[Tango-L] LA MILONGA-CANDOMBERA

2008-01-22 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
vol5_jan08.html Tangamente, Jean-Pierre Sighe TANGO MAGDALENA, LLC 580, Grand Ave, Suite # 305 Oakland, CA 94610 Ph.: 510-836 0812 Web site: http://www.tangomag

[Tango-L] The Wisdom of the Basic 8 Count

2008-02-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
ation ..." Click here to read the rest of the article: http://www.tangomagdalena.com/Newsletters/vol6_feb08.html We are TANGO MAGDALENA Web site : www.tangomagdalena.com Tangamente, Jean-Pierre Sighe ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mi

[Tango-L] SALIDA CON "LOKO"

2008-03-22 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
alida with his left leg “sandwiched” between hers " Please, click on the following link to read the rest of the article: http://www.tangomagdalena.com/Newsletters/vol7_mar08.html Tangamente, Jean-Pierre Sighe --- TANGO MAGDALENA 580 Grand Ave, Suite # 305 O

Re: [Tango-L] Not Leading vs Leading crosses

2008-04-03 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
p record things properly. Today, we are blessed with the Internet. Let's keep the tradition of expanding the dance happening. Candombe !!! Jean-Pierre Sighe - - Original Message - From: "

[Tango-L] SALIDA CON "loko" Part 2

2008-04-29 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoO59UuyoW4 " Please, click on the following link to read the rest of the article: http://www.tangomagdalena.com/Newsletters/vol8_apr08.html Tangamente, Jean-Pierre Sighe ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango

[Tango-L] The Mystique of the Volcada

2008-07-31 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
"Enter the mysterious and exciting world of The Volcada. When properly executed this move inspires beauty. However, just like any other graceful move in Tango, the Volcada requires structure. Often invisible to the beginner, with practice this move becomes indispensable - if one remains mindful of

Re: [Tango-L] The Volcada

2008-07-31 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
17 PM Subject: [Tango-L] The Volcada > The discussion of the volcada which Jean-Pierre Sighe pointed out > http://www.tangomagdalena.com/Newsletters/vol11_july08.html > totally misrepresents what a volcada is (as well as being confusing in > other ways). > > Volcada comes from th

[Tango-L] Volcada (instructional video)

2008-09-05 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
Videos uploaded... Give us a click here: http://www.tangomagdalena.com/Newsletters/vol12_august08.html Jean-Pierre Sighe - TANGO MAGDALENA, LLC 580 Grand Ave, Suite # 305 Oakland, CA 94610 Ph.: 510- 836 0812 Web site : http://www.tangomagdalena.com

Re: [Tango-L] Volcada (instructional video)

2008-09-05 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
a is > distinguishing when she's asked to lean or when she's invited to take a > forward step. It's common for women to mistake a simple step forward as a > volcada. That's something you might want to address as well. > > Trini de Pittsburgh > > > --- O

Re: [Tango-L] Volcada (instructional video)

2008-09-07 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
Thank you Larry for your additional useful information and comments. I agree with you 110% when you say : "Actually ALL parts of a volcada combination must be lead" ! Have a great day. Jean-Pierre S. - Original Message - From:

[Tango-L] Fun with a Milonga-Candombera

2008-09-09 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfu2wOG154 Jean-Pierre Sighe - TANGO MAGDALENA, LLC 580 Grand Ave, Suite # 305 Oakland, CA 94610 Contact: 510-836 0812 Website : http://www.tangomagdalena.com ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L

Re: [Tango-L] Milonga-Candombera, Canyenguero etc.

2008-09-09 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
Thank you Ernest, Great clips of you and Maricela too. We will contribute more :-) We do have our OUTDOOR MILONGAS at the Lake Merrit Park on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month (unless otherwise posted on our web site). Check out some pictures here: http://flickr.com/photos/elenadopiro/sets

Re: [Tango-L] Milonga-Candombera, Canyenguero etc.

2008-09-09 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
Huck sounds like one of these stiff dudes I see here and there, with no rhythm in their bodies... therefore terribly boring to watch. Dancing means... DANCING. Why don't you post a clip of Chuck dancing (anything) for the rest of us. Would you? Jean-Pierre

Re: [Tango-L] Milonga-Candombera, Canyenguero etc.

2008-09-10 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
t cannot offer any clip of themselves dancing anything, to the rest of us. Then, all of a sudden, you encounter them at a milonga, you watch them "dance" and you just shake your head! Stop the whinning and just post a clip to us Cordially, Jean-

Re: [Tango-L] Milonga-Candombera, Canyenguero etc.

2008-09-10 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
Monsieur Trini Sean, Why don't you teach me and the rest of those you know so well, the "sublimation" Wh! You must be something! I can't wait to learn from you. In the meantime, I hope you were able to comprehend the last lesson I expose to you in my last e-mail. Your question and point wer

Re: [Tango-L] Milonga-Candombera, Canyenguero etc.

2008-09-11 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
Let's encourage his alter ego, the Trini fellow. Please, post the "sublimation" demo for the rest of us. I'm burning to learn! Jean-Pierre S. --- - Original Message - From: "Iron Logic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Tango-L] Milonga candombera, canyenguera, etc

2008-09-11 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
Thank you Sergio, for providing the few examples. Jean-Pierre S. -- - Original Message - From: "Sergio Vandekier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tango-L List" Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:27 PM Subject: [Tango-L] Milonga candomber

[Tango-L] MILONGA... THE ORPHAN DANCE

2008-10-04 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
... "The umbilical cord cannot be severed without generating distortion and misunderstanding. The nurturing influence of Candombe must be revisited, re-actualized, to keep Tango evolving and generating into something unimaginable at the moment. Perhaps, we would then see the so-called Nuevo Ta

Re: [Tango-L] music and candencia

2013-04-03 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
ot being a Tango listener. Jean-Pierre Sighe --- On Apr 2, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Mario wrote: > These are just some of my musings about the candencia in the AT danceI'm > offering that; by candencia it is generally agreed that

[Tango-L] TANGO AND THE MISSING LINK

2007-08-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
"Tango was created in the brothels of Buenos Aires! This is the assertion generally trumpeted to any Tango student who opens the door to this new world, eager to learn and fascinated by the beauty and sophistication of the dance. As newcomers they don't ask challenging questions and are willing

[Tango-L] The Wholistic Dancing

2007-09-10 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
"From the Center, the mind confidently, delves into its infinite prerogatives and brings to the forefront, a host of possibilities. Perfect vehicle between the physical, psychic and emotional bodies, the mind allows the dancer to instantly BE in the three bodies simultaneously. Thinking and Acti

[Tango-L] Of Leading and Following

2007-09-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
"...She is now comfortably seating and enjoying the room. From the time she stepped out of her car, she has executed many walking steps and not once had stumbled or was pushed or pulled into the space offered to her by the gentleman. He has done any and everything possible to be the least interf

[Tango-L] DANCING TANGO ON TANGO

2007-10-22 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
"I recognize the right of anyone who is capable of playing around with rhythms, to improvise on different structures. However, as I indicated earlier, that quality does not occur accidentally. It is a learned and mastered condition. Playing around from time to time is perfectly fine. But creatin

[Tango-L] TANGO AND THE GEOMETRY OF THE DANCE

2007-11-16 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
vol3_nov07.html or http://www.tangomagdalena.com/tango_geometry_dance.html Tangamente, Jean-Pierre Sighe ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l

[Tango-L] THE UPPER BODY COUNTER-POSITIONING

2007-12-17 Thread Jean-Pierre Sighe
"When we walk, going about our daily occupations, we don't have to be aware of what our body is doing, in order for us to go from point A to point B. The truth is that our body executes a series of automatic movements to maintain us balanced, so that we can walk and not fall down, between our succ