On 21/09/2010 05:14, Shahrukh Merchant wrote:
That's an interesting twist ... which one could reformulate to the
effect that, Since dancing (well) in close embrace is harder than
dancing in open embrace [no argument from me there],
I'm not sure I completely agree.
It may be harder to dance in
From: hbboog...@aol.com
To: tango-l-ow...@mit.edu
Sent: 9/21/2010 2:04:55 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: The Basics
Most of today’s so called teachers can't teach basic fundamentals of
tango
because they were never taught. After a few group lessons the shingle is
hung and it’s
I don't know where you guys live that you see only performance teachers.
Basics are plentiful here in NYC. Just this month we have Maria
Olivera Gustavo Saba, Maxi Gluzman. Melina and Detlef pass through
now and then, how basic can you get hehe. We have Robin Thomas who
travels, and many others
On 21/09/10 11:00, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:
Well, Huck, after the workshop I attended yesterday, Sunday, as a leader, the
primary basic I had in mind was just for people to friggin' MOVE. It was an
advanced workshop on ganchos and the followers all had the same problem of
freezing as
Here in Mexico, a second grade school teacher was telling me about her day in
class, today.
One of her observations of her new class is that she cannot hug the six
children from the USA goodbye
because they act like she is infecting them and they even run away, whereas
the Mexican
In this case, they were still freezing when I was just leading regular
molinetes. Freezing without spiraling out of the gancho. Voguing. I had to
tell them all they they were still responsible for dancing to the music
themselves. When I got them to just dance without thinking about doing
My partner and I attended a semi-private with Carlos Rivarola last Friday
and here are some of his insights on how to dance salon (not performance)
tango.
First, most leaders need to rotate the right shoulder back instead of rolling
it
forward and into their partner. As a follower, I can say
On 09/17/2010 08:38 AM, macfro...@aol.com wrote:
The tango embrace is the same as the embrace of someone you love, even
though you may not know or care about the person. It is the dance
position. In my experience as a tango dancer and teacher, many
foreign dancers, especially those from
I would agree this is very correct. I would also add that in addition
to the possibility of emotional fear that beginners may have, there is
also the fear of getting stepped on by the man or stepping on the man by
the beginner who is untrained in Close Embrace. Trained leaders who
respect
