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 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 covered:
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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