About this collection
Elevate your embellishments with detailed exercises and routines focusing on footwork, legwork, and body placement. In this collection, we will develop a strong and healthy body capable of performing beautiful adornos. We will explore a variety of options for adding embellishments in different steps, from the most basic to the most complex. These steps include walking, the cross, parada, ochos, giros, ocho cortado and calesita. Add personality and style to your dance! This collection is ideal for dancers who want to enrich their tango with precise, elegant, and expressive embellishments while maintaining clarity, control, and healthy body mechanics.
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Curriculum
8 lessons
In this first video, we focus on the fundamentals of foot, leg, and body placement. We pay special attention to the roles of the standing and free legs. We explore how to position the foot when decorating, study simple embellishments for walking, and build a solid technical foundation for precise, elegant, and well-integrated adornos.
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The basic step with the cross is one of the most popular tango dance moves. We explore a variety of embellishment options you can incorporate and experiment with.
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The parada (stop) is a great opportunity for decoration. We explore a variety of embellishment options and examine the role of the embrace in communicating with the partner.
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Ochos are used very frequently. Depending on the speed and length of the steps, there is a range of embellishment options available for forward and backward ochos, such as fluid and rhythmic ones.
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In this video, we review the basic giro and then learn to add adornos while pivoting forward and backward. Using the momentum of the free leg while embellishing creates a fluid, natural, and beautiful motion.
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The calesita (carousel) is a great opportunity to add embellishments: it’s our time to shine! We will explore various adorno options and discuss the different ways to start the calesita.
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The ocho cortado is a great rhythmic figure on which to add adornos. We will learn the proper timing and explore a variety of embellishments at different points in the step to add style and character to your dance.
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We look at four of Maude's favorite embellishments, ranging from simple to complex.
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