SOLO EXERCISES for Tango Milonguero - with Marian
These are simple exercises to help maintain and improve your tango during this period of social distancing.
The objective is to work on posture, basic milonguero technique and connecting with the music.
These are simple exercises to help maintain and improve your tango during this period of social distancing.
The objective is to work on posture, basic milonguero technique and connecting with the music.
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EXERCISE #1 - Walk forward for 4, change for 4, back for 4.
Things to remember: - keep you head up - breathe - ease into the step using your knee - when going back, send your leg out first then carry your body onto it - followers, consider that your leg starts at your diaphram - in order to walk straight it is useful to pick a point on the wall ahead to look at Music: 'Cantando' by Carabelli |
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EXERCISE #2 - Walk, walk, slow change. Back, back, slow change. Things to remember: - breathe into the front and the back of your chest - hold your axis - don't hurry - ease into the step using your knee - when going back, send your leg out first then carry your body onto it Music: 'Mi Refugio' by Carabelli |
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EXERCISE #3 - Transfer-and-sidestep, walk, walk. Transfer-and-sidestep, back, back. Note - once the music starts playing I am always sidestepping to my left. This exercise can also be done on the other leg ie. sidestepping to your right. Music: 'Charamusca' by Canaro. |
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EXERCISE #4 - Slow, slow, quick-quick-slow 1 Expressed as: Walk, walk, rock-back-forward - Left, right, left-right-left. Right, left, right-left-right NOTE: In the video I'm dancing as a lead so my hips are a bit heavier, making me more grounded. As a follower I would keep my hips more level which would make me feel lighter. - I'm also frequently crossing the centre line. This is so that I am not afraid of it. Beginners usually avoid the centre and step wide of their partner. It is important to overcome this. MUSIC: 'Hotel Victoria' by D'Arienzo. |
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EXERCISE #5 - Slow, slow, quick-quick-slow 2 Expressed as: - Walk, walk, rock-back-forward. Walk, walk, change-of-weight. - Left, right, left-right-left. Right, left, right-left-right NOTE: These exercises could be practised going forward (as leads) or backwards (as followers). Don't worry to much if you fall off the pattern. Tango music doesn't follow constant rhythm which is what makes it interesting. MUSIC: 'Pampa' by Canaro. |