A Sample Choreography - Part 4 - Acting
- Artist Name:
- Mandragora Tango
- Song Title:
- Adios Nonino
- Album Title:
- Let's Have Dinner And Go Dancing
- Artist Website:
- http://www.mandragoratango.com
From website: Mandrágora Tango is a tango band headed by bandoneonist Bob Barnes and guitarist Scott Mateo Davies, 2 Minneapolis-based musicians who are wildly passionate about tango. We have been playing tango for dancing and listening since 2001 and we are still going strong. We've played in over 40 cities all over the United States.
- 00:04
- So, taking my glasses off, so you can feel the passion.
- 00:08
- Oh my. And here, the music begins to slow.
- 00:12
- We ended: left leg forward, right leg back. Here.
- 00:16
- So, our bodies were long and tall. We start... No, not yet. We start here.
- 00:22
- And I'll come towards her, and she arcs towards me. And we have this moment with our faces.
- 00:28
- Then, from here, I'm... She's shifting, as I go down.
- 00:37
- I hold her tight, "Oh".
- 00:40
- And then, here, I go lower, so I can come underneath, and help her up.
- 00:46
- She rotates her body a little bit. So that, when I come up, you can see me, here, and and see her, here.
- 00:55
- Showing each of the parts, so they're clear. I'm the girl, right now.
- 01:04
- So, it's come down. When the guy comes here, ladies, you look... Watch the arch in the upper back.
- 01:14
- And there's this sense of the "frontalness" of your faces meeting.
- 01:20
- As he comes down, you hold in, up. And you're going to slide the other leg back.
- 01:28
- Hard to see under her dress.
- 01:31
- And as the ladies are doing that, sliding their other leg back... Guys, you're here, and you're going down... To meet them.
- 01:40
- You have this moment here, close. And then, when I said under? Watch what I do. I go... lower.
- 01:47
- So, I rolled over my right shin. And in my upper body, I actually curled underneath, a little bit.
- 01:52
- There's this sense of under, so I can help her up.
- 01:56
- Because, remember - the ladies are here, and they're stuck.
- 02:03
- Other thoughts.
- 02:07
- When we look in the face... Here, let's go to this camera.
- 02:10
- When I look at her in the face, most of tango is here. Where we're not really looking at each other.
- 02:16
- So, this moment, where it becomes all of the way - it's a very dramatic moment.
- 02:24
- Right? So you go, "Oh!" They actually looked at each other.
- 02:28
- Now, after that... When you hold each other, I want you to see that the holding has some "meat" to it.
- 02:34
- So, if I hold her like this, "Oh, hi Jessica",
- 02:39
- There's no "meat".
- 02:41
- So, I want you to see... Actually, let's see if you can see. My hand isn't here, my hand is...
- 02:47
- See how the body actually engages, and pulls in? So, this is just, "I'm on the surface", and this is...
- 02:55
- I'm really pulling in.
- 02:57
- So, when you're going down on the floor, that's what I want you to think about - pulling in.
- 03:03
- After she stands up, and he's to her... What an unusual thing. But I like it, for the variety.
- 03:08
- And it's still about the acting. As you're down here, remember still leans forward, but hay.
- 03:14
- Watch how... So, there's this space, so her right leg is forward, for the line. And my body is going into that space.
- 03:21
- My head is going into the space. And we're not just here. We hold.
- 03:27
- And, even in my face. Even in my face, I want a little bit of... This sense of, "Oh, something's happening".
- 03:38
- Oh, actually lets show it one more time. And then, we'll put it to an end.
- 03:42
- So, you're here; down, da-da-da-da; du-du-du. So, we end up here.
- 03:48
- And then, guys, you're going to look at each other. Faces. Then, it shifts.
- 04:01
- Then here, you hold close. And I want to see the flesh give as you pull in. Then, it goes underneath.
- 04:15
- I adjust. Pulls in again.
- 04:19
- And then, you pop up.
