Thanks for the post, Janis (and for others as well). Here's a direct link for
Pedro Ochoa's article:
http://www.10tango.com/interior/detalle_nota.php?idx=161seccion=4
...dubravko
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this life is not a rehearsal
Here's something great to practice to D'Arienzo, and then, apply it to any
faster music
One day, I was commenting, to my partner, that Lorena, of The Osvaldo Zotto
Lorena instructional tapes, was such a phenominal dancer. She said, Oh, no,
no! Go back and look closer. It is him!
On 12/16/07, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think this was possibly during a time period when keys
were more of the skeletal type. I'm not familiar with the
history of locks, but this type probably may not have fit
in pockets comfortably. Based on the footage that I've
On Thursday the 13th Mario requested tips on
Close embrace in close quarters.
I have yet to see a sinlge response.
Meanwhile, there have been more than 20 responses in the
Boleo Contra-boleo thread.
I guess this speaks volumes about the interests of our
on line community.
Tango
Tango For Her wrote:
1. If you are so sure your partner would walk away from you if
you meantioned thinking of the floor as a canvas and her as a brush,
how about taking on a little homework and ask her!
We would love to hear alot of opinions on this.
I asked my regular dance
The obvious answer Steve is ... lead the way.
What Mario actually asked was which Tango sequences (patterns) can be
danced
in close embrace ... as I want to spend my time learning/practising only those
patterns ...
If anyone had attempted to provide such information, he would have been
Mario,
I would love to elaborate on the topic of close embrace in close quarters,
but, don't have the time at the moment.
At 3 months, horray for the patterns. But, you might know, by now, that
patterns don't do you much good on crowded dance floors. So, here's an
exercise to
Hehe. I don't hold any patents!
I have to agree, in part. I can dance with a woman who is heavier (in
weight), but dances light as a feather. She must have learned that
somewhere!
I know, from classes, that dancing with a man, again heavier in weight, and
just leading something
Cool! All women are different! And, there's no definition that says that I am
right! So, try the exercise and don't tell her! :o)
Oh, and if she says anything about your dancing after that, let us know!
Is this how they made Days of Our Lives? ;o)
Alexis Cousein [EMAIL
Hello, again, Keith!
Add in! Teachers fill their classes by teaching patterns. It is a necessary
evil. But, in time, everyone must learn that ballroom is patterns and
Argentine tango (well, except for show tango and coreography) is not.
Tango is in the body, not the patterns
I was asked by someone who just started tango what tango songs
he should be listening to. But I don't have a good recommendation;
I myself bought tango CDs pretty randomly and my collection still
lacks many of the popular songs I hear at milongas.
Can anyone recommend a few compilation CDs,
To difuse this a bit ...
How do you make money in tango? Give what people want! The trick to filling
your classroom AND keep them coming is to keep the attention of the
intermediate and advanced leaders. Any teacher knows that!
Intermediate dancers want to learn tricks and
Dear Kuro
http://www.virtuar.com/tango/articles/2006/orchestras.htm
Igor Polk
I was asked by someone who just started tango what tango songs
he should be listening to. But I don't have a good recommendation;
I myself bought tango CDs pretty randomly and my collection still
lacks many of the
On Dec 17, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Tango For Her wrote:
To difuse this a bit ...
How do you make money in tango? Give what people want! The trick
to filling your classroom AND keep them coming is to keep the
attention of the intermediate and advanced leaders. Any teacher
knows that!
Thank you, Igor, for sharing your recommendation.
Some people also gave me pointers to these web pages:
http://www.tejastango.com/tango_music_beginning.html
http://www.tejastango.com/tango_music_collection.html
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KUROSAKA Teruhiko (Kuro), San Francisco, California, USA
The answer will emphasize steps, weight changes, and several steps
strung together, all of which can be danced pretty much in place.
If anyone wants to flame me for writing about several steps strung
together, I can take the heat.
Meanwhile, Mario will, I think, appreciate any advice,
When we walk, going about our daily occupations, we don't have to be
aware of what our body is doing, in order for us to go from point A to
point B. The truth is that our body executes a series of automatic
movements to maintain us balanced, so that we can walk and not fall
down, between our
Interesting. I get to the same conclusion (boys weren't encouraged to
develop dance skills) but by a different explanation.
Huck Kennedy wrote:
Now let's get to the truth of the matter--any
advantage women have in dancing comes from their being
shunted off to dance class at an
Hello Kuro,
have a look at Mike Lavocah´s site:
http://www.milonga.co.uk/
and check out advice.
Andreas
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And they cringe when they see the guys on 'Dancing With The Stars' wearing
spandex and gliding around...no matter how masterful and powerful the
dancing might be.
And rightly so. But maybe not for the same reasons as I do, which is an almost
complete lack of musicality, and absolutely
steve The song used in the Gap commercial was swing, not blues.
Music for The Gap Khaki Swing comes from Louis Primaâ??s swing number,
â??Jump, Jive anâ?? Wailâ??, performed by Brian Setzer and Orchestra.
/steve
Wait. Way off topic, but I have to jump into this. Prima did not play
swing,
Sometimes it is difficult to find really good compilations, but some of the
suggestions have been very good. It is just as difficult finding a good
representative (and danceable) CD of one particular artist. Until one learns
about
the music, it can be daunting and often disappointing to take a
Hi Steve,
we could get into an even-further off-topic discussion about
quote-unquote swing music (swing is a verb, not a noun. there is no
such thing as swing music -Paul Whiteman). It would sound exactly like
a spat about competing tango orchestra styling in the Golden Era.
Those of us
Too late Doug!
My nitpick to your nitpick to Steve's nitpick to my off-topic post is
that Prima was active in ALL eras and jazz genres from 20's to 70's.
Prima's versatility, sheer creative output and musical longevity are
directly comparable to Piazzola. (shameless attempt at topic
I really like the compilations from dym like:
http://www.danzaymovimiento.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=90681003001
I think at least some of these would be on iTunes. I bought a few of the dym
compilations through Amazon a couple of years ago when I didn't own much tango
music and
Nuevo tango is cool. I, myself, found incredible success in soft tango. So, I
try to pass along as much as I can. I observed that teachers that go out and
find complicated patterns have that added component that I believe it takes to
keep the longterm attention of leaders. I didn't say it
I am interested in what makes someone one of the 'best teachers in the world'.
To my way of thinking, that is a pretty big claim and who you regard as the
*best teacher in the world* would be influenced by the way you like to dance
and also highly personal things like whether the particular
I think the difference in numbers of posts is perfectly understandable. This is
a natural result of the relative difficulty of answering the questions.
Defining boleos and contra boleos is relatively easy. Actually doing them well
is considerably more difficult. It's a bit like cricket. There
A few years ago a documentary film was made about Susana Minana and her
milonga in Salon El Pial in Flores. This past Sunday was her 15th
anniversary--not a small accomplishment for this tiny woman in her 70s.
All I can say is that she's a real firecracker. She greets everyone--all
400+
Ok, what the heck. I'll jump in.
Steps/sequences for a beginner to do in close embrace on crowded dancefloors:
First, the standby, walk. Just walk, with pauses and timing of step placement
playing with the music to keep your partner interested.
Second, walk in cross-foot, with the follower
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