Category: Technique

The Follower’s Shortened Side Step

What is the Follower’s Shortened Side Step ? It’s exactly what it sounds like, it’s a side step that is much, much smaller. By <a class="glossaryLink cmtt_Advice" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="cmtt_cc1fb4fde1cd14c0e69bdeac84736071" href="https://tangotopics.com/topics-dictionary/default/"

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Follower Technique 2019

What is ‘Follower Technique‘? In its simplest form, it is a series of skills that when put together create a ‘dancing platform’ for the Follower. This is a platform that the Follower builds into their body through painstaking, detailed, carefully

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The Second Step Problem

As Leads, there are many issues that we need to address and then redress, and then revisit several million times over and the reason is that while we may believe (operative word in the sentence) that we’re leading X, Y, or Z, the reality is far from that. Usually. It’s

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Follower Back Sacada

Realistically there are a few sources of information about this stuff, but honestly most of them are done in a performance OR are missing the requisite detail of the HOW you set up a Follower Back Sacada or more importantly the underlaying technique that is frequently not discussed at all.

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The Reverse Embrace

What is ‘Reversing’ the Embrace ? It is exactly what it sounds like. – as a Lead and a Follow, we’re reversing the embrace structure.  Meaning that the <a class="glossaryLink cmtt_Definition" aria-describedby="tt"

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Contortion

You see so many different ideas of dancing tango that it sometimes very hard to differentiate desirable from the undesirable. That unless you teach you’re not going to see these issues and need to be reminded of them, frequently so that you stop co-creating these less than desirable issues. ‘<a

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Lazy Follower Foot

What is ‘Lazy Follower Foot’ ? It is a state where from a Forward step, the Follower’s back foot that’s coming into collection, is either dragged without care or unconsciously collects. The foot itself, seemingly hangs off the ankle,

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