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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 copurse
was aimed at people with 18+ months
experience.
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Lesson 2
began with some exercises in walking:
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walking
back and forth across the room in couples
with one hand on each other's upper chest:
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set
"J" posture as in lesson 1 maintain the same
pressure
repeat with
follower leading
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We
continued with a chat about leader /
follower separation distance:
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for
chatting, maybe 1 meter closer for walking
together
closer yet - 15
to 20 cm - for tango
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We then
discussed the problems of dancing with a
partner much shorter or much taller than
yourself.:
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Rodolfo
emphasises the need to encircle the back; dropping leader's arms
to accomodate a shorter follower
dropping
follower's arms to accomodate a taller
leader.
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We then
worked on the embrace as a container of
the couple's energy :
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and the need for
the embrace to be firm yet not tense
withthe leader setting internal and
external limits to guide follower's
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We then
practised a contra-movement with external
limits:
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Couples
face one another; Lead side steps
alternately to one side and the other
with braced extended arms so leader's
hands (outside follower's) set limits of
movement via follower's extended braced
arms;
at a certain
moment, leader pauses to continue moving
in the opposite direction to his follower.
external
embrace imits follower's movement
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We then
practised the giro positions:
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Couples
face one another in a medium embrace; Leader initiates the
giro, pausing his follower at each step
to test the location of her feet:
touch inside of
F's R foot, collect;
touch inside of
F's left foot, collect.
etc.
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We then practiced some
linear sacadas:
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Firstly
from a forward step on leader's right; Leader steps forward (not
round) onto his left leg to sacada
follower's trailing left leg;
Leader pivots
180 and follower is brought into the
other half of the ocho so the couple
return to face one another
couple walks
out
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Secondly
from a forward step on leader's right; Leader steps forward (not
round) onto his right leg to sacada
follower's trailing left leg;
Leader pivots
180 and follower is brought into the
other half of the ocho so the couple
return to face one another and walk out
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Thirdly
from a forward step on leader's right; Leader steps forward (not
round) onto his right leg to sacada
follower's trailing left leg;
Leader holds
embrace and follower is pivotted 180
inside leader's embrace into the other
half of the ocho so the couple exit side
by side and walk out
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NEXT
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Yuega is supported by Vecta Consulting
Limited
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Frank Morris
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