Class 23-04-20. Back ochos for women, double time for men

Class 23-04-20. Back ochos for women, double time for men

Ниже на русском языке  –>–> The combination https://youtu.be/_5WEbvPhlfk Ricardo Vidort was a very famous milonguero until his death in 2006. If you have time, watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mekNwq3AW4E&list=TLPQMjIwNDIwMjB9cGBX1pbOgQ&index=20 You can also take a look at his interview https://jantango.wordpress.com/tag/ricardo-vidort/ I believe that to understand and feel tango, one needs to watch and appreciate the old generation. So here is 2 more from other famous old dancers, the first on vals and the second on milonga: http://www.tangoandchaos.ru/chapt_5video/21carlnel.html  with our combination at 1:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcguf7POsg  2:24 Exercise (Technique) related Check again the back ochos and observe how the women do it in

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Class 21-04-20. Back ocho for woman, 2 exits for men. Adornment on the strong beat and on the weak beat

Ниже на русском языке  –>–> The combination This is the variation we will focus on https://youtu.be/ELZ7MZtTcShttps://youtu.be/b1lqjh6nogwA Exercise (Technique) related  There are many “techniques” for back ocho. Let’s make a bit of cleaning 🙂 Look at the tango puzzle about back ocho and try all the ways described https://youtu.be/b1lqjh6nogwA What is your guess about the 5th way? Music and adornment Can you see that in this video, https://youtu.be/OlElKRE5vDQ  ( https://youtu.be/gjVzxz1w3Z8 (slow motion)) Alina is doing the first adornment on the weak beat, then the second on the strong beat? Check that you can do the same alone. Repeat the last time

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Class 16-04-20. Walk in the cross system with women adornment and exit through back ocho

Ниже на русском языке  –> The combination 1 The entrance https://youtu.be/on2eVnvDwVc 2 The main move (this is what we did on Tuesday 1404) https://youtu.be/q9weFtexszc 3 Here is a variation on the exit https://youtu.be/ELZ7MZtTcSA Exercise (Technique) related Check  the tango puzzle : the hip external rotation https://youtu.be/q2_8byRUL7o Get clear the feeling by doing the exercises in the video. Then do the same while doing big and small back ochos. By using the external rotation of the leg: you make it easier to turn you avoid the bad looking position when both feet are turned in during the back step Music  Listen

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Good tango: what is it?

First you got to know about good tango is that most of the dancers have a very precise idea of what it is, a still more precise idea of what it is not, but ask 2 dancers what their idea is, the odds are they will disagree. There are those who adulate some very old dancers. They say that the real thing is something from the forties. If you were not there, you missed it. Some of those who share this belief were there, some not. A tango afficionado from America made a very beautiful site, tangoandchaos.com. One can see

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Плохое танго. Письма читателей

Сегодня утром, по дороге к воротам моего сада за молоком и газетами, я нашел в почтовом ящике много писем, с реакциями со всего мира на мою последнюю статью, как танцевать плохое танго. Так как писем было слишком много, эта статья ответит только на те, которые я выбрал как самые показательные. Письмо 1 Дорогой Йоанн, Из-за вашей статьи наше маленькое танго-сообщество страдает бесконечных дискуссий. Некоторые из наших танго-энтузиастов, к числу которых я также принадлежу, видят в вашем тексте суровую и несправедливую критику нашего сообщества города Мухосранска. Да, для некоторых удачливых и высокомерных жителей больших городов, таких как Тверь или Тула, танго,

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