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| Hints & Myths about
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PREVIOUS
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These notes
summarise two milonga workshops given by
Rodolfo Aguerrodi & Miho Omaki in
Cambridge in November 2004.
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Workshop
B began with some rhythm exercises:
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Walking forward offset
to left of Follower; Crossing
one foot in tight behind the other on
alternate steps;
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Walking backward too: crossing
one foot tightly in front of the other on
alternate steps;
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Thne we
did an exercise moving sideways:
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Begin with left foot in
front of right foot; |
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Begin by
tapping the left foot to the left side
before bouncing back off the left foot;
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Left
foot touches down in front and slightly
to the right of the right foot;
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Right
foot touches down behind and slightly to
the right of the left foot;
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Left
foot touches down in front and slightly
to the right of the right foot;
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Right
foot touches down behind and slightly to
the right of the left foot;
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Left
foot touches down in front and slightly
to the right of the right foot;
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Right
foot touches down behind and slightly to
the right of the left foot;
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Tap the left foot to the
right side before bouncing back off the
left foot; |
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Continue the cycle back
to the left and to the right and ... |
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Then we
repeated the exercise in couples:
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Beginning in offset
parallel and Leader steps forward on his
left leg so Follower steps back on her
right leg; Leader
bounces left foot to his left and
Follower bounces her rigth foot to her
right ...
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We then
played with a milonga giro:
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Begin with leader offset
parallel on Follower's right. |
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Quick:
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Leader steps forward
onto his right leg and Follower steps
back onto her left leg; |
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Quick:
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Leader changes weight
onto his left leg as he turns his chest
so Follower steps to her side onto her
right leg; |
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Quick:
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Leader turns 90 and
changes weight onto his right leg as he
turns his chest so Follower steps forward
onto her left leg; |
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Slow:
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Leader turns 90 and
changes weight onto his left leg as he
turns his chest so Follower steps to her
side onto her right leg; |
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Quick:
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Leader steps forward
onto his right leg and Follower steps
back onto her left leg; |
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Quick:
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Leader changes weight
onto his left leg as he turns his chest
so Follower steps to her side onto her
right leg; |
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Quick:
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Leader turns 90 and
changes weight onto his right leg as he
turns his chest so Follower steps forward
onto her left leg; |
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Slow:
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Leader turns 90 and
changes weight onto his left leg as he
turns his chest so Follower steps to her
side onto her right leg; |
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Normally
in offset parallel we use four tracks:
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Leader in tracks 1 and 2;
Follwer in tracks 3 and 4; |
Then we
move into cross system and need only
three tracks:
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Leader uses tracks 1 and
2; Follower in tracks 2 and 3; At a
certain moment when Leader's right leg is
about to go forward and Follower's left
leg is about to go back in track 2 ...
Leader
moves forward and slightly diagonally on
his right leg into track 3 ahead of his
Follower's calf; Follower's right leg
goes back in track 2 as usual;
Leader
moves forward on his left leg in track 1
but his right leg is now blocking the
normal backward movement of Follower's
left leg so she has to move it slightly
outwards to avoid the obstacle - a sacada.
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finally we added some changes of side:
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Leader uses tracks 1 and
2; Follower in tracks 2 and 3; At a
certain moment when Leader's right leg is
about to go forward and Follower's left
leg is about to go back in track 2 ...
Leader
moves forward and slightly diagonally on
his right leg into track 3 ahead of his
Follower's calf; Follower's right leg
goes back in track 2 as usual;
Leader
moves forward on his left leg in track 1
but his right leg is now blocking the
normal backward movement of Follower's
left leg so she has to move it slightly
outwards to avoid the obstacle - a sacada.
Leader
changes weight as he moves his chest
around anti-clockwise bringing his
Follower into a side step onto her right
leg across in front of him;
Leader
takes a short step backward onto his
right leg in the new track 3, drawing his
follower forward onto her left leg in the
new track 2 (on Leader's left side).
They
continue ...
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NEXT
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