The Super Enrosque. There are only a small handful of things that a lead can do to ‘decorate’ what a Follower is doing. Usually, as Leads, we tend to leave the ‘decoration’ to the Follower. However we can in a small number of ways adorn what the Follower is doing, while they’re doing it. Doing so, tends to draw attention away from the Follower and towards the Lead, but sometimes that is desirable, sometimes. Today’s Tango Topic deals with one of these pieces of Tango vocabulary that isn’t seen too often (for a variety of reasons, see below), that when executed nicely can have a really nice effect on the dance, and at the same time open options and opportunities for both roles, not just the lead! 🙂
Let’s get this out the way, before another word is read, the Enrosque, and it’s kissin’ cousin of Today’s Tango Topic: The Argentine Super Enrosque is quite simply Lead flash, spectacle, and nothing more than that. Furthermore there’s absolutely nothing here for the Follower to do or to think about. Got it. You do not need to add this to your repertoire of tango vocabulary. It does not need to be executed every 3rd step simply because you believe that it’s cool Nor does every Follower want you to do this. Once or twice is fine in a night and then LET IT GO, move on to something else. Trust that the room has seen it all before, they don’t care that you can do 57 versions in 3 minutes, nor should a single song ever be populated with more Enrosques and Super Enrosques than the time it took for you to read this. Never. Ever. This is flashy vocabulary. It’s fun, to be certain but lord knows you don’t need to execute it!
That said, before we talk about what a Super Enrosque is, we have to define what an Enrosque is and is not!
The word ‘Enrosque’ (pron: ehn-RrOhs-kay – accent on the ‘O’) loosely translated to English from Spanish means ‘Thread’ or ‘Screw’. However, from a Tango perspective it has a very specific meaning. This a Lead based piece of vocabulary that can be done as adornment or accent to what the Follower is doing. It’s usually done with the Follower’s Molinete, but can be done anywhere really. But the place where it shines really is the Follower’s Molinete. So what is it ? The Enrosque is where the lead will cross one foot behind the other (in a clean fashion – there should be no daylight between the feet) and as the crossing behind happens there’s usually a pivoting rotation of the bodily position – This is the ‘Screw’ part of the definition of the Enrosque, not the crossing feet part. An actual ‘pivot’ may occur, however where things get flashy and really where the Super Enrosque comes in, is where the Lead engages Applied Disassociation! There is a common misconception that the Enrosque also contains a Lapíz (a lead leg extension) that trails the Follower’s motion. This is not part of the Enrosque! It is it’s own separate thing, and you quite literally must separate these things, one from the other. Doing so will create a greater range of capabilities.
Below you should see one of two videos: Free/Open users will see an Enrosque without any explanation of what should happen, or the paid subscribers should see the Entire Enrosque video from your Lead Technique section which fully explains the technique that generates the example videos. 😉 Without this explanation you’re quite literally pissing into the wind!
What is a ‘Super’ Enrosque ? You’re going to ask yourself this question: If an Enrosque is placing one foot behind the other, or in front, both are true where the feet are in a crossed position, AND (the ‘and’ is very important) there is a pivoting bodily rotation that occurs. Then what on earth creates a ‘Super’ Enrosque ? MORE ROTATION! And in specific More Applied Disassociation, as there’s an enormous amount of super rotation that can occur due to the release of all that pent up energy. And that release creates some really interesting options and opportunities. 😉 So without further adieu: The Super Enrosque!
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The Free Tip. In an ideal world the Enrosque is easy, and the addendum Lapíz is a snap. But as you’ll soon see, saying it is one thing, doing it is another! Which is to say that extending your leg for the lapíz after the Enrosque, is going to throw you off balance. You’re going to have stability issues, which is another reason WHY you study this stuff independent of the Follower not with the Follower! You only study with the Follower AFTER you have mastered the skills noted above.
About The Video. This video comes in at 23m:34s in length in 11 Sections. Lead Technique is explained here in the video. No Follower technique is explored.
Section 1 – Introduction – 00:01:33
Section 2 – Applied Counter Disassociation – 00:00:52
Section 3 – Enrosque with Lapíz – 00:01:48
Section 4 – The ‘Super’ Part – 00:04:08
Section 5 – A Few ‘Gotchas’ – 00:01:41
Section 6 – The Super Exercise – 00:01:40
Section 7 – Super Exercise Notes – 00:02:26
Section 8 – The Enrosque with a Follower – 00:02:50
Section 9 – The Super Part – 00:01:25
Section 10 – The Second Side Step – 00:01:20
Section 11 – A Few More Details/Closure – 00:03:05