Category: Argentine Tango

Level 4 (Full Bronze) For February 2016: Argentine Tango

3/24/2016

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Crusada
Forward Ochos
- from a crusada
- from a rock step
- Ending with a Parada and foot flick
- Leader's Footwork:
  - stay in place
  - step side to side
  - Left foot back together, side together
Back Ochos from side step:
- with lady's boleo
- to parada and passada
Walk to lady's back ochos (aka "harlem tango rhythm")
- 1, 2, 3+, 4, 5, 6, 7+, 8

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Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For January 2016: Argentine Tango

2/1/2016

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Crusada (Argentine Tango basic)
Forward ochos, starting either from rock step or from end of crusada
- optional parada and pasada
Side step with foot change to back ochos
Forward ochos to back ochos, end by changing to forward ochos
Back ochos to skaters

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Level 3 (Intermediate) For January 2016: Argentine Tango

2/1/2016

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Milonga:

Baldosa Box (6 steps)
Side-together (repeat 5 and 6)
Add a twist (repeat 3-4-5-6)
Rock steps, aka "traspie" (can happen on any step)

Vals:

Walking and side steps (all happening on 1 of 1-2-3)
Rhythm Change (1-2, 1, 1-2, 1)

Argentine Tango:

Forward Ochos
Back Ochos
Rock to forward ochos
Side step with leader's foot change to back ochos
Parada ("Stop") and Pasada ("Go")

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Berkshire Hall Beginners (Level 2) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

1/3/2016

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Please note, there are 3 types of tango: Milonga, Argentine Tango, and Vals. This month we mainly focused on Milonga, although I introduced something that was technically Argentine Tango.

Milonga:

Baldosa Box (6 steps)
Walking into, and out of Baldosa Box
Side together (repeat 5 and 6 as many times as you would like)
Traspie (rock steps, changes the rhythm to quick-quick-slow, can be done on any of the first 5 steps of the Baldosa Box)

Argentine Tango:

Forward ochos
Leader's rock to forward ochos
Bonus: Leader's parada (means "stop", where the leader "stops the ochos with his foot), to follower's pasada (means "go", where the follower initiates the next move by stepping over the leader's foot)

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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

1/3/2016

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Keep in mind that there are 3 times of Argentine Tango: milonga, Argentine, and vals. For the month of December we focused primarily on Milonga, which is the easiest of the 3. Towards the end, we introduced something that belongs more in Argentine Tango.

Milonga:

Basic, aka "Baldosa Box" (6 steps)
Traspie ("quick-quick-slow"), can be done on any of the first 5 steps of the Baldosa Box
Side together (repeat "5-6" as many times as you'd like)

Argentine Tango:

Forward Ochos
Leader's out-of-the-way rock step to forward ochos
Forward Ochos to parada (means "stop", as in leader blocks the follower's foot and stops the ocho), to pasada (means "go", as in follower steps over the leader's foot and continues)

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For February 2016: Argentine Tango

Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For January 2016: Argentine Tango

Level 3 (Intermediate) For January 2016: Argentine Tango

Berkshire Hall Beginners (Level 2) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For February 2016: Argentine Tango

Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For January 2016: Argentine Tango

Level 3 (Intermediate) For January 2016: Argentine Tango

Berkshire Hall Beginners (Level 2) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

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