At the Baltimore practica:
Practice taking side steps with just enough “lift” to your follow to bring her into a forced atypical cross — a millimeter off the floor from your taking a breath as you lift slightly is as good as – and better- then a few cm. Having established [...]
Archive for January, 2009
A millimeter is as good as a centimeter…
Posted in Notes on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Greek tango
Posted in Music on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nearly a year ago I got this CD but only recently have actually gotten around to listening to it. I love track 7, “Gia ligo” – very techno and very classical all at once. The youtube link is of poor quality, but you can “hear” what I like about it.
Good job..
Posted in Observations on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You know that you’ve done at least a not half-bad job as lead if your follow breaks out into happy laughter after the dance.
Sacadas and more..
Posted in Reaction on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heading out in an hour or so for a lesson; another attempt at grafting quality sacadas into my tango vocabulary. Practice. Practice. Practice..
In that class session, drills with S.: in proper form: “opening the door..moving into the follow’s space as and getting that trailing edge…”. [...]
Old essay
Posted in Observations on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recent private correspondence causes me to dig up an old essay, written while still very much a tango newbie (much more so than I still am )
There was a famous European artist who was discovered, literally, by “accident”. He was in some coffee house, and a patron had spilled coffee onto the [...]
Fencing!
Posted in Arts Martial on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have negotiated a block of lessons in, of all things, fencing. When I first set out in tango I joked that I would spend a year doing that before moving on to something else. It so developed (because of a lack of seriousness of intent in tango) that I went [...]
International Ballroom, and BsAs again?
Posted in Reaction on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I contemplate whether a brief exposure to the International Ballroom form will help my tango; or not; or whether it would be an inherent good for it’s own sake. One dancer known to me who is familiar with many forms tells me it would be boring to me since there is [...]
