Good habits for tango dancers
Here's a link to help you better understand tango music for dancing. Spotify I recommend the following album on Spotify: 'Serie de Oro' by Carlos di Sarli. This album has good songs for practicing. Avoid the last song 'Tu Palida Voz' as it's a vals. Link to 250 songs The following link will download a fabulous 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: http://www.muraterdemsel.com/250TANGO.zip This link goes to a zip file (little less than a 1 GB file). Week 7: starting October 16 We reviewed and refined Week 5 and 6 combinations and linked these together in improvised dancing. We also focused on musicality - and how to move on to single, double and half time. Here's a display at the end of our Week 7 class at Bondi - using all Level 1 moves and playing with the music: Week 6: starting October 9 We reviewed and refined the Week 5 combination and introduced the concept and rules of floorcraft / navigation / improvisation.Here's a sneak preview for Week 7 move - an alternative entry into the Backward Ocho: Week 5: starting October 2 We reviewed the combination from Week 4 and added two Backward Ochos: Week 4: starting September 25 We reviewed the Parallel Cross and introduced the Forward Ocho. The Forward Ocho consists of two Forward Cross Steps. Here the Forward Ocho is entered from the Parallel Cross: Week 3: starting September 18 We introduced the Parallel Cross: Step 1 : Leader angles his torso to his right to lead follower to under-step him. Step 2: Leader walks outside (but close to) the follower, maintaining his torso angled to his right. Step 3: Leader walks outside the follower, maintaining his torso angled to his right. Step 4: Leader steps forward with his right leg. Follower crosses (her left foot over her right foot - changing her weight to her left leg) as the leader changes his weight to his right leg. Optional resolution - Leader steps forward with his left leg, then side with his right leg. Week 2: starting September 11 We introduced the C-Step and the concepts of :
We also worked on walking technique. Tango is known as the 'Walking Dance'. Here's a link to 7 videos of beautiful walking. Today we focused on:
Here's our end of class display - using moves that we cover in our Levels 1 - 3: Good habits for tango dancers:
Here's a link to help you better understand tango music for dancing. Spotify I recommend the following album on Spotify: 'Serie de Oro' by Carlos di Sarli. This album has good songs for practicing. Avoid the last song 'Tu Palida Voz' as it's a vals. Link to 250 songs The following link will download a fabulous 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: http://www.muraterdemsel.com/250TANGO.zip This link goes to a zip file (little less than a 1 GB file). |