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| Hints & Myths about
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PREVIOUS
..............................................................................Medium Level Tango
These notes
summarise a tango course given in five
parts by Rodolfo Aguerrodi & Miho
Omaki in Cambridge in 2004. The course
was aimed at people with 18+ months
experience.
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We began
with some exercises in rhythm:
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walking
around the room individually:
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arriving
just ahead of the beat to ensure balance |
We
continued walking side-by-side:
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walking
with some contra-time steps by leader,
follower walking on the beat |
We
continued walking side-by-side:
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walking
with some contra-time steps by follower,
leader walking on the beat |
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We then
walked as couples:
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with
Leader including some contra-time steps
and follower walking on the beat |
We then
practised the traditional corte:
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Couples
walk offset parallel along LOD; at a certain moment, in
contra-time, the leader bounces back off
his forward left foot, opening to his
left, drawing his follower forward;
leader pivots
90, in contra-time, and collects facing
across LOD as his follower takes an open
step in front of him;
leader pivots,
in normal time, the couple 90 more and
steps out along the LOD in the opposite
direction to earlier
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We then
practised the traditional corte on the
other side:
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Couples
walk offset parallel along LOD; at a certain moment, in
contra-time, the leader bounces back off
his forward left foot, opening to his
right, drawing his follower forward;
leader pivots
90, in contra-time, and collects facing
across LOD as his follower takes an open
step in front of him;
leader pivots,
in normal time, the couple 90 more and
steps out along the LOD in the opposite
direction to earlier
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We then individually
practised the "bounce":
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On
three beats: push foot forward onto
toe;
move onto ball
of foot;
pull foot back.
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We then worked on our
posture, working with a partner;:
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take
weight on one leg; pull lower back in;
squeze stomach
up under rib-cage
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then seated individually:
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sitting
far enough forward to get enough room to
move torso back and forth; push upright torso
forward from solar plexus
push upright
torso back from solar plexus
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then standing:
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push
upright torso forward from solar plexus push upright torso back
from solar plexus
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Then we worked on
standing balance and posture:
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Pull
stomach and back in Take weight on one leg
Lift rib-cage
Swing free leg
gently back and forth
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Then we worked more on
standing balance and posture, trying to
emulate letter "J":
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Pull
stomach and back in Take weight on one leg
Lift rib-cage
Push torso
forward from solar plexus
Swing free leg
gently back and forth
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NEXT
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Frank Morris
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