Ganchos, Boleos and Kicks - Intermediate - Linear Boleo
Just a reminder when you're doing all these crazy kicks, especially when you're kicking away from yourself, for both leaders and followers, watch to see who's at the end of your foot.
- Artist Name:
- Zigatango
- Song Title:
- La Cumparsita
- Album Title:
- Zigatango
From cd baby writeup: Zigatango reworks Argentinean tango and traditional Gypsy music with a rare youthful flair exposing a burning intensity of emotion, often combined with a wild, almost demonic energy.
- 00:05
- A linear boleo is like any other except
it’s in a line. - 00:12
- So as you do the boleo, for the leaders
it’s the same lead. - 00:18
- I give her momentum and then I stop it.
- 00:21
- You’ll notice my right leg, I’m keeping it back
like an anchor. - 00:23
- If I’m teaching this particular linear boleo, it’s side, change.
- 00:27
- So we have side, he changes weight,
she doesn’t. - 00:29
- We go and then here I’m going to
plow forward and then stop. - 00:37
- And the plow forward gives her so much momentum
that the leg keeps going… - 00:41
- ...and then I stop and I stop the body,
but the leg keeps going. - 00:45
- Another angle.
- 00:55
- Whatever it is.
- 00:56
- For the followers as you do this, you go side, back,
make sure he doesn’t hit his partner. - 01:07
- The leader would send you back.
- 01:09
- You’ll notice I’ll back with the thigh first.
- 01:11
- One more time.
- 01:12
- I go back with the thigh first and then it hits.
Same pop at the top. - 01:18
- Also there’s a little bit of counter balance
so I’m going to exaggerate that counter balance... - 01:22
- ..just to make the point.
You probably won't do this much. - 01:26
- In slow motion, here’s that really pull just so they see.
- 01:31
- So you see she’s not on her own axis...
- 01:33
- ..it’s a tiny hair behind and then it comes back.
- 01:40
- That worked.
- 01:36
- She’s like “David, you didn’t tell me
you’re going to let go of that hand.” - 01:43
- For the followers when you do this,
there’s this horrible battle between... - 01:48
- ..the goal of reaching far and the goal of
keeping your thighs tight. - 01:52
- So if I show it to this camera,
if you watch my thighs and I go back… - 01:57
- ..it’s harder to reach far
if your thighs are tight like this. - 02:01
- My hips are down, right.
- 02:02
- So if I keep my back straight and my thighs tight,
that’s all I can go. - 02:07
- If I turn out and I cheat in my back,
I can really go far... - 02:10
- ...but you see the cheating in the back...
- 02:12
- ..and the openness in the thighs
and I don’t have a great answer. - 02:17
- So I’m going to say, if it’s a performance
and you want to be really big… - 02:20
- ..I give you permission to cheat a little bit in your thighs
and a little bit in your back. - 02:24
- And if you want to be pure and whole
in the body... - 02:27
- ...and to not compromise your sense of integrity of
wholeness and art and whatever I’m going on.. - 02:35
- ..then I want you to really keep the back straight
and keep the thighs closed. - 02:41
- Showing one more time.
- 02:45
- Two more times.
- 02:58
- And just as a bonus, I’m going to show
but not do... - 03:02
- Sorry, I’m going to show but not teach.
- 03:11
- Same thing, one more step,
with the leader turning back just for fun.
