross and open.
Also he would count an extra variation done with both feet at the same time
- it
You are double counting some of these. For example, on her right open
step, if you do right front sac to her departing left foot, it is open,
if you use your left foot, you are crossed.
Yikes, I had not considered using both feet at the same time. I
actually have seen Chicho do that on
