Anyway, after two classes, I am seeing side benefits to the basic eight study..
It boils down to the idea that; one needs a context around which to start
to build some Tango form.
1. It's helpful to know where in the basic eight steps an ocho cortado would
start from..
ie: I was taught the ocho cortado in one class (without basic 8) and it
was just an isolated
form that was out there twisting in the wind, I didn't know where/when to
use it. When I
was told to start it after step four, it made sense somehow...it
existed in a context.
2. By being corrected on my posture and direction, collection etc etc....I
am getting better
form...the basic eight was good to use as a context within which to only
face in two
different directions (90 degrees) during the whole sequence..I learned
something..I got
less sloppy.
3. Timing..this is a biggie..one, two, threefourfive, six, seven and
eight...or however they
break down the timing..I am now dancing to timing in Tango..it is making
my moves
sharper and snappier...it is more 'tango'.
4. Improvisation...this is another side benefit suprise...sometimes when
I make a
mis step, I find that the timing continues, produces an alternative step
and voilla we are
still stepping and have completed a new series of steps without missing
a beat and can'
now start back to the originally intended series ..or not.. ok..not
intentional improv
but it led to a natural improvisation..I'm not sure what produced the
smooth adaptation
but it may have been all the practise with timing or just the snappy
steps...I don't know
yet but something worked better than had been working before.
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