Vals Essence - Not Stopping By Moving Through The Foot

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We have a number of videos which are about incredibly subtle things. The intent is not that you spend hours suffering or repeating but rather that you spend a handful of minutes very mindfully practicing what we are saying. And thinking: "is this what they're saying". It's not like there is so much to "do" as there is to think about, to try, and then to revisit.

Artist Name:
Lucio Arce
Song Title:
Esperando Heredar
Album Title:
Tangos Inesperados
Artist Website:
https://lucioarce.bandcamp.com/

Lucio Arce has an authentic caberet feeling to his guitar playing and singing. There are overtones, sometimes, of jazz and playfulness.

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One of the things that makes vals vals is that it doesn't really stop.
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That was kind of the man's part.
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But, if we did it together,
00:19
What are we doing, by the way?
00:21
Anything that doesn't stop.
00:31
And so, one thing we wanted to talk about is the way you can roll through the foot.
00:34
Right.
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So, if I do this, as I go boom-bum, ba, there's that definite stop.
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Or, from better angle,
00:41
It's good dance, but it's not vals.
00:43
Tic-tac, ta. Instead, we'll go: da, da...
00:50
And, from the side view, if you watch the foot, I shift... and I'm still moving, onwards.
00:57
I think, that's what I was wanting to show with my weird shoes is that you can see it move through the ankle...
01:03
D: Your shoes are not weird.
N: OK, with my different shoes.
01:06
You can see it move through the ankle.
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So, I land, and I catch, and I lower, controlling it with my ankle.
01:14
And then, also, we don't stop. We hover. We lift. We lift the body so that the bodies keep moving.
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Which is such a wonderful thing.
01:24
So, even, or for example, a tango close, you usually think: side, change, back.
01:30
So, if we just do that same left foot basic, why not,
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N: It's standing us in good stead.
D: Ah.
01:37
And then, here, we keep the energy going; and then, here, we keep the energy going, roll through the foot, and then go on.
01:45
Right.
Series:
Vals Essence
Tags:
vals, Technique