Theme The them for this term is Vals and Milonga. Weeks 1 - 3 will be Vals Weeks 4 - 6 will be Milonga Week 7 will be a mix of both! Music Notes
Sophia's Spotify Lists Week 7: starting December 3 Dancing to staccato tango music suits the following moves:
It does not suit, for example:
Week 6 starting November 26 Milonga Part 3 of 3 Part 1 and 2 moves (Weeks 4 and 5)
Here's a variation on the above move. The Traspié is at change of weight between last Side step and Back step. Notice how this move is turning to the Leader's left. In fact this move naturally turns to theLeft if steps are not deliberately angled to stay in the line of traffic - so you have the choice with this move of turning to the left or proceeding straight forward. Introduced: Not sure if the Cuna was introduced for Level 3 or 4 but including here as it's another useful step for navigation. Week 5 starting November 19 Milonga - Part 2 of 3 Double time for Milonga. As double time in Milonga necessitates close embrace (or makes it a lot easier!) we spent a lot of time getting everyone used to dancing in close embrace. We then practiced the double time Parallel Cross in close embrace and linked this with the C-Step (with Back step). Week 4 starting November 12 Milonga - Part 1 of 3 In Spanish Lisa means 'simple' - dancing to single time In Spanish 'con' means 'with. 'Traspié' means 'error' or 'stumble foot' or 'foot behind'. When referred to Milonga it means using the same foot twice and quickly - dancing double time or with syncopation. In Week 1 the focus was on Milonga Lisa. Moves introduced:
Milonga Lisa is normally only used for part of the dance as dancing only Lisa is quite monotonous and diminishes the playfulness inherent to Milonga! It is however useful to first focus on single time (as the baseline structure of Milonga) so that we can be more precise with double time and syncopated movement. Looking forward to mixing it up with Traspié in Week 5! Homework Leaders - memorise the above moves, notice posture, connection and musicality. Followers - please don't memorise the moves but observe posture, connection and musicality. Everyone - Walk the C-Step to single and half time, preferably to songs from this Spotify playlist: Milonga Instrumental (Trad) Week 3 starting November 5 Vals - Part 3 of 31) Introduced
2) Reviewed:
Here's an improvisation with all the above moves: Week 2 starting October 29 Vals - Part 2 of 3 1) Reviewed:
In the meantime... here's an older video showing an improvisation with Giro to the Right from Cross System Cross and other moves including Ocho Cortado: Note for Leaders regarding the above video: 1. When finishing Cross System Cross you can change weight on the spot rather than crossing back with your Left leg (see which you prefer) 2. When leading the Back step of the Giro you can step forward or back (see which you prefer) 3) More emphasis on:
Week 1 Starting October 22 Vals - Part 1 of 3 lessons Moves focused on:
Cross System Cross: Parallel Cross:
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