Beginner Tango is the starting point for all of us. Our first steps, our first movement to tango music. This article quite literally walks the reader through those first few motions and ideas of what tango is and isn’t.
Musical Interpretation. Another aspect of Musical Interpretation is what happens when you start to apply very specific pieces of Tango Vocabulary to fit with the music. It is through this specificity of the <a class="glossaryLink cmtt_Definition" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="cmtt_24d6924183285158fd61f4f15f05d944" href="https://tangotopics.com/topics-dictionary/vocabulary/" data-mobile-support="0"
What is ‘Musical Interpretation’ ? Musical Interpretation is a term that means brings together to very different ideas. First, ’Musical’, is that either role hears the music in a very specific way so that they can thereby convey the meaning of a piece of music via movements that represent that
Leading. Often the first thing we see when looking at Argentine Tango is the Tango Lead. It’s that sharp, clear, clean visual that strikes us almost immediately. We see the the visual of someone leading, and it’s this confusion, appreciation, amusement, bewilderment and just down right awe (in some cases)
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 crafted motions that consists of…
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
Today’s Tango Topic refines the process of Musical Interpretation, by showing you how to use Musical Interpretation with two important tools: Alternation & Symmetry. The end goal here is to
What is a Musical Turn ? First and foremost it is a ‘Turn’ or rotation that the couple initiates within the line and lane of dance that can exist in one of three places in the music. 1.) The space between the musical pauses (which is what typically occurs). 2.)
So how do you get to the effortlessness of the dancers above ? Below are 8 tips towards that goal. It is not the only pathway, and this by no means is an exhaustive list of what has to happen, but it is a good starting point. When reading through
What is a Useful 8 Count Basic ? Put simply it is a modification, and goes further by actually adding for variations on a theme. The modification has to do with orientation, and then actual rotation. That if you
