What does "The Turn" mean ? The turn refers to 3 things that we want to pay attention that can affect our Floorcraft choices. 1.) The "Continuous Turn". 2.) The "Broken" Turn. 3.) Space, Distance, and Time.

What does "The Lead‘s Follower Forward Step" mean ? In the scenario above The Lead’s Follower Forward Step is when the Lead fails to communicate the Over-Rotation of the Follower’s back step of their Molinete that must occur from a Traveling Ocho. And instead, they end up generating a Forward step out of the Follower.

What does "Angling The Vocabulary" mean ? In its simplest and most complex forms, it is exactly what it sounds like: You’re going to angle your vocabulary choices a bit towards the outer track at a 45-degree angle. That’s it. That’s all. So for instance, if you’re going to use an Argentine Cross,

What does "Dancing Small" mean ? In its simplest form, it is exactly what it sounds like. Your dancing space contracts, your vocabulary choices, and more importantly the execution of your vocabulary choices, becomes smaller, compact.

What is a Tango Pre-Lead ? In its simplest form, it is an Intention-Based Motion or movement that precedes an actual step or the beginning of a figure or pattern….

What does "Stay In Your Lane" mean ? Actually, you would think it’s a very small and simple idea, but it’s far bigger than you might imagine it to be for a variety of reasons. First, what ‘lane’ are we yapping about ? And secondly why does this stuff matter. Let’s answer the first question: Typically on a social dance floor there are at best Two, sometimes, Three or more rings of dancing couples depending on the size of the floor and numbers of dancers.

What is an Incomplete Turn ? It is exactly what it sounds like, a turn that is incomplete. Or more to the point, it’s a specific turn in Argentine Tango that is incomplete and the effect that it has on the line of dance when there are literally 200 ppl on the dance floor.

What’s the Classic Advice ? You’re dancing along in your Lane of Dance, and the next couple ahead of you seemingly pulls ahead and creates a bit of space between you and them. As a few more notes go by, the gap that opens up and becomes wider, and then wider. Now we get to the advice that is typically given to Leads: Fill the gap between couples as fast as possible. More appropriately move up with your partner as fast as possible to just behind the couple ahead of you thereby filling the gap that occurred. The couple behind you should do the same, and the couple behind them, and behind them….and so on, until the Lane of Dance no longer has a gap.

The simple solution – look 3 couples ahead. It doesn’t get any more complicated than that.

Watching The Follower’s Feet is when the Lead has tilted their head forward into their Follower’s space. And as a result the Lead is directly watching their Follower’s footwork to verify, and validate, that the Follower is doing what they’re led to do.