Double Time & Traspie - A Couple Of Double Time Examples

Many times, milonga combinations make perfectly fine tango combinations (for a rhythmic style of tango) with different styling. The reverse often can't be said.

Artist Name:: Q Tango
Song Title:: Yo Me Llamo Juan Te Quiero
Album Title:: Live Four Q Tango
Artist Website:: http://www.qtango.com

From website: Created in July, 2009 by Erskine Maytorena, a third generation tango musician and opera singer, QTANGO performs authentic Argentine tango arrangements throughout the southwest, with multiple tours including appearances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, Tucson, Sedona, Las Vegas, El Paso, Santa Fe and Albuqeurque. Specializing in the traditional tango music of the "Golden Age" of the great Argentine tango orchestras, QTANGO's dynamic and powerful music keeps dancers on the floor and listeners enthralled. Every song is a novella; a story of love, betrayal, desperation and hope. QTANGO's musicians give the audience a unique and intimate experience, an acoustic resonance only an orchestra can provide, a journey into the romance, passion and elegance of tango. Whether touring as a quartet or performing gala events with over 14 musicians, every performance is sophisticated, engaging, nostalgic, and moving.

00:11: Or again, other direction.
00:20: And, you'll notice, they're really small steps, because it's fast.
00:23: Just breaking this step apart, in slow motion:
00:28: We've got two walks: one, two, in-line with contra-body.
00:33: And then, a one, two, three... and a slow change.
00:39: So, to the camera, for the leaders, I'm going one, two, a one, two, three... slow change.
00:49: Away from the camera:
00:54: This is half-time. Actually, is it? No, it's not half-time.
00:57: It feels like half-time, because I'm stepping so slow... small. One more time.
01:06: And then, for the follower, you have the natural opposite.
01:09: Remember, followers, that when you do this, to keep the body forward, and to keep the thighs tight.
01:15: And to hold on for dear life.
01:17: David says he gives permission to hold on a little tight, when you do this; I give you permission to hold on really tight.
01:26: Let's show the other one.
01:28: OK. Different combination:
01:31: Also double-time.
01:33: What was that? Oh, right, right.
01:46: And people ask me all the time, how do I follow that?
01:50: N: It's really easy to lead, and it's easy to follow.
D: It's not easy to lead.
N: It is, sure it is!
01:55: You get down on your hands and knees before it starts, and you beg, abjectly, and they'll do what you say.
02:00: D: Please, please, quick step, rock, back, side, forward, and step.
N: Yeah, it's very easy to lead.
02:05: Apart from that, I don't follow it. I don't even try to follow it. I just hold on for dear life, and let him move both of us.
02:13: Right, because the physical connection can be very fast,
02:16: Let your body react very rapidly. But the mind trying to get it is always too slow.
02:21: If he moves, and then you have to think what it is he did, and then you have to try to do it, he's already moved four steps by then.
02:28: In slow motion, this was:
02:32: Point, and... And, actually, it's a mini rock, so I'm going to say: check, and, check, and, check, and, step.
02:41: Or, you can do both sides, right, check, and, check, and, odd side.
02:45: You really wouldn't do that side typically, because it's odd for the leader to go back left.
02:49: Let's do one more time, two more times.

Series:: Double Time & Traspie
Tags:: Intermediate, Milonga, Musicality, Advanced