Mixing Beginning Elements - Interrupting Media Vuelta With the Basic and Front Ochos

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Just because we don't want you to forget:

For the Leaders: If anything ever goes wrong, just keep your cool, switch weight and get back together.

For the Followers: Keep your cool (this is not necessarily easy) and be still with the leader.

Artist Name:: Aníbal Troilo
Song Title:: A Fuego Lento
Album Title:: A Fuego Lento
Artist Website:: http://www.troilo.com.ar/

(From Wikipedia): Anibal Troilo was a bandoneon player, composer, arranger and bandleader in Argentina. His orquesta típica was among the most popular with social dancers during the golden age of tango (1940-1955), but he changed to a concert sound by the late 1950s. Troilo's orchestra is best known for its instrumentals and also recorded with many vocalists.

00:30: And you look at that and say,
“What did they do?”
00:32: D: And -
N: That’s what we’re going to teach.
00:35: The answer is that they’re elements
you already know.
00:38: So every element that we just did,
you know.
00:41: So it starts with media vuelta,
interrupted to basic.
00:46: Starting here actually.
00:48: So we have side, forward, she goes around,
she goes around.
00:51: All this is media vuelta.
She keeps pivoting.
00:54: Right here we’re media vuelta still
and normally we exit by...
00:57: ..he goes back two,
she goes forward two.
00:59: Instead, we’re going to step side
and go straight into a basic.
01:07: Right so that’s the first point;
01:09: That you can just interrupt the media vuelta,
side, forward.
01:14: You don’t have to go back.
You can go side instead, to your basic.
01:20: Now we did a second interruption,
which we taught you in the earlier chapter...
01:25: ..where we interrupted the basic
with front ochos.
01:27: So when we went into this basic...
01:28: ...we said well if we’re going to be in the mood
to interrupt things..
01:30: ...after the basic right here.
01:33: We did the one where she went into front ochos
out of that cross.
01:40: And then at the end we sort of stopped
and changed weight so we were together.
01:44: Now...
01:45: ..this is more about the thing
that we were talking about before...
01:48: ..which is that you could do anything,
at any time and anyplace.
01:51: Yes, thank you
01:52: You can just stop the media vuelta
any place you want.
01:55: You can stop the basic
any place you want.
01:57: You can 'Lego' things together
and it’s really cool.
02:02: And so for example if we have our media vuelta,
side, forward, she goes around...
02:06: ..if you freeze right here,
normally we keep pivoting.
02:08: So she steps forward and we pivot again.
02:10: Instead of having her take that forward step,
I can just go straight side...
02:14: ..she can go straight forward and
magically we’re into front ochos.
02:22: Magically.
02:23: Yes, magically. So again.
02:28: Normally I pivot, she steps forward around
and then I pivot some more.
02:33: However this time...
02:39: ..I pivot, she’s on that right foot,
I've pivoted more.
02:41: Now we just go straight into front ochos.
different angle:
02:53: And right here, there we are.
02:57: I step side with her as she steps forward.
02:59: So let’s do this again and I’ll call out
what we’re doing...
03:02: ..and you can say,
“Oh wow, that’s right we do know that.”
03:07: Let's see, we actually started over here.
03:11: So we have side, through here is media vuelta,
media vuelta, media vuelta...
03:14: ..we pivot, here’s our basic.
03:21: Here instead of doing tango close,
we do front ochos from previous chapters.
03:29: We do media vuelta again.
03:33: But now I say,
“Well we don’t have to finish that media vuelta.”
03:37: And there are our front ochos.
03:39: Isn’t that cool.
03:41: So once again:
anything from anyplace, at anytime.

Series:: Mixing Beginning Elements
Tags:: Basic, Beginner, Choreography, Cross, Front Ocho, Media Vuelta, Ocho