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Argentine Tango Videos
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This tango video for followers starts with a dance demonstration by Fernanda
Ghi and Guillero Merlo. Then Fernanda teaches in Spanish and Brooke Burdette
translates into English.
In this tango video, Fernanda discusses and demonstrates these points:
General Techniques
...Being ready to respond to the lead in tango.
...Proper weight placement and posture
...Putting all of your body in-line over your toes.
...The most important part of the body to focus control from.
...Technique for walking in Argentinen tango
...Moving forward first with the body, then the legs
...Keeping the weight forward when walking backward
...Keeping the weight over the toes
...Walking on the same line
Technique for ...
Ochos, forward and back
Giros (turns around the leader) --molinette
...Staying on the circle and close to the leader
...Going one way and then other
...Maintaining weight forward over toes
...Practicing alone first, then with a partner
Boleos
...Practicing alone with a chair
...Two ways of doing the boleo
...Where most of energy of the boleo comes from
...Doing Boleos on the floor and in the air
...Forward and backward Beoleos
The Tango embrace
...Wrink down when you start to dance (NOT)
...Sending your feminine energy forward, keeping your weight over your
toes
Tango Adornments
...In ochos
...Staying with the beat
...Demonstration with and without music with and without a partner
...Avoiding excessive adornments
...An exercise to help you find your own adornments
Although the target audience of this video is followers, leaders will
also benefit from watching it; they will become more sensitive to
their followers.
The complete dance demonstrations at the beginning and the end of the
video provide excellent model for study. Thanks for your interest in...