Good habits for tango dancers
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. LESSON REVIEWS Here's what we've covered so far... The theme for this term is Americana and other combinations Week 7: Starting July 8 Reviewed, refined and integrated all moves covered this term.No new moves introduced. Increasing focus on navigation. Week 6: Starting July 1 Introduced: Ocho Cortado from Salida / Forward Step rebound combination (Only in Redfern and Glebe - see Week 5 video).
Next week (Week 6) we'll focus more on Americana combinations covered in Weeks 1 - 3, i.e. Americanas from:
Week 5: Starting June 24 Introduced Giro to Right entered from Cross System step to Closed Side of Embrace. An alternative entry to Giro to Right (than Parallel Cross):Week 4: Starting June 17 Introduced: 1. Ocho Cortado from Parallel Cross Here's another way to enter Ocho Cortado (not shown in class). Entry is always from Forward Cross Step to Leader's Right. This version is from Salida / Forward Step rebound combination: 2. Giro to Right - entered from Follower's Forward Cross Step to Leader's Right (as Leader steps back): This is the same entry as:
Week 3: Starting June 10 1. Introduced Americana from Sandwich:3. Improvised with all these moves. Week 2 Starting June 3 Introduced Americana from Giro to Right. Entry to Americana is from the 2nd Cross Forward Step of Giro: Reviewed Week 1 moves. Here's the video for the other move covered in Week 1 - Forward Cross - Retrace - Side Step. Here's a new video for Americana from Parallel Cross with anticlockwise turn to Cross System Cross: Introduced Americana from Parallel Cross - resolved with Cross System Cross: |