Argentine Tango dance technique 7: Walking forward and backward
Use this element to change your walking from forward to backward and vice versa.
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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.
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Argentine Tango dance technique 4: Circles
Last, make circles, keeping the foot of this leg always in touch with the floor, using the “inside edge position” when passing through the “collect position” of both feet together, and when reaching the step to the side position.
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Argentine Tango dance technique 3: Side step
Then move your free of weight leg to the side, keeping the foot of this leg always in touch with the floor, using always the “inside edge position”.
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