That's Spanish for 'balance'. Maintaining one's balance is an essential part of good tango technique. When practicing solo it's always good to work on balance exercises, wearing your normal dancing shoes, and sans partner or wall to lean against. Here's a balance checklist for followers1:
related article: The art of not leaning on your partner 1 Inspired by (and some paraphrasing from) Terpsichoral Tangoaddict's post on this subject. image: sourced from Alfredo Melendez's Dance Blog Related Posts ☆☆To receive more such tango-related posts and news on SoTango courses, special events and promos - Subscribe to the SoTango newsletter ☆☆ |
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