What on earth does ‘Dancing The Pauses‘ mean ? It means that instead of dancing to the phrases, every time that you hear a musical pause, you’re going to do 3 things. First, you reset the couple and reset the embrace. Second, you’re going to change your vocabulary choice (as

Walking In Opposition (WIO) happens ‘naturally’, we don’t think about it at all. WIO is the technical name for what our bodies do when walking forwards. To be clear, as you step forward (or back, which we’ll get to in a moment) with either leg and then land your foot,

A Type 3 Turn is one of 8 types of turns, it’s the common turn that you’re most familiar with, which is commonly known as the Follower’s Molinete to the Lead’s Giro, which is usually mistakeningly referred to as just \”The Molinete\”. Which isn’t exactly correct terminology because this belays

A Type 6 Walk is a series of ideas called ‘Alternates’. This way of walking, again, only changes for the Lead, not for the Follower. And more importantly it is best defined as stepping with the Same Foot over and over and over again. Which is to say that if

This is, again, a different type of animal all together. In its simplest form, it is easiest to describe this as the opposite of a Type 4 Walk, or its kissing cousin > The OUTSIDE Snake Walk. So called this because the Lead is stepping outside of the Follower’s steps

This walk is a bit unusual and tends to go in and out of Cross System. It’s referred to colloqually as an “Inside Snake Walk” because it resembles a snaking or undulating pattern with the feet as they step. See also The 6 Ways of Walking. It should be noted

This is a variation on a theme, but is very much a walking system. This is a ‘Lazy’ or Milonguero ‘Ocho’. The ‘Ocho’ part is a misnomer here in the name because there is no actual ‘Ocho’ in the traditional sense. This is walking > The Follower is led to

A Type 2 Walk is where both partners are walking with the same feet. Meaning that if the Lead steps with their LEFT, the Follower will be led to stepping with their LEFT foot as well. There are multiple variations of this walk. A Type 2 Walk can be on

A Type 1 Walk is a Parallel System Walk that can start on either foot (Left or Right) for the Lead or the Follow. However, that walk will conform and stay within that structure of walking on ‘Opposite Feet‘ to each other. Meaning that if the Lead steps with their

Milonga Traspie is a ‘recent’ addition to Milonga. Traspie refers to STYLE of Milonga dancing where the foot is placed on the floor as if it were on fly paper. The weight of the body is placed over that standing foot in less than 40% of one’s body weight. Not