> What it tells us Jack is that some people have got the idea that one > particular predefined sequence is the only thing that is called > volcada... > because that's the only volcada that those particular people are > learning > or teaching in class, and featuring in the promo videos you see. > > Volcada is a description. In real dancing, there are countless > different > volcadas. The word refers to any move that meets the description. > Only in > the world of paint-by-numbers tango classes does anyone mistake the > word > for the name of a single sequence. > > -- > Chris
Yes, of course Volcada just means lean. It comes from the Spanish. You can do a big lean, or do it small, break her back, or throw her to the ground. Or, maybe she throws you to the ground. Watching the older dancers, you see they are always changing around the angle of the lean, so volcada is nothing new. Same problem with learnung the boleo. Many people think boleo is a kick of the leg, when in fact the kick is a decoration of the boleo. The basic boleo is (usually) a spiral at the waist, that results in the supporting leg pivoting and the loose leg floating behind and perhaps wrap before coming around to the front. If you learn the boleo with one specific kick, then you are learning both the decoration and the boleo at the same time. This is less flexible than learning them separately. Certain fads sweep through tango every couple of years. I remember the dreadful parada, sandwich, shoe-shine, gancho scare of the mid 1990s. How kitsch that move looks today, as the woman rubs her shoe with pretend skankiness up his leg. A bunch of people will go to Buenos Aires and see a woman with her nose pressed against his cheek, or her left shoulder cranked up with elbow poking up at the ceiling, or her butt sticking way out, and start imitating it. Each year it seems like a particular new move is the rage: big sweeping volcadas (2003), or a 45 degree plank (1995). Tom Stermitz Denver, CO 80207 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
