Fun With Momentum - Int/Adv - Push Pull
Figure out what you want and go for it.
Lots of people say the words about all they want to do is get better. But they don't act in a corresponding way. It's ok if they don't want to get better. Or, if they do. But it's nice when someone's actions align with his words.
- Artist Name:
- Zully Goldfarb
- Song Title:
- Dos Gardeñas
- Album Title:
- Ciudad De Nostalgia
- Artist Website:
- http://www.zully.com.ar/
Complex tangos sung in both spanish and yiddish with great authenticity.
From artist's website about one album: Tells the story of piringundines, from German cabaret to the Buenos Aires tango venue, and with the tango it will take us through a history of crossed destinies, and misunderstandings, love, and forget that we identifys as Argentinians.- 00:05
- Unlike all the other chapters, this one is hard.
- 00:08
- And really, I think the key idea is that...
- 00:13
- ..you can lean into each other with soft arms.
- 00:16
- So you see arms are relaxed while we lean…
- 00:18
- ..or you can pull away, but still be relaxed...
- 00:20
- ..because it’s the back working more than the arms.
- 00:24
- So this one is not hard
because the steps are all fancy. - 00:27
- This one is hard because
the technique is hard, just for variety. - 00:33
- so we'll go side, and here I’ll lift her up
and take her towards me a little bit. - 00:39
- So we can lean into each other and go...
- 00:41
- ..rebound...
- 00:43
- ..rebound...
- 00:45
- ..rebound and then go out.
- 00:48
- That was a lot of rebounds.
- 00:49
- Yes, yes.
- 00:50
- So showing now full time.
- 01:04
- So we have, side, here I’m going to
lift in and up and forward... - 01:10
- ..so, she comes toward me leaning on me.
- 01:11
- It’s a very tiny lean.
- 01:14
- And then I’ll go through her
and I’ll pop her back… - 01:18
- ...I'm giving her so much momentum…
- 01:20
- N: I kind of sit back.
D: ..that she goes back. - 01:21
- And giving her weight to my palm,
so we can lean against each other. - 01:25
- At the same time, I’m going to be lifting up.
- 01:27
- I’ll say push, catch, up and I’ll counter-weight.
- 01:35
- In, up, we go towards each other.
- 01:36
- Push for the followers, through your hands,
so he can use this as well. - 01:39
- And go down, under. Leaders, pop her back.
- 01:43
- Take her a hair forward, shift and then go out.
- 01:51
- How can they practice that?
- 01:54
- It seems to me it’s an easy thing,
once you can do it like everything else. - 01:58
- And really hard to get your mind around to start with.
- 02:01
- So one thing I do for both leader and follower is…
- 02:04
- ..you get something you can lean against.
- 02:06
- Me - lightpost.
- 02:07
- And actually, at the beginning, pick that inanimate object...
- 02:12
- Me: inanimate lightpost.
- 02:13
- And just sort of balance easily and say,
“Look how easy it is.” - 02:17
- “Look how fluid my arms are,”
so you don’t have to get stuck. - 02:21
- And then you can do the same thing with pulling.
- 02:23
- You know, “Look how easy it is to give 10 pounds one way”...
- 02:27
- Or twenty, whatever it is, five.
- 02:29
- So you need to find a strong inanimate lightpost.
- 02:33
- And yes that would help.
- 02:34
- And then try, just with your partner like this, leaning and then pulling…
- 02:40
- ..and staying relax, check your elbows, that they're relaxed…
- 02:43
- ..and leaning and then pulling.
- 02:45
- And that should make the rest of the step a lot easier.
