What is a Colgada ? The word “Colgada” comes from the root Spanish word “Colgar” which translates to English as “<a class="glossaryLink cmtt_Embrace" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="cmtt_63916b4269bbed9aef5c149b22cd1b88" href="https://tangotopics.com/topics-dictionary/hanging/" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]'
Today when I’m working with a student, they honestly don’t want to do that kind of work. They just want the answers. “How do I …?” so I show them what to do, and then how to do it. But that starts with going right back to their <a class="glossaryLink
A song in Tango (the genre, not to be confused with the entire idea of tango music), consists of 5 to 6 musical paragraphs. Those musical paragraphs are generally 6 to 8 phrases in length. Each one of those phrases is punctuated by 6 to 8 musical pause types based
The Tango Topics Method of Tango Improvisation uses extensions, dissociation/applied dissociation, and individual component movements, as well as Beat and the 5 Pause Types as the building blocks for generating a type of improvisation that can be combined with contemporary
The 5 Pause types are in every piece of tango music you have ever heard from the golden age. They are best described as ‘musical rests’ or a simply a ‘pause’. However unlike normal musical pauses, a Tango Pause is slight different and has very specific characteristics that makes them
In Tango, we have multiple types of Sacadas, from multiple types of positions, with varying levels of complexities. Typically, the most difficult Sacada to execute for BOTH roles is the Back Sacada. The reason for that is because the Back Sacada usually requires a level of disassociation and applied disassociation
The turn itself is taught to every beginner dancer, and every dancer uses this very functional and foundational turn. As this is the case, the turn is so predominant that it is the default motion for every Follower/every <a class="glossaryLink
When talking about Milonga, there are 2 things that have to be addressed at nearly the same time: 1.) The Musical Component. And 2.) The Vocabulary. This article addresses the
One Follower’s Exercise to RULE THEM ALL! 😉 This is the proverbial game-changer of an exercise. It looks insanely simple, but that’s about where things stop. This bugger will drive you nuts! Nuts in a good way. It
