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

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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.