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.

Series:: Your First Dance
Tags:: Choreography, Beginner, Core Vocabulary