Tangodurians

¡Qué cosas que tiene la vida! ¡Qué cosas tener que llorar! ¡Qué cosas que tiene el destino! Varela~ Fueron Tres Anos

My Tango Diaries: Lesson with Alejandro Gée and his partner, Joujou : From Alejandro Gée's studio - more pictures and info from his website here: http://tangoalejandrogee.com/ The Lesson with Alejan... 1.) Sink into the standing knee first instead of stepping/falling straight back into the back step. (I've heard that before - not sure why I can't seem to remember to do that.) According to Alejandro, basically the sequence would be: 1. Sink the weight into the floor through the standing leg (here’s where the knee bends slightly in order to be able to push the weight of the body back in the next step), while straight,   free leg extends backwards   caressing the floor with no weight on it and torso reaches towards the partner.   The standing hip is strong and grounded, the free hip is relaxed and opening backwards as a natural continuation of the leg. The knee is straight. 2.   Weight transfer: heel of the leg extended backwards goes into the floor and ...

Mmm, this song finally caught my attention and these particular performances are totally delightful. Main connecting threads include the beautiful disjoints between upper and lower torsos from Daniella and Michelle with quite a bit of colgadas in general. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxgrcxNtB8I&feature=plcp Totz forgot about Home and Cristina, man, to get a class with them someday!

Back to Tuesdays in Bangsar, listening to the strains of El Choclo and remember days doing Ochos in lifts of 721 South Forest. Chatting about favourite tango dancers to watch, considering workshops for TangoExposed, movies for the fringe film festival. Dancing in flipflops, admiring necklaces and divine milongas with a female lead. Even though the dances came few and far between, it was a haven, reminding me that Tango is about as much of the socializing as it is about the actual dancing. Tango querido, viejo tango que me embargas con la cadencia de tu musica sentida quiero morir bajo el arrullo de tus quejas, cantando mi querellas, llorando mi dolor recuerdo aquella epoca, tan linda que se fue. Tango dear, old tango that overwhelms me with the rhythm of your music felt I want to die under the cooing of your moaning, singing my complaints, crying my pain I remember that time, so nice that has gone.