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| Hints & Myths about
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PREVIOUS
Cambridge
These notes
summarise a basic workshop on "Tango
Language" taught by Jenny Frances
and Ricardo Oria in December 2004.
The lesson
worked on some moves in close embrace.
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The second
workshop began with some warming up
exercises:
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With
everyone in a circle; each stands on one
foot and rotates the foot from the ankle
and then the leg from the hip until
relaxed, then works on the other leg. |
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Then we began with
some work on setting up a comfortable
close embrace:
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Leader
approaches his follower slightly offset
to her and his right so that his right
foot is in front of but between his
follower's feet; Leader offers her his
right arm which his follower accepts;
Follower
embraces her Leader's right shoulder and
the leader closes the embrace;
and then we
dance ...
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and
some imagery:
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Follower's
hand acts like a mirror to her face and
should never be above her shoulder line; |
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Then some practice
to encourage torso-led leads:
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Dance
without connection of the Leader's right
/ Follower's left arms; |
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and what to do
with our heads:
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Leader
looks past his Follower's right ear while
his Follower looks to her right into the
open sid eof teh embrace; |
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Then we developed
the strating point for a calesita:
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Leader
begins by taking a step to his left so
Follower steps to her right; Leader changes weight
back onto his right leg while keeping his
Follower's weight on her right leg;
Leader takes a
90 curved step backwards onto his left
leg while keeping his torso turned to his
Follower so she pivots 90 still on her
right leg;
Couple walk out
in parallel, Leader's right leg with
Follower's left leg.
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Then we developed
a simple calesita:
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Leader
begins by taking a step to his left so
Follower steps to her right; Leader changes weight
back onto his right leg while keeping his
Follower's weight on her right leg;
Leader takes a
90 curved step backwards onto his left
leg while keeping his torso turned to his
Follower so she pivots 30-90 still on her
right leg;
Leader takes a
side step around his Follower and onto
his right leg while keeping his torso
turned to his Follower so she pivots 30-90
still on her right leg;
Leader takes a
90 curved step forwards onto his left leg
while keeping his torso turned to his
Follower so she pivots 30-90 still on her
right leg;
Couple walk out
in parallel along LOD, Leader's right leg
with Follower's left leg.
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Then we
played with more steps in the calesita:
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Leader
begins by taking a step to his left so
Follower steps to her right; Leader changes weight
back onto his right leg while keeping his
Follower's weight on her right leg;
Leader takes a
90 curved step backwards onto his left
leg while keeping his torso turned to his
Follower so she pivots 30-90 still on her
right leg;
Leader takes a
side step around his Follower and onto
his right leg while keeping his torso
turned to his Follower so she pivots 30-90
still on her right leg;
Leader takes a
90 curved step backwards onto his left
leg while keeping his torso turned to his
Follower so she pivots 30-90 still on her
right leg;
Leader takes a
side step around his Follower and onto
his right leg while keeping his torso
turned to his Follower so she pivots 30-90
still on her right leg;
Leader takes a
90 curved step forwards onto his left leg
while keeping his torso turned to his
Follower so she pivots 30-90 still on her
right leg;
Couple walk out
in parallel along LOD, Leader's right leg
with Follower's left leg.
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Then we
played with entering the calesita from a
forward ocho and exiting into a giro:
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For the above "anti-clockwise
on Follower's right leg" calesita,
enter when Follower steps forward to her
left onto her right leg across her
Leader; Leader
changes weight if necessary onto his
right leg so he can enter the calesita
steps as above ...
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and on completion, he turns his Follower
if necessary and then chooses which step
of the giro to begin from - any are
possible, although a Follower backward
step may be simplest.
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Then we
played with entering the calesita from a
backward ocho and exiting into a giro:
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For the above "anti-clockwise
on Follower's right leg" calesita,
enter when Follower steps backward to her
right onto her right leg across her
Leader; Leader
changes weight if necessary onto his
right leg so he can enter the calesita
steps as above ...
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and on completion, he turns his Follower
if necessary and then chooses which step
of the giro to begin from - any are
possible, although a Follower backward
step may be simplest.
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Understanding
that there are many variants of entry,
pivot leg, direection, number and size of
lLeader steps, and exit. |
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and enjoy! |
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