Lead, Follow & Connection
Compensating for Your Partner
How you can make the dance work when your partner doesn't
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He's Pulling Me Off Balance
An int/adv topic that will enable the follower to dance beautifully despite the leader's not letting her have her axis. -
She's Pulling Me Off Balance
An int/adv topic that will enable the leader to dance beautifully despite the follower's pulling him off balance. -
He Doesn't Have a Lead
An int/adv topic that will enable the follower to dance beautifully despite the fact that her partner's lead is too light or ambiguous. -
She Has Noodle Arms
An int/adv topic that will enable the leader to dance beautifully despite the follower's lack of frame. -
He Rushes
An int/adv topic that will enable the follower to dance beautifully despite the leader's going too fast and pulling her off balance. -
She Rushes Ahead of My Lead
An int/adv topic that will enable the leader to dance beautifully despite the follower going too fast and therefore not following.
Connection
Techniques to help understand and improve connection
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Breath and Fluidity in the embrace
This is an advanced discussion of how to use subtle movements to help energize your embrace. -
Arm Tone & Placement
An int/adv video which covers the degree of engagement needed in the arms and the placing of the hand across different positions. -
No Slack in the System
In this video, we're diving into the concept of "No Slack in the System" to improve your tango lead-follow game by keeping the connection tight and responsive, just like using a taut rope instead of a floppy cable! -
Creating Chemistry Through Distance
Special topic. Discusses how you use intention to create chemistry and dispels 2 myths about chemistry. -
No Give For Connection
There are often energy leaks, which disconnect the partners - here we explore these mechanics.
Lead
Techniques to help understand and improve lead
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Rotational Movement
An all levels video which talks about the mechanics required to move the follower around her axis and the combinations that this enables. -
Linear Movement
An all levels video which talks about the mechanics required to move the follower on a grid, forward, side, back and the combinations that this enables. -
How to Make a Woman Swoon
An int/adv video which explains a collection of techniques which collectively make the follower's experience of your lead almost magical. They'll be able to do amazing steps and not realize how they happened.
Followers technique for Connection
Mechanics for followers to own their contribution to the connection & embrace.
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Controlling the Ankle Need for Togetherness
Followers need to control the decent of their back ankle to stay together with their leaders. There is an idea, "the leader puts the heal down". -
Who owns the embrace
Followers are often "held", and don't "hold". This is the first of a few videos which looks at stories we tell ourselves that aren't useful.
Creating Magic
Ways to create meaning and specialness when dancing and not
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How Space Gives Meaning
Special topic: Discusses the need for the partners to be aware of the space in between them and to send their energy toward their partner rather than away. -
On Being Present With Your Partner
A beg/int video which discusses practical concerns when you want to stay present when dancing socially. -
A Shared World
A beg/int video which discusses maintaining both follower and leader energy and some attention to their partner when dancing. -
Doing It With Your Whole Body
An Int video which discusses and demonstrates moving with the entire body which enables lead/follow.
Touch
Learning to communicate with touch the way you might communicate with words
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Raw Sexuality
An all levels video which teaches the phycial techniques which communicate raw sexuality. -
Tenderness
An all levels video which teaches the phycial techniques which communicate tenderness. -
Stillness And Listening
An all levels video teaches the use of attentiveness to enable a different kind fo connection through incredibly small movements. -
Exercises For Awareness
An all levels video which gives exercises to encourage awareness of what your partner is doing and of the mechanics of the movement.