Linear Vocabulary - Example Combo 2
- Right now, we are talking about which directions you move and the freedoms you have.
- Once you get comfortable with this, the next layer of depth is to start adding shape and timing and size to your steps so that they better fit the music.
- We will be creating videos which talk about the size of the step and matching the interpretation of the music.
- Artist Name:
- Carlos di Sarli
- Song Title:
- Adiós Te Vas
- Album Title:
- Classics (1940-1943)
(Paraphrased from todotango.com): He, as nobody else, knew how to combine the rhythmic cadence of tango with a harmonic structure, apparently simple, but full of nuances and subtleties.
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- We're going to give you now another example, and then also, I'll talk about how you can think about this choreographically.
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- So that, as you do this, you can say to yourself, "What would be an appropriate way for me to put this together myself?"
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- For example, we can say...
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- That wasn't a whole lot of saying. I guess you can say with your body, you can say with your body,
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- Forward, change weight, or, for the ladies, back, step, change weight, side... pause, back, pause, or, for the ladies, forward.
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- One more time we'll show you, and then, after that, do it with us.
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- It's really important, when we take back steps, that we stay forward to our partner when we do it.
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- Right
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- Now, when we think about this choreographically, really, that's only five elements, right?
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- The last combination was five elements, the intro chapter was five elements. It was:
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- forward, back, sidesteps, weight changes, and then just pausing.
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- So, those same five steps, for everything, and we're just putting them together in different ways.
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- And I want you to think, "Wow, that seems really simple", because it should.
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- But, you'd say, "Well, what makes it a good five elements to put together?"
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- And one thing is you want to have a sense of resolution.
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- And usually...
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- So, you could say, when you talk for a sentence, you say, "My, watch that dog fly!"
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- You know, something we say all the time. You know, we say this every day, "My, watch that dog fly!"
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- How is it you know the sentence ends?
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- And, there's this pause, right? There's a period, and you hear the period.
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- I don't say, "My watch that dog fly lamb stays right there"
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- Right, there's no... I would say, "My, watch that dog fly. Lamp stands right there."
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- And there's that comma, or that, well, in this case, period, and some silence.
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- And so, similarly, when we dance tango, often we'll have a pause, or a weight change as punctuation.
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- So, I might do some step that has sides, and forwards, and changes, and what not, but at the end,
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- I'll usually wait a little extra, and/or I'll have a weight change. And, in my mind, there's a sense of conclusion.
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- That's really good, that idea of having a little bit of a silence,
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- or a little bit of a waiting, is, really adds a lot of texture to the dancing.
- 02:33
- So, for example, if you see either of these two combinations, the one we just did in this chapter,
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- We had: forward, change, forward, change, side, pause, back, pause... ...and then we went on
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- So, it had sort of that extra silence of the sentence.
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- Likewise, the previous combination, I don't remember it, but it had a pause; you know, it was at least five minutes ago.
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- Let's do it again, and then you guys can pay attention to that way in which we time it
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- Yes
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- 'Cause that's what makes it... It's a good part of what makes it interesting.
