Good habits for tango dancers
Spotify Check out Sophia's spotify lists: Tango (Trad) Best for practicing musicality - walking to single, double and half time. Tango (Neo) contemporary songs (good for practicing technique) Link to 250 songs The following link will download a collection of 250 of the most popular songs (tango, vals and milonga) played in milongas around the world! Focus for now only on the tangos. Also focus on instrumental songs as opposed to vocals as these are easier to find the beat. Di Sarli is one of the better orchestras to start with: 250 songs download This link goes to a zip file (little less than a 1 GB file). Here's a link to help you better understand tango music for dancing. Week 2 : starting February 11
The first side step of C-Step, which requires dissociation, can be described as a 'Blocking' step: The leader angles his torso to his right to lead follower to under-step him. The follower angles similarly to her right (to connect with her partner 'heart to heart') as she steps to the right. Improvisations in Week 1 To give you an idea of what is covered in our Beginner and Intermediate series : North Sydney Redfern Glebe Improvisation in Week 2 - focusing on just Level 1 moves: Drill for practicing between classes: Homeplay
Week 1 : starting February 4 The focus was on:
The move introduced was the 'C Step': We worked on musicality, walking to single time and pausing. We used the count 1-2-3-4 walking on the strong beats of 1 and 3. Counting can also be 'I and 1 and...' 1 here is for the strong beats of 1 and 3 while 'and' is for the soft beats of 2 and 4. Here are some end of class improvised displays from previous terms this year. Display from this term to be uploaded shortly. End of class displays: |