Vocabulary - Take 2 - Leaders - Freno
Nancy has come across quite a few intermediate leaders who really like frenos because they are not that difficult to get into and then the leader can have a rest period while the follower embellishes.
We find several things suboptimal about this attitude. This expectation of embellishment subtly encourages the follower to go ahead and do her thing and takes the energy away from the connection in the dance. By the same token, this is not only a resting place for the leader. We feel the leader needs to stay actively engaged with the follower while the follower is embellishing. In class, we say that the leader's job is to look enchanted.
- Artist Name:
- Pablo Banchero
- Song Title:
- Boca Juniors
- Album Title:
- Tangos Nuevos - Modales y Finura
- Artist Website:
- https://www.facebook.com/pablo.banchero.5
One of our favorite singers of the modern day.
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- In this chapter, it’s almost amusing because...
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- ..we’re doing one of the easiest of the moves
in Argentine tango,... - 00:11
- ..which is a dance that doesn’t have
a lot of easy moves. - 00:13
- And it has actually a lot of detail technique.
It all does. - 00:19
- But I’ve come up actually more
to talk about here than in others. - 00:23
- But I want you to take this as an indication of
how much profound good stuff... - 00:27
- ..there is in everything.
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- So to start with, when we do this freno
usually I go to the outside foot. - 00:36
- But I can actually go to either place.
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- So we can go side, freno where I trap her
and pivot her in… - 00:42
- ..or I can do side, freno where I am outside
and then I pivot her in. - 00:47
- Which is what you taught before right?
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- Which is what we taught before.
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- And the two different places have
different feelings. - 00:52
- So if I do inside here and then, as I pivot,
you’ll notice that with my right foot... - 00:58
- ..I’m going to draw it in and turn it out,
in and turn out. - 01:05
- And that actually ends with her closer to me,
so that’s one feeling. - 01:11
- Actually both end up with her close to me.
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- If I do the other side of her foot,
I can go here and pivot her... - 01:17
- ..and I may even go a little further
so my foot hooks around. - 01:20
- Now the second thing is that as I pivot her,
I’m going to be aware of it being motivated... - 01:25
- ..from the pull of my right hip backwards.
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- That’s an important one,
otherwise you can knock me over. - 01:30
- D: I would never do such a thing.
N: I know. - 01:33
- So, as we’re here, you'll see that I pivot her
by pulling myself back. - 01:36
- And not only does this back hip go -
right hip go back… - 01:40
- ..but it keeps my body facing her...
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- Because if the right hip goes forward,
that tends to turn me away from her. - 01:45
- Whereas, if the right hip goes back,
that tends to turn me towards her. - 01:50
- After that, it’s custom that you’re going to wait for her to walk over.
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- And in a later video we'll show you
tons of things that... - 01:57
- ..the women can do when they walk over.
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- However, some women don’t know the custom.
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- And so they just wait for you, say,
“Okay I’m standing here. Now what?” - 02:05
- And if that’s the case, you have a very soft, subtle,
upward and forward lift... - 02:10
- ..with both the back hand and the front hand.
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- And that will encourage her to walk over
without being overbearing. - 02:19
- Now after she shifts forward,
the foot placement of this foot right here... - 02:24
- ..is going to determine
how far apart you are. - 02:26
- So if I shift my foot here and it’s way out here,
we’ll end up pretty far. - 02:32
- Hi, we’re in the far corner.
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- However if after she walks forward - okay,
she already did walk forward. - 02:38
- If I shift my foot right here,
we’ll end up pretty close. - 02:44
- So I want you to be aware of the way your right foot -
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- ...the placement after the shift determines
the distance. - 02:49
- And the final final thing, as she hits the freno...
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- ..I want you to be aware that you can
also block her from walking over. - 02:56
- So as we’re here, if I put my leg here
where my thigh's really out… - 02:59
- ..she can’t move her thigh over.
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- I have to really work at it.
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- So I’ve stopped her from walking over.
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- And then if I pull my right hip back and
lower my leg now there’s lot’s of room. - 03:10
- So you can block her as well as encouraging her.
