Individual Technique. Tango Technique for Followers and Leaders
After teaching for many years ladies technique, Carolina started to realize that technique is only one. Everybody needs to learn technique. So this is a collection for tango dancers who were looking for a way to know themselves better. In a technique lesson, when you’re alone with your body and trying to reach balance after every step, being conscious of the way you move every part of your body, you realize what you can really give when stepping into the connection with your dance partner.
Recommended study time for this collection is 7 weeks.
The Technique of Giro
Practicing is not real life, it’s not real dancing. But we need it, as this is how we get ready and can truly enjoy, when finally the real thing happens. And don’t forget that every exercise will be modified during the dance accordingly. Oh, and there will be some more accessories for the giros. Enjoy!
Get Technical about your Ornaments 1
Ladies, It’s true that ornaments are spiced up by creativity, but the most traditional ones have a science behind them, too. And this is a lesson dedicated to Enrosques. It will reveal what’s the correlation between your body anatomy and an Enrosque; how to transform a normal Pivot into an Enrosque; how to create it from three different parts of your body and how to perform Enrosques in front and in back Ochos.
Carolina Bonaventura’s Tango Dictionary. Part 2
The second part of Carolina’s dictionary tackles concepts like the meaning of the hips in tango, vertical and horizontal dissociation, lapiz, enrosque, boleo, the frame. It’s a captivating lesson and you won’t see this kind of approach to teaching very often. Teachers, incorporate these learnings in your tango teaching and your students will see tango from a different, more complete perspective. And, oh, how grateful they will be to you for this!