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Bylaugh One weekend, in the fall of 2003, saw a series of Tango workshops held in the recently-refurbished Orangery of Bylaugh Hall in Norfolk. Rodolfo Aguerrodi and Miho Omaki led workshops with a small group of local or temporarily resident participants on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - morning and afternoon. We also visited the local milonga in Norwich on the Friday night. These notes are abridged "aides-memoire"; you do need Rodolfo and Miho's coaching to fully understand what is going on. |
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The fourth workshop focused on barridas and ganchos: |
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| Rodolfo first explained the importance of positioning during the giro | |||||||||
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follower must take uniform length steps that are
big enough so the leader can find enough space
between them ... ... follower's axis must transfer smoothly in line with her leader's chest position so the leader can be sure where her legs are ... |
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First we practised our leader's ability to stop his follower in mid-step of each giro position, then find our follower's feet and thighs - with their feet and without looking or touching the floor: |
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| ... first in the middle of an open/side step:... | . | ||||||||
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leader's foot finds follower's left foot ... ... collects ... ... finds follower's right foot |
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... then in the middle of a forward step: |
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leader's foot finds follower's left foot ... ... collects ... ... finds follower's right foot |
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... then in the middle of a backward step: |
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leader's foot finds follower's left foot ... ... collects ... ... finds follower's right foot |
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... comtinuing until we were confident we knew where our partner's feet were. |
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We then used the giro to turn our follower into a back step on the leader's left side: |
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| ... with leader moving his left foot forward to find and accompany her right foot as it moved on into the open/side step | |||||||||
We then extended the idea, beginning with the back step on leader's left side: |
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| ... with leader moving his left foot forward to find and accompany her right foot as it moved on into the open/side step and, in a pasada, over his foot into a forward step on his right side ... | |||||||||
| ... when the giro was reversed as the leader's left foot finds his follower's lead right foot and appears to draw it back into an open/side step and, in a pasada, over his foot into a forward step on his left side ... | |||||||||
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We then extended the idea further, beginning with the back step on leader's left side: |
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| ... with leader moving his left foot forward to find and accompany her right foot as it moved on into the open/side step and, in a pasada, over his foot into a forward step on his right side ... | |||||||||
| ... when the giro was reversed as the leader's left foot finds his follower's trailing left foot and he draws his back into a gancho ... | |||||||||
We then experimented with lateral ganchos, which take place in close/medium embrace when a follower's leg is prevented form collecting on an open/side by her leader's leg:: |
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| ... as the open/side step is led, leader moves his unweighted leg into the space alongside - and slightly behind - his follower's weighted leg, pivoting her slightly to encourage the gancho ... | |||||||||
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©2003 Frank Morris |
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