Vocabulary - Take 2 - Followers - Media Vuelta
Lots of times, you may have a leader who leads the pivot with his arms, who doesn't pivot with the follower, who mis-times his back step (your forward step) after the pivot. It's clear to you that this leader has never experienced the enchantment of great togetherness in media vuelta. It's possible to give him a hint, and make your experience better by doing two things, each hard to explain:
- Tighten a little more than normal through your core and keep your left arm more elastic. Then follow the movement of his chest rather than his arms.
- Wait a miniscule moment before going where he leads you. This must be extremely subtle but, if you learn to do this, it can (subtly) call the leader's attention to how much you are moving with him.
- Artist Name:
- QTango
- Song Title:
- La Cumparsita
- Album Title:
- It Takes Q To Tango
- Artist Website:
- http://www.qtango.com/
(From the website): Created in July, 2009 by Erskine Maytorena, a third generation tango musician and opera singer, QTANGO performs authentic Argentine tango arrangements as often as two to three times a week throughout the Southwest for tango dancers and listeners.
- 00:05
- So David just said that I could
talk about anything I wanted... - 00:07
- ..about the follower’s media vuelta
and then he’ll fill in. - 00:09
- And that seems like a really good idea to me.
- 00:12
- So I’m going to start with
the hardest thing first... - 00:14
- ..which is not the order
in which he planned it. - 00:16
- But I really think that it’s hard
and it works for media vuelta. - 00:21
- It also works for molinette.
- 00:23
- There are other places and that is
that not only you step small... - 00:27
- ..and quite controlled. But there’s this
miniscule pull against the step. - 00:33
- So you’re moving in the step,
but your body is kind of holding back... - 00:37
- ..fighting against itself
for this tiny moment. - 00:40
- And that creates a dynamic
that’s very cool... - 00:43
- ..and let’s the leader really control
the togetherness of the step. - 00:47
- It’s almost like a rubber band
storing energy - 00:50
- That’s very good.
- 00:56
- The only problem is that the only time
I succeed in really showing this... - 01:00
- ..is when I do it with a follower and
have the follower stand like... - 01:03
- they're in the leader's position, and then I show them
what it feels like when I pull against them. - 01:07
- D: I’m going to -
N: So I don’t know how we’re going to do it for you. - 01:09
- Well I’ll do it as a follower and
I’m going to exaggerate a lot. - 01:11
- So you don’t want to do this
as I’m doing it... - 01:13
- ..because I’m doing it way too big,
but it will be easy to see. - 01:16
- Oh that’s cool.
- 01:19
- I want them to see it from the side.
- 01:23
- And so here as she takes me side,
I’m pulling back. Really pull back. - 01:27
- Be ready
- 01:28
- D: Pull, pull, pull.
N: I see that - - 01:29
- No pull back.
- 01:30
- Yes. So you see I’m really pulling,
I'm really pulling - - 01:33
- N: You're pulling David.
D: And then it goes around. - 01:35
- That was hard.
- 01:36
- Yes so you don’t want to do that.
That’s horribly exaggerated. - 01:38
- But there is this sense that you are
a little bit pulling back,... - 01:42
- ..a little bit pulling back
and then you go. - 01:44
- And it’s not just pulling back, it’s pulling back
and against the movement... - 01:48
- ..to the side or in the forward step,
yes it is pulling back. - 01:53
- But on the side step, it’s pulling back
and then against the movement. - 01:56
- You kind of resist for a moment and then you go.
- 01:58
- And it’s a tiny moment.
- 02:02
- Do you want to speak about the
specificity of the step? - 02:07
- No.
- 02:10
- The next thing I would like the followers
to think about is... - 02:12
- ..the sense that, as they pivot they,
become like statues. - 02:14
- Oh cool, so this idea is you don’t pivot.
Just don’t pivot. - 02:21
- Stand there, he put you in this position, you don’t go.
And then he’ll go both of you. - 02:27
- And in his going both of you, that gives
you the really cool chance to go through him. - 02:34
- And so there really is a sense if she pivots,
so watch once - - 02:38
- She doesn’t pivot, she just stands there...
- 02:47
- ..and that’s good.
- 02:48
- N: It’s really fun when he does that.
D: Now watch what happens... - 02:49
- ..if she pivots all the way first.
- 02:51
- She’s here and she pivots all the way,
then she’s no longer towards me. - 02:54
- No, we’re still going around.
- 02:56
- Right here, now we’re pivoting around
but she’s not facing me. - 03:00
- So there’s this sense that by
staying behind the pivot... - 03:02
- ..you can stay more with him as well.
- 03:04
- It really increases our togetherness
which is what it's all about. - 03:09
- So you say.
- 03:12
- So the last thing we wanted
to talk about is... - 03:15
- ..when we do the pivot and we don’t over pivot...
- 03:17
- ..so we end up walking straight forward,
right on the side of him... - 03:21
- ..we want to keep our energy
going straight through his chest. - 03:24
- So it’s like he’s the king and we’re going
straight through him... - 03:27
- ..even when we’re over here moving that way.
- 03:32
- Like this.
- 03:34
- Lets do it from this angle actually.
