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| Hints & Myths about
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PREVIOUS
Bylaugh
One
weekend, in November 2003, saw more Tango
workshops held in the recently-refurbished
Orangery of Bylaugh
Hall in Norfolk.
Rodolfo
Aguerrodi and Miho Omaki led workshops
with a small group of local or
temporarily resident participants on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday - morning and
afternoon.
We
also visited the local milonga in
Norwich on the Friday night.
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The third
workshop focused on barridas and ganchos:
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Rodolfo
first explained the importance of
positioning during the giro:
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.. follower must
take uniform length steps that are big
enough so the leader can find enough
space between them ... ...
follower's axis must transfer smoothly in
line with her leader's chest position so
the leader can be sure where her legs are
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Then we
practised our leader's ability to stop
his follower in mid-step of each giro
position, then find our follower's feet
and thighs - with their feet and without
looking or touching the floor:
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.. first
in the middle of an open/side step:
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... leader's foot
finds follower's left foot ... ...
collects ...
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finds follower's right foot
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... then
in the middle of a forward step:
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... leader's foot
finds follower's left foot ... ...
collects ...
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finds follower's right foot
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... then
in the middle of a backward step:
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.. leader's foot
finds follower's left foot ... ...
collects ...
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finds follower's right foot
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continuing
until we were confident we knew where our
partner's feet were:
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We then
used the giro to turn our follower into a
back step on the leader's left side:
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... with leader
moving his left foot forward to find and
accompany her right foot as it moved on
into the open/side step |
We then
extended the idea, beginning with the
back step on leader's left side:
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... with leader
moving his left foot forward to find and
accompany her right foot as it moved on
into the open/side step and, in a pasada,
over his foot into a forward step on his
right side ... ... when
the giro was reversed as the leader's
left foot finds his follower's lead right
foot and appears to draw it back into an
open/side step and, in a pasada, over his
foot into a forward step on his left side
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We then
extended the idea further, beginning with
the back step on leader's left side:
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... with leader
moving his left foot forward to find and
accompany her right foot as it moved on
into the open/side step and, in a pasada,
over his foot into a forward step on his
right side ... ... when
the giro was reversed as the leader's
left foot finds his follower's trailing
left foot and he draws his back into a
gancho ...
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We then
experimented with lateral ganchos, which
take place in close/medium embrace when a
follower's leg is prevented from
collecting on an open/side by her
leader's leg:
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... as the open/side
step is led, leader moves his unweighted
leg into the space alongside - and
slightly behind - his follower's weighted
leg, pivoting her slightly to encourage
the gancho ... |
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boleos
sacadas
milonga
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Frank Morris
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