Open Embrace. Sometimes you’ll see this embrace format from beginner dancers or dancers that have been trained with other embrace ideas. Open Embrace can be, but is not limited to, a (Open or Closed) Vee Embrace, a Berlin Embrace, or a Square (meaning to line up buttons-to-buttons with your partner).
Presence. This is a Tango Topics construct. It refers to the first part of any step in the Foundation process for Tango Topics. Presence itself consists of 4 states that will occur before and during any step that may occur. 1.) Feet in Social Collection. 2.) Micro-Compression in the Knees.
Sacada. As far as Argentine Tango is concerned this word means: To displace and then to take the place of. It is one of 4 common displacements that happen in the dance. There are, at last count, about 501 (not kidding) possible Sacadas that are available at any one period
Argentine Volcada. There are many different variations of a Volcada. The word itself comes from the root Spanish word ‘Volcar’ which translates to English as “To Fall”. Which tells you almost nothing about what this is. In short, this is a highly advanced piece of tango vocabulary that requires both
Close Embrace. This is an iconic look of Tango that has many variations and is usually the common visual of what you see people dancing with on a social dance floor. Close Embrace can be, but is not limited to Vee, Berlin, Pseudo, or even what you might think of
Close Embrace Molinete. This is a Molinete done in ‘Close Embrace’ format. There are a few differences of a Close Embrace Molinete versus its Open Embrace cousin. The first and probably the most obvious one is that there is a lot less space to function with. Secondly, we need
A Colgada, from the root Spanish word, “Colgar” which means, when translated to English, “To Hang”. The ‘ada’ ending is akin to ‘ed’ in English, or the past tense. Or in this case it means ‘Hung’. A Colgada is a very advanced construct and should not be attempted by beginners,
Put simply this is the only piece of social dancing vocabulary where the Follower is being led to cross their feet and they’re doing so because they want to, not because they have to. It’s a willful cross. There are many versions of a cross in Argentine Tango: Back Cross.
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