PHOTOS ARE FROM
THE PRODUCTION
PANKEY. Dancers
of 2004-2012:
PHOTOS ARE FROM
Dancers: Lita
Peterson, Jerry,
Any Lesewsky,
Bill Chung, Regt
Bill Miller, Gloria
Lei Eblacuss,
SEVILLANAS-05:
Paula Castro,
Norma Michel,
America Ortigoza
(Tijuana); Marina
Shershen, Rafael
Vacco, Juliann
Giurleo
THE PRODUCTION
PANKEY. Dancers
of 2004-2012:
PHOTOS ARE FROM
Dancers: Lita
Peterson, Jerry,
Any Lesewsky,
Bill Chung, Regt
Bill Miller, Gloria
Lei Eblacuss,
SEVILLANAS-05:
Paula Castro,
Norma Michel,
America Ortigoza
(Tijuana); Marina
Shershen, Rafael
Vacco, Juliann
Giurleo
I would like to thank your group for such a wonderful show. My residents and their family members were very
impressed on the quality and colorful costumes and dances you performed! - A complete success! - Elsa Cholico
impressed on the quality and colorful costumes and dances you performed! - A complete success! - Elsa Cholico
All women dream to dance with good, strong leaders, who would take them to unknown, exiting tango
steps with new partners.They like to try new things and new challenges. Women usually prefer not to
dance with beginners or with some dancers who did not study tango well. A woman cannot make up a
dance for a man, if he does not lead it. Actually, if we talk about the techniques, there are no "men only"
or "women only" techniques.
The Tango dance is skilled when a man and a woman exchange leads. But they always use the same
tango principles.
At the beginning most of us would try to memorize the patterns. But this is not how to follow.
Every pattern could be broken and could lead to something else.
Every pattern has many "windows" where the real great dancer would take a Lady for a great pleasure
of discovery.
How to improve: take lessons persistently and in sequences with the same teacher at least for ten
lessons. Then you might see the logical connections.
You need to have a compatible teacher, better with the same energy that you have.
Your teacher should be a very good dancer as well. Otherwise, you would not learn it well and fast
enough. During the lessons you should not concentrate on something irrelevant to the dance (like on her
body, for example). Also, you need to have a Tango role model. Since your brain is the best computer,
try to watch the best tango movies. The videotape inside your brain will record the best movements and
style.
steps with new partners.They like to try new things and new challenges. Women usually prefer not to
dance with beginners or with some dancers who did not study tango well. A woman cannot make up a
dance for a man, if he does not lead it. Actually, if we talk about the techniques, there are no "men only"
or "women only" techniques.
The Tango dance is skilled when a man and a woman exchange leads. But they always use the same
tango principles.
At the beginning most of us would try to memorize the patterns. But this is not how to follow.
Every pattern could be broken and could lead to something else.
Every pattern has many "windows" where the real great dancer would take a Lady for a great pleasure
of discovery.
How to improve: take lessons persistently and in sequences with the same teacher at least for ten
lessons. Then you might see the logical connections.
You need to have a compatible teacher, better with the same energy that you have.
Your teacher should be a very good dancer as well. Otherwise, you would not learn it well and fast
enough. During the lessons you should not concentrate on something irrelevant to the dance (like on her
body, for example). Also, you need to have a Tango role model. Since your brain is the best computer,
try to watch the best tango movies. The videotape inside your brain will record the best movements and
style.
This is why it would be ideal to find a person with whom you could learn, practice and experiment
together. When some couples take tango lesson together, they can take their new knowledge to home
with them. Specific piece of the music has specific energy for the dance. It is important to listen and
dance the music. But the music is not only what is on CD, but what inside you. If you don't have this
talent of hearing and feeling the music, you still might try to develop it…“Powerful NOW of Tango"
means the appreciation for the present moment. While learning this life dance (Tango), people realized
that it helps them to understand the importance of being right here and right now. Just never give up!
Walk Hard! Have fun!
together. When some couples take tango lesson together, they can take their new knowledge to home
with them. Specific piece of the music has specific energy for the dance. It is important to listen and
dance the music. But the music is not only what is on CD, but what inside you. If you don't have this
talent of hearing and feeling the music, you still might try to develop it…“Powerful NOW of Tango"
means the appreciation for the present moment. While learning this life dance (Tango), people realized
that it helps them to understand the importance of being right here and right now. Just never give up!
Walk Hard! Have fun!
Improvisational Tango by Elena and Rafael in Montevideo
Video. Montevideo. Elena & Rafael. Improvisation
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When you sit on Milonga, it is useful to watch and observe what other dancers are doing between the
steps, what kind of adorns they dance. Personal style comes mostly with well done adorns. For
example, women need technique to perform gancho well, if men give an opportunity. Gancho is the
strongest intimate movement. So, it is not necessary for her to do it, even when men clearly lead it. She
could choose to dance a boleo instead. However, if she chooses to do a gancho, her knee should go
down directly looking to the floor. It is a movement of her leg down, inside and between men's legs.
All tango steps are not difficult to dance, if you see the Principals of Tango. All good dancers know to
stretch the axes straight up. They know how to perform parada, corte, or how wide the neutral position
is (feet equally on the floor). They perform "screw and unscrew effect," and “brush the ankles” before
most of the steps. They stretch and relax simultaneously, keeping the tailbone straight vertically down,
and breathing together.
steps, what kind of adorns they dance. Personal style comes mostly with well done adorns. For
example, women need technique to perform gancho well, if men give an opportunity. Gancho is the
strongest intimate movement. So, it is not necessary for her to do it, even when men clearly lead it. She
could choose to dance a boleo instead. However, if she chooses to do a gancho, her knee should go
down directly looking to the floor. It is a movement of her leg down, inside and between men's legs.
All tango steps are not difficult to dance, if you see the Principals of Tango. All good dancers know to
stretch the axes straight up. They know how to perform parada, corte, or how wide the neutral position
is (feet equally on the floor). They perform "screw and unscrew effect," and “brush the ankles” before
most of the steps. They stretch and relax simultaneously, keeping the tailbone straight vertically down,
and breathing together.
It would be ideal to find a person with whom you could learn, practice and experiment together.
When some couples take tango lesson together, they can take their new knowledge to home with them.
Specific piece of the music has specific energy for the dance.
It is important to listen and dance the music.
But the music is not only what is on CD, but what inside you.
If you don't have this talent of hearing and feeling the music, you still might try to develop it.
"Powerful NOW of Tango" means the appreciation for the present moment.
While learning this life dance (Tango), people realized that it helps them to understand the importance of
being right here and right now. Just never give up! Have fun!
When some couples take tango lesson together, they can take their new knowledge to home with them.
Specific piece of the music has specific energy for the dance.
It is important to listen and dance the music.
But the music is not only what is on CD, but what inside you.
If you don't have this talent of hearing and feeling the music, you still might try to develop it.
"Powerful NOW of Tango" means the appreciation for the present moment.
While learning this life dance (Tango), people realized that it helps them to understand the importance of
being right here and right now. Just never give up! Have fun!
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