Classic Sacada Combinations - Adv - Walking Sacadas Into Front Ochos

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This step can be very showy.

For The Leaders:

  • Remember to let your right arm slide out
  • Help the follower over pivot by giving her a little extra momentum at the end of her normal sized pivot
  • Maintain your axis
  • Study the placement of your sacada-ing foot

For The Followers:

  • Let your left arm slide as much as you need so that you are almost turning away from the leader
  • Step long
  • Remember to step long with your whole body, pushing forward a little through the lower core
  • Slightly face back towards the leader with your head and upper body but don't contort your body to get more facing.
Artist Name:
Orchestra Berretin
Song Title:
The Elizabeth
Album Title:
Electrotango Vol. 1
Artist Website:
http://www.tangoberretin.com/

From the artist's website: Alex has been dancing Argentine Tango since 1997 and teaching worldwide since 1998, including performances in Buenos Aires. He has run his all-Argentine tango studio, Tango Berretin, in Portland, Oregon since 2001 and has also studied the bandoneon since 2001 currently directing his sextet.

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We start with front ochos as normal.
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But I’m going to have her step
in the line away from me.
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So that I can go to her trailing foot
and it can travel.
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And I’m stepping pretty big.
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Yes, good point.
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So ladies, you really want -
don’t hesitate with travelling away…
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..and leaders, really throw them away
from you as you go...
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..forward so you have room.
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Some people say that, when
you’re doing sacadas…
00:33
..the leaders should just lead it
and you should be able to do it...
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..at whatever time it’s happening.
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I teach our students that, if you know
the guys is doing a sacada,…
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..cut him a little bit of a break on your collection.
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So that he has that little bit of extra time,
if he needs it, to get his foot in there.
00:49
And then, once you get a rhythm going,
you don’t have to do that.
00:53
I saw David's expression says he doesn't agree.
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I don’t agree with that.
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I know.
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It’s okay.
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So I change and I'll actually pivot her way
away from me...
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...so I can grab the back foot, way away.
And then it travels.
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If I don’t trip her.
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N: You didn't trip me.
D: Oh, good.
01:16
Notice that her left arm can slide around,
so that it doesn’t get in the way.
01:20
You want to be careful of keeping it up here
on the front of the shoulder...
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..and then it gets very uncomfortable.
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That's, I think, one of the harder things about tango
in the beginning is...
01:29
..for both of us to learn how much my left arm
and his right arm can travel, needs to travel.
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Now, as I shift towards her trailing leg,
I’m going to be sending her away...
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..so that her body vacates that space.
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And likewise, here, I’m sending her that way
as I’m going forward...
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..so her body vacates that space.
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It's a lot harder to do slowly.
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D: Do one last time?
N: Okay.