Tag: Intermediate 93 videos
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The Embrace
Video which teaches the leader and follower how to hold each other for Argentine Tango. This video focuses on a slight open embrace. There are many different distances. -
Musicality
A video which discusses when to step and how to interpret the music relating to tango. There's a lot of freedom. As long as you make a choice, it's hard to go wrong. -
Honoring Axis
A key technique especially important when the follower is pivoting. A skill important to both leaders and followers. -
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. -
Creating Chemistry Through Distance
Special topic. Discusses how you use intention to create chemistry and dispels 2 myths about chemistry. -
Allowing Her to Claim her Axis
When leaders "over specify" where a follower "should" be, they close off the ability to hear what she has to say about where she *wants* to be. -
Use Your Partner & Stability
One story that followers tell themselves is that they "can't be heavy" - this leads them to often not using their partners -
Going through your partner
As a leader, you want to aim your pressure - through a clear direction, from your body, with the power going through your points of contact with your partner -
Going through your partner
As a leader, you want to aim your pressure - through a clear direction, from your body, with the power going through your points of contact with your partner -
Freno
An int video which introduces the freno in which the leader puts a leg in front of the follower. This is an element where the follower has a chance to embellish. -
Gancho
An int video which introduces the gancho which is the kick between the legs. In this video, the follower kicks between the leader's legs. This is a quite flashy element. -
Drag
An int video which introduces a situation when one person drags the other's foot. In this case, the leader drags the follower's foot. This is a slightly more playful element. -
Boleo
An int video which introduces the boleo which is an element where one of the people kicks in whip-like fashion not through their partner's legs. In this case, the leader leads the follower to kick. -
The Lean
An int video which introduces an element where the couple lean towards eachother with both of them off balance forward. -
Molinette
An int video which introduces the molinette which is a gateway to many intermediate and advanced combinations. In this video, we look at the follower walks in a circle around the leader, forward, side, back, side -
Wrap
An int video which introduces an element where the follower wraps one of her legs around the leader. This is a slightly more sensual movement. -
Sacada
An int video which introduces an element where the one person takes the space that the other vacated. In this video, we look at the leader walks through the follower's trailing foot as she walks forward. -
Volcada
An adv video which teaches the technique to execute an iconic tango performance step, including the way the movement of the body drives the follower's left leg. -
Lean and Gancho
An adv video which shows how to use very small movement and subtle leads at the top to create larger movement at the bottom (of the body). -
Walking Around in the Lean
An adv video which shows the leader how to walk in a circle around the follower in the lean. It's about center line and freeing oneself of the idea that the lean is a static place. Instead, it's a place where we can dance. -
Intro: Constraints Help You Explore
An int/adv video which helps add structure to enable creativity. -
Pointing and Dragging
An int/adv video which looks at the breadth of possibilities moving only the legs. -
Leaning Towards or Away
An int/adv video which looks at the breadth of possibilities when you let the center of gravity move off axis. -
Legs Off The Ground
An int/adv video which looks at the breadth of possibilities which are enabled when the legs come off the ground: ganchos, boleos and more. -
Lead and Follow for Anything
An int video which talks about generic categories of lead and how they can be applied in different circumstances. -
Tango Possibilities: The Look
An int video which breaks down styling which is particularly relevant to Argentine tango. -
Possibilities: Wacky Examples
An int/adv video which illustrates the generality of this approach. -
A Minimal Entrance To Gancho
An int video which makes the observation that you don't need long combinations to do a gancho. -
A Minimal Entrance To Drag
An int video which makes the observation that you don't need a long combination intro do to a drag. -
From Front Ochos To Infinity
An int video which explores the way you can transition from easy know steps into many possibilities. It uses front ochos as an example. -
From Back Ochos To Infinity
An int video which explores the way you can transition from easy know steps into many possibilities. It uses back ochos as an example. -
No "Transition" Needed
An int/adv video showing movements that can be done inside almost any step. -
Starting The Stop
An adv video explaining to a follower how to communicate to the leader that she would like to take over. -
Now Unchained
An adv video which explores the sharing of the lead. -
Now It's Dialogue
An adv video introducing the concept of more frequent changes of who's leading. -
Overview: Milonga Timing
An int video introducing different timings that are often used when dancing milonga. -
A Couple Of Traspie Examples
An int/adv video showing stutter step (traspie) timing. -
A Couple Of Double Time Examples
An int/adv video showing the most common way of dancing milonga rthymically, double time. -
Mixing Milonga Rhythms
An adv video mixing single time, double time and traspie. -
Making It Tango Steps
A beg/int video which teaches how to make arbitrary movement look more tango. -
Metronome or Music?
All levels video about dancing to the music rather than just dancing to the beat. -
Singing Your Dance
An all levels video about how your dancing should show the accents in the music. -
First Rhythmic Molinette
An intermediate+ step where the follower goes in a molinette to the leader's right as he also steps rhythmically. This combination is about the couple moving together in rhythm around each other. -
Va Y Ven
A beautiful intermediate combination about travelling, turning and then unwinding. Literally translated, it means: go and come -
360 Degrees - We Each Do Our Part
An intermediate combination where the full turn starts with the leader's sacada and ends with the follower stepping back around the leader. -
Gancho Inside
An int video showing the follower in front of the leader regardless of which leg is doing the gancho or being gancho-ed. -
Gancho Outside
An int video showing the follower more to the leader's side or towards behind and can be done for either leg. -
Forward Sacada Basics
Int vocabulary to enable beautiful forward sacadas so that the couple moves together and is balanced. The leader takes the follower's space going through her leg. -
Calecita
An int step where the leader walks around the follower while the follower is on one leg. -
Hook Behind
An int idea which describes the mechanics to get the follower to do a back cross. -
Kicks: It's All One
An int video which explores the sameness of both the lead and the dynamic behind ganchos, boleos and kicks. -
Boleo And Gancho
An int video which highlights the principles of the earlier video as they apply to boleos and ganchos in greater detail. -
Linear Boleo
An int video which highlights the principles of the earlier video as they apply to a linear boleo. -
Kick Between The Legs
An int video which highlights the principles of the earlier video as they apply to kicks between the legs. -
Kick Between The Legs, Back Boleo
An int/adv video which explores the similarity in the throw/catch of the boleo and of a kick -
Trading Vueltas
An int/adv video which is about having the partners rotate around eachother, each of them in turn doing a media vuelta. -
Shared Vuelta
An int video which exaggerates the follower's pivot and the leader/follower twin the media vuelta. -
In Honor Of Orlando Paiva
An int/adv video which shows a media vuelta that goes to an unusual freno variation with an amague exit. It's choreography by our favorite tango choreographer. -
Float To Through
A int video which shows an small intermediate walking combination designed to have a clear character. -
Ochos To Not
A beg/int video which teachs a zigzag back ocho combination. -
One Becomes Two
An int video where the leader takes one steps while the follower takes two. -
About The Cross - Not Crossing
An intermediate concept crossing the follower without a weight change and then exiting. -
Right Side Basic
An intermediate combination which turns to the leader's right (to the dark side) and is a quirky winding variation ispired by the basic. -
Basic With Delayed Weight Change
A beg/int combination which is another turning variation on the basic. It replaces the leader's weight change with a step and then turns, smoothing out the edges. -
Trapped Cross In Place
An int video where the leader drags the follower's foot into a cross. -
Lending A Helping Foot
An int video which teaches a variation on the basic where the leader leads the cross with his foot. A very different take on an old favorite. -
Push Cross
An int video which teaches another variation on the basic, this time leading the cross with the leader's thigh. The use of interpersonal space is fun and fascinating. -
Weaving Back and Forth
An adv video which teaches a complex combination with media vuelta, freno and front ocho. -
Touch Back Ocho Entrance
An advanced combination based on molinette where the exit of the molinette blends into an overturned back ocho. Nancy likes it because it flies. -
Front Ocho Around To Back Ocho
A int video which shows how to interrupt an ocho with a step and then go back into ochos where the follower goes around the leader. -
Lunge Step Lunge
An int/adv performy combination which falls into a lunge which travels. -
Ochos
A beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for leaders' ochos. -
Basic
A beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for leaders' basics. -
Media Vuelta
A beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for leaders' media vueltas. -
Freno
A beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for leaders' frenos. -
Boleo
A beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for leaders' boleos. -
Gancho
A beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for leaders' ganchos. -
Drag
A beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for leaders' drags. -
Ochos
An beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for followers' ochos. -
Basic
An beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for followers' basics. -
Media Vuelta
An beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for followers' media vueltas. -
Freno
An beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for followers' frenos. -
Boleo
An beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for followers' boleos. -
Gancho
An beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for followers' ganchos. -
Drag
An beg/int video which teaches more in depth technique for followers' drags. -
Push Pull
An int/adv video which discusses the dynamic between the leader and follower which can create a soft lean towards the leader (volcada) and then away from the leader (colgada). -
Dodging The Bullet
An int/adv video which has the leader diving past the follower as she steps forward in order to slingshot her around him. -
Riding The Wave
An int/adv video which shows the leader giving the follower a ton of momentum as she goes around him and then taking it back so the leader can rider this momentum to pivot around.