Your First Dance - Putting it Together
- Congratulations. You now have more than enough for your first tango dance.
- Be kind to yourself. Have fun. Keep dancing.
- Artist Name:
- Anibal Troilo
- Song Title:
- El Irresistible
- Album Title:
- A Fuego Lento
Anibal Troilo had a somewhat more lyrical style, and is of the "Golden Age" of tango music ( mid 1930s to mid 1950s). One of the more common people to hear played in Milongas.
- 00:04
- Putting it all together.
- 00:41
- And if I start describing what we're doing,
for example; - 00:44
- I'm walking side, a weight shift,
a weight shift, back. - 00:50
- Now I'm going to go into front ochos.
- 00:59
- I do a Tango close, the last half of the basic,
forward, side, I weight change. - 01:03
- And I go back and here is the basic.
- 01:08
- And it really makes a very full
and varied dance. - 01:12
- Oh and I forgot to say, we were going to say this,
but for the guys - 01:15
- I know that there is this sort of
horrible anxiety. - 01:19
- And ladies know the guys have
this horrible anxiety. - 01:22
- It really is the case.
- 01:23
- And they'll go on the floor and they'll be like.
- 01:26
- "I have to ask her to dance.
I have to ask - " - 01:28
- And you know, he'll make himself ask her to dance
after suffering for a few songs. - 01:31
- He'll finally ask you to dance.
- 01:36
- D: "Would you like to dance?"
N: "Yes" - 01:37
- "Oh"
- 01:38
- Because she was sitting there,
hoping somebody would ask her to dance. - 01:41
- And you get out on the floor
and then you're like, "Oh crap." - 01:45
- And it's really what happens.
- 01:46
- So I want you to think, that if you just stay here
and you change your weight, - 01:49
- And you make it real and meaningful,
that it would give you time to think. - 01:54
- Because you're like this.
You're like - - 01:56
- But if you do that and freeze,
it won't look so good. - 02:00
- But if instead you're here changing weight
and you're looking sexy and connected. - 02:05
- You'd say, "I have no idea what I am doing.
But don't I look good being completely confused." - 02:12
- "What can I do? I don't know.
I'll do the basic." - 02:25
- "Whoo, I made it. Uh oh, it happened again.
I don't know what to do." - 02:29
- But that's okay as long as you stay here
and you keep going, - 02:34
- And you’re like "Oh I can go back, side."
- 02:35
- It'll work. It's really that simple.
So guys just don't stop. - 02:39
- Don't stop and you'll be fine.
- 02:40
- Stay in this sort of long, engaged posture,
stay connected and it'll work out.
