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Argentine Tango School

Argentine Tango dance technique 9: Forward ocho

  • From this forward step to the next position going forward, in which you will transfer your weight to this now front foot, your torso is already rotating towards the center of the couple, so the foot that remains behind, by the pull of this torsion, which gets the shape of a spiral, turns your back foot, first, inside edge in contact with the floor, and then, makes it travel next to your sagittal line, to the “collect/inside edge position”.
  • After this “collect/inside edge position”, we research in these possibilities: 1. Forward ocho: Pivot more continuing on the same direction of your stablished rotation and move your free of weight foot forward, aligned with your lower sagittal plane, your torso torquing according to counter body movement, orientating the center of your chest to the central axis of the couple.
 

Argentine Tango dance technique 8: Pivot

  • Maintain the “inside edge position” when you pivot.
  • Step forward after pivoting directing your free of weight foot aligned with your lower sagittal plane.
  • This forward step will be directed in a circular trajectory around your partner. Orient the center of your torso towards the central axis of the couple.
 

Argentine Tango dance technique 6: Forward/backward move

At each step, make a back-and-forth step movement, changing your weight between feet. Practice this exercise going forward and going backward.

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Argentine Tango dance technique 5: Walk

  • Walk naturally, swinging your free of weight leg forward, extending it a little, letting your axis move in the same direction and maintaining it vertically thought the transition, pushing gently from your back standing leg, and transferring your weight to the front leg at the end of this process, keep your foot always in touch with the floor, softly, without dragging it.
  • Reverse the process to walk backwards. Pay attention to point backwards with the back of your foot when extending your free of weight leg backwards, keep your foot always in touch with the floor, softly, without dragging it.
  • Maintain all details regarding your posture as described before.