Miles Tango Meanderings
Musical Interpretation – The 1st Minute.
Let’s say for the purposes of this mental exercise, that the tanda is Demare, and the first song is “No Te Apures Cara Blanca” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMxOjmRIfhc). Let’s also assume for the purposes of this exercise that the partner is unknown (which is kinda of important here as you’ll see). Let’s also
To Video Or Not to Video ?
From a teaching perspective, I believe that if you’re not videoing your student’s development and showing them the results of their work, then you’re doing them a monster disservice. The simple fact is that as a teacher, even if you’re in a couple, you’re going to miss things. You will
The Singular Private Lesson
It’s been a hot minute since you last danced. You’re thinking to yourself that a private lesson will tune you up. You find your fav. Teacher, and figure out a time and place for your session. You finally meet up, hug, kiss (on the cheek), then pick a piece of
The Hitchhiker’s Hand
This one is really easy to get, probably no explanation is needed except to express why this is less than desirable. What is ‘Hitchhiker’s Lead Hand’ ? This is where the Lead creates or cups their Left hand to the point where the Follower can NOT match the palm of
Lead Tango Finger
What is ‘Lead Tango Finger’ ? It’s where the Lead sticks out their Left Hand Index Finger and points with it. This is their ‘Hand Embrace’. There’s also a version of this where it’s Lead Gun Hand. But that’s another post. We are all guilty of this one at some
Entregar
(Pron: EN-TRAY-GAHR). This is a topic I’ve talked about before, but I’m going in a different direction with this stuff, sort of. Once, long ago, when tango for export was all the rage, this Spanish word > Entregar was promoted and sort of explained by a few tango teachers coming
What is ‘Social Tango’ ?
I use this term a lot in my tangotopics discussion group, and this site, and while I have defined the term in my tangotopics glossary, I wanted to create a little more clarity for the group as well as for the lazy among you that don’t want to click a
STANDARDIZATION!
Here’s a controversial topic that some won’t even realize is controversial: The Topic > STANDARDIZATION. This has been discussed ad-naseum for years. But here’s an over simplified recap: Statement: Tango needs to be standardized so that we’re all drinking the same cool-aid. Rebuttal: Standardization will kill all individualization and creativity
The One About Simple Sentences
The One about Simple Tango Sentences. What is a Simple Sentence ? A Simple Sentence refers to a Simple Tango Sentence. These are things we do all the time, without necessarily thinking about it. Only here, it’s deliberate and thought of. Put simply Simple Sentence uses simple tango ideas that we are