Tango Study Weekend
When & Where
Nov 02, 2024, 1:00 PM – Nov 03, 2024, 5:15 PM
Silvia Dance Studio (2nd Floor), 4731 Elm St, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Schedule
TANGO STUDY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FOLLOWER’S ROLE (For both roles!)
A 2-day immersion into the structure and baseline of Tango. We will discover which movement needs to be led and what needs not be led, what followers should know and what leaders should expect.
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The themes for each day is as follows:
Saturday, Nov 2nd LINEAR VS CIRCULAR TURNS: We will work on the following aspects of the Turn, as the basis for understanding the dance: embrace, structure & code of walking, leading & following, pivots, free leg, trajectories, rhythm, and changes of turn direction.
Sunday, Nov 3rd PENDULUM OF THE HIPS: ITS LOGIC IN BOLEOS We will dive deep into the role of the torsional pendulum motion of the hips throughout the Tango structure and technique, and its most iconic figure - the Boleos.