Reading my notes from last week, I’m still trying to graft on that forward weight shift with the cortado-gancho combination.
To further add variety: After that forward weight shift-gancho (remembering for that right to come back radially behind you a bit before the gancho) pivot to right and do a rock step forward, then [...]
Archive for July, 2009
&$^#%! More ganchoes..
Posted in ganchos on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cool gancho stuff
Posted in ganchos on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Executing an ocho cortado in close embrace, practice both a secada (your right close to her left) and also a gancho (your right closer to her right, or forward, leg). Remember to step onto the extended leg as you twist in place; this will cause your follow to naturally step [...]
Joy!
Posted in Music, Observations on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While in BsAs at a group class the instructor asked the group: Why dance? And people put forward their various reasons. I answered: “Por alegria y senoritas” – my honest response. That was, in fact, well received. It so happens as one gets deeper [...]
Memories…
Posted in Music on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A chance find on youtube reveals this piece by tangophobia. It brings happy memories to the fore; of practicing ochos some 18 months ago as a struggling beginner trying to make the jump forward. To this very music. In Buenos Aires.
