More With The Gancho - Advanced - Gancho - Is It Boleo Or Is It Gancho?

Sometimes, it can be both:

Theory and Practice

Artist Name:: Zully Goldfarb
Song Title:: Para Zully
Album Title:: Ciudad De Nostalgia
Artist Website:: http://www.zully.com.ar/

Complex tangos sung in both spanish and yiddish with great authenticity.

From artist's website about one album: Tells the story of piringundines, from German cabaret to the Buenos Aires tango venue, and with the tango it will take us through a history of crossed destinies, and misunderstandings, love, and forget that we identifys as Argentinians.

00:04: We want to start by explaining that we were looking around for a gancho...
00:08: ..that would work when it was very crowded.
00:11: And so David was working it out with Patti
and decided that we should call this...
00:15: ..the 'Don’t hit Alex' gancho.
00:18: So show the ‘Don’t hit Alex’ gancho.
00:20: Go for it, go for it.
00:22: Alex will show the 'Don’t hit Alex' gancho.
00:24: Actually I should – so this is Alex and here is the 'Don’t hit Alex' boleo.
00:29
00:30: There’s Alex. There’s the boleo.
00:35: You might hear a little bit of static
as she hits the mic but that’s okay.
00:38: So, come to this side, Alex, other side, so they can see, once again
00:41: ..the “Don’t hit Alex” -
00:43: So Alex is right here
and David is feeling very risqué.
00:47: Don’t do this, by the way, unless you know you’re really good,
you know your follower knows it...
00:50: ..and you know that the fellow on the other side
won't mind if you kick him.
00:53: Anyway… with all that said.
00:59: So there’s the ‘Don’t hit Alex boleo.’
01:01: And then, if we pivot her a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot,
then there's the 'don’t hit Alex gancho'.
01:09: With Alex right there.
01:11: So, if you show it without me being so silly.
01:15: David not so silly, can you believe it?
01:18: When is David ever silly?
01:20: That was nice.
01:21: So first, forget the gancho, just do the boleo.
01:25: Watch how much she turns.
01:27: Watch how much he turns her.
It pivots and then it pivots more, bang.
01:32: So, I want you to think there's a two stage pivot.
01:34: It gets here, there’s stage one. And then, let the arms adjust.
01:38: Actually, I'm going to even pull this hand back, so, with them, it works fine,
but, it depends on who you’re dancing with.
01:44: So pull that arm back even more.
Them, it’s fine. But in general it's good to...
01:49: And then, the boleo can be so close,
that she could even kick him in the butt.
01:54: I’m going to kick you in the butt if you do that.
01:55: I don’t know if that’s the goal, dear.
01:57: She was trying, she's like – well here, just for fun.
02:02: Alex, get into line.
02:05: So, anyway, sorry.
02:06: N: He is in line.
D: I know, he is. He’s really a darling.
02:10: So, there’s the boleo. Pivots,
pivots more, goes back, kicks.
02:14: And then, if you want the gancho, for the leader
you’re just going to basically stick your leg right past that path.
02:21: Now, as that happens, for the followers,
it’s always true but it’s especially true here...
02:24: ...you want to stay collected until the very end, bang.
02:27: Because if you're not collected as you go,
then you'll hit the leg as you’re pivoting.
02:31: Do the wrong patti, don’t collect.
02:35: And then…
02:36: Whoops
02:36: Oh, what happened? And we have a nice close up
of the feet for that too.
02:40: Do you really?
02:41: D: Yes.
N: Oh wow.
02:42: Alright so one last time, there, over pivots,
he puts his leg in, bang, they come back.
02:50: Very good. Very good.

Series:: More With The Gancho - Advanced
Tags:: Vocabulary, Gancho, Advanced