Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
A dance instructor recommended this work to me by way of pointing me towards a resource for getting one’s self in touch with one’s artistic side.
This work is actually intended for musicians, but I find that I can glean benefit from it. I am picking my way through it in odd bits and pieces [...]
Posted in Notes on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Doing the forward lean actually does make the close embrace molineta cleaner.
Posted in Notes on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A tango proverb from Sharna: Do not let the step ruin the connection.
One from me: Do not hide from the dance in the step.
Work with Sharna and E. at the 18th St. Lounge with boleos out of rocking steps. For the front boleo, a radial step around her helps [...]
Posted in Observations on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
A visit to the Latin Palace — my first — informs me that I will have to really stretch my tango muscles — the mental ones — if I wish to really fit in with the advanced class there.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
The “leaning” exercises taught by P. and C. are not there so they can collect instructor’s fees. They are there to teach you to find your center in a forward lean so you can clean up your **** close embrace molinetas. You both need that space created by the lean in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
..Or at least like Isaac. The normal pedestrian walk, which uses gravity to help you move forward, needs to be overcome both in the forward and backwards (and sideways) direction. Practice (say, backwards) by extending - pushing with the non extended leg vs. “pulling” with the extended leg. [...]
Posted in Observations on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Two separate sources this week email me a link about the health benefit of tango for people afflicted with Parkinson’s. Personally the health benefit most applicable to me is the mental health benefit of a reasonable tango addiction.
Posted in Notes on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
With Jake:
Do a normal “block” on say, a back right ocho. Perform a sandwich, but do an exaggerated over-step by pivoting on the blocking foot and causing the other to be behind your pivot in an exaggerated step, violating (nearly) every rule of posture you know; lead her to step over and out.
Next [...]
Posted in Notes on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Carina’s class at Devino’s: In a molineta with two “cycles” - lead with the shoulder from the cross position so her right travels clockwise from the lead’s perspective, secada R - L - R - L - R - L - R .. and withdraw the fourth “right” back (as you lead [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Murphy’s Law of Tango, as expressed by Isaac: If you give her two options, she will choose the one you didn’t want her to take. Walking exercise for both open and close embrace: Side step to left (or right) and walk forward with left (or right) walking to her (left) or (right), and practice stepping across [...]
